Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 02, 1914 ( 86 years old )
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Alec Guinness de Cuffe
Sir Alec Guinness
Сэр Алек Гиннесс
Alec Guinness
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
1977-05-25Doctor Zhivago
1965-12-22Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957-10-11Kafka
1991-11-15The Empire Strikes Back
1980-05-20Return of the Jedi
1983-05-25Pasternak
1965-12-31Fratello sole, sorella luna
1972-03-03Oliver Twist
1948-06-28