Alec Guinness

Birthday

1914-04-02

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His is known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
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Star Wars

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1997 8.6
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as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

1997
Kafka

Kafka

1991 6.8
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as The Chief Clerk

1991
Lovesick

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1983 5.2
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as Sigmund Freud

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1970 7.5
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as Jacob Marley's Ghost

1970
Cromwell

Cromwell

1970 7
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as King Charles I

1970
The Comedians

The Comedians

1967 6.3
The Comedians

as Major H. O. Jones

1967
Hotel Paradiso

Hotel Paradiso

1966 6.1
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as Benedict Boniface

1966
Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965 7.9
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as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

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