Alec Guinness - Actor Profile

Alec Guinness

50Movies
8.8 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) ★ 6.3 Average
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) ★ 7.3 Hit
2015 Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Self ★ 6.3 Average
2006 Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 7.2 Hit
2004 When Star Wars Ruled the World Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) ★ 8.8 Super Hit
2004 The Story of Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) ★ 7.2 Hit
2000 The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Self (archive footage) ★ 6.3 Average
1996 Eskimo Day James ★ 7.5 Super Hit
1995 Mute Witness The Reaper ★ 6.4 Average
1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 Hit
1991 Kafka The Chief Clerk ★ 6.4 Average
1987 Little Dorrit William Dorrit ★ 6.5 Hit
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 Hit
1985 Monsignor Quixote Father Quixote ★ 8.5 Super Hit
1984 A Passage to India Professor Godbole ★ 6.8 Hit
1984 Edwin Sir Fennimore Truscott ★ 8.0 Super Hit
1983 Return of the Jedi Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi ★ 7.9 Super Hit
1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy Earl of Dorincourt ★ 7.4 Hit
1980 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back Obi Wan Kenobi ★ 8.6 Super Hit
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Obi-Wan Kenobi ★ 8.4 Super Hit
1977 The Making of Star Wars Self ★ 7.0 Hit
1977 Star Wars Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi ★ 8.2 Super Hit
1976 Murder by Death Butler Jamesir Bensonmum ★ 7.2 Hit
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon Papst Innozenz III. ★ 7.0 Hit
1970 Scrooge Jacob Marley's Ghost ★ 6.8 Hit
1970 Cromwell King Charles I ★ 6.5 Hit
1970 Twelfth Night Malvolio ★ 6.4 Average
1965 Doctor Zhivago Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago ★ 7.5 Super Hit
1965 Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Wilhelm Frick ★ 6.9 Hit
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius ★ 6.5 Hit
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Prince Feisal ★ 8.0 Super Hit
1962 H.M.S. Defiant Captain Crawford ★ 6.5 Hit
1960 Tunes of Glory Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. ★ 7.1 Hit
1960 Our Man in Havana Jim Wormold ★ 6.7 Hit
1959 The Scapegoat John Barratt / Jacques De Gue ★ 6.8 Hit
1958 The Horse's Mouth Gulley Jimson ★ 6.7 Hit
1957 Barnacle Bill Captain William Horatio Ambrose ★ 6.4 Average
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Col. Nicholson ★ 7.8 Super Hit
1956 The Swan Prince Albert ★ 6.9 Hit
1955 The Ladykillers Professor Marcus ★ 7.3 Hit
1955 The Prisoner The Cardinal ★ 7.2 Hit
1954 Father Brown Father Brown ★ 6.4 Average
1952 The Card Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin ★ 6.9 Hit
1951 The Man in the White Suit Sidney Stratton ★ 6.9 Hit
1951 The Lavender Hill Mob Henry 'Dutch' Holland ★ 7.2 Hit
1950 The Mudlark Benjamin Disraeli ★ 6.5 Hit
1950 Last Holiday George Bird ★ 7.1 Hit
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha ★ 7.6 Super Hit
1948 Oliver Twist Fagin ★ 7.6 Super Hit
1946 Great Expectations Herbert Pocket ★ 7.3 Hit