Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.
Known For
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awak...
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Sk...
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River K...
Col. Nicholson
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
The Fall of the Roman Emp...
Marcus Aurelius