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Alec Guinness

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Alec Guinness

Apr 2, 1914 – Aug 5, 2000101 titles 82 movies · 19 TV
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Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 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. He is most well 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.

Also known as

Alec Guinness de Cuffe · Sir Alec Guinness

Born

Apr 2, 1914 – Aug 5, 2000

Marylebone, London, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Directing

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Writing

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Career timeline

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