Alec Guinness

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 94

Gender Male

Birthday April 2, 1914

Day of Death August 5, 2000 (86 years old)

Place of Birth Marylebone, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Alec Guinness de Cuffe
Sir Alec Guinness
Сэр Алек Гиннесс
الک گینس

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Alec Guinness

Biography

Alec Guinness (2. april 1914 – 5. august 2000) var en engelsk skuespiller. Han var med i flere af Ealing-komedien, inklusive Kind Hearts og Coronets, hvor han spillede otte forskellige karakterer. Han vandt senere Oscar-prisen for bedste mandlige hovedrolle for sin rolle som oberst Nicholson i The Bridge on the River Kwai. Hans er kendt for at spille Obi-Wan Kenobi i den originale Star Wars-trilogi. Han spillede også Prince Feisal i Lawrence of Arabia og George Smiley i tv-tilpasningen af Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Known For

Acting

2022

as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

2015		Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel as Self
2015		Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

2013

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

2012

as (archive footage)

2007

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2004		When Star Wars Ruled the World as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004		The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2003

as Self (archive footage)

2000

as Self (archive footage)

1996

as James

1995

as The Reaper

1993		A Foreign Field as Amos
1993		Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)

1992

as Heinrich Mann

1991		Kafka as The Chief Clerk
1991		Performance (1 episode) as Heinrich Mann

1989

(1 episode) as Amos

1988

as Mr. Todd

1987		Little Dorrit as William Dorrit
1987		Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)

1985		David Lean: A Life in Film as Self
1985		Monsignor Quixote as Father Quixote

1984		Vejen til Indien as Professor Godbole
1984		Edwin as Sir Fennimore Truscott

1983		Jedi-ridderen vender tilbage as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983		Lovesick as Sigmund Freud

1982

(6 episodes) as George Smiley

1980		Little Lord Fauntleroy as Earl of Dorincourt
1980		SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Obi Wan Kenobi
1980		Hæv Titanic! as John Bigalow
1980		Imperiet slår igen as Obi-Wan Kenobi

1979

(7 episodes) as George Smiley

1978		The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978		The Star Wars Holiday Special as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978		The South Bank Show (2 episodes) as Self

1977		The Making of Star Wars as Self
1977		Et nyt håb as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

1976		Middag med mord as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976		Caesar and Cleopatra as Caesar

1975

(1 episode) as Self

1974

as Jocelyn Broome

1973

as Adolf Hitler

1972

as Papst Innozenz III.

1971

(1 episode) as Father Quixote

1970		Scrooge as Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970		The Ealing Comedies as Self
1970		Den ukuelige as King Charles I
1970		Twelfth Night as Malvolio

1967		The Comedians as Major H. O. Jones
1967		Omnibus (1 episode) as Self
1967		The Comedians in Africa as Self (uncredited)

1966		Quiller Memorandum as Pol
1966		Hotel Paradiso as Benedict Boniface

1965		Pasternak as Himself
1965		Doktor Zhivago as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965		Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious as Wilhelm Frick

1964

as Marcus Aurelius

1962		Lawrence af Arabien as Prince Feisal
1962		Under brændende sejl as Captain Crawford

1961

as Koichi Asano

1960		Tunes of Glory as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960		Vor mand i Havana as Jim Wormold

1959		Startime (1 episode)
1959		The Scapegoat as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

1958		The Horse's Mouth as Gulley Jimson
1958		The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self

1957		Barnacle Bill as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957		Broen over floden Kwai as Col. Nicholson

1956		The Steve Allen Show (1 episode) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956		The Swan as Prince Albert

1955		Plyds og papegøjer as Professor Marcus
1955		The Prisoner as The Cardinal
1955		Rowlandson's England as Narrator
1955		To Paris with Love as Sir Edgar Fraser

1954		The Stratford Adventure as Self
1954		Father Brown as Father Brown

1953		The Captain's Paradise as Captain Henry St. James
1953		Malta Story as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1953		The Oscars (2 episodes) as Self

1952

as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Julius Caesar
1951		The Man in the White Suit as Sidney Stratton
1951		Masser af guld as Henry 'Dutch' Holland

1950		The Mudlark as Benjamin Disraeli
1950		Last Holiday as George Bird

1949		A Run for Your Money as Whimple
1949		Syv Små Synder as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

1948		Oliver Twist as Fagin
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show (1 episode) as Self

1946

as Herbert Pocket

1934

as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

Crew

1987

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Writing

1958

… Writer

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