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Alec Guinness

Birth name: Alec Guinness de Cuffe

Birth date: 02.04.1914

While working in advertising, he studied at the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art, debuting on stage in 1934 and played classic theatre with the Old Vic from 1936. In 1941 he entered the Royal navy as a seaman and was commissioned the next year. Beyond an extra part in Evensong (1934), his film career began after World War II with his portrayal of Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946). A string of films, mostly comedies, showed off his ability to look different in every role -- eight of them, including a woman, in one movie alone, Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). His best known recent work was as the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars (1977) trilogy. He earned a best actor Oscar and Golden Globe in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and an Honorary Academy Award (1980) for "advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances". Academy nominations have included The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (actor); The Horse's Mouth (1958) (screenplay); Star Wars (1977) (supporting) and Little Dorrit (1988) (supporting). He was knighted in 1959 for his accomplishments in theatre and film.

Filmography

# Eskimo Day (1996) (TV) .... James ... aka Interview Day (USA) # Mute Witness (1994) (as Mystery Guest Star) .... The Reaper ... aka Stumme Zeugin (Germany) # A Foreign Field (1993) .... Amos ... aka We Shall Meet Again # Tales from Hollywood (1992) (TV) .... Heinrich Mann # Kafka (1991) .... The Chief Clerk ... aka Kafka (France) # A Handful of Dust (1988) .... Mr. Todd # Little Dorrit (1988) .... William Dorrit ... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title) ... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title) ... aka Little Dorrit's Story ... aka Nobody's Fault # "Great Performances" .... Father Quixote (1 episode, 1987) - Monsignor Quixote (1987) TV Episode .... Father Quixote # A Passage to India (1984) .... Professor Godbhole # Edwin (1984) (TV) .... Sir Fennimore Truscott # Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi ... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title) # Lovesick (1983) .... Sigmund Freud # Star Wars (1983) (VG) (voice) .... Obi-Wan Kenobi # "Smiley's People" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... George Smiley # Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) .... Earl of Dorincourt # Raise the Titanic (1980) .... John Bigalow # Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi ... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title) ... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title) # "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... George Smiley # Star Wars (1977) .... Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi ... aka Guerra de las estrellas, La (USA: Spanish title) ... aka Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA: video box title) ... aka Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA: reissue title (new title)) # Murder by Death (1976) .... Jamesir Bensonmum # "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Julius Caesar (1 episode, 1976) ... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse - Caesar and Cleopatra (1976) TV Episode .... Julius Caesar # The Gift of Friendship (1974) (TV) # Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) .... Adolf Hitler ... aka Ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler, Gli (Italy) # Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972) .... Pope Innocent III ... aka Brother Sun, Sister Moon (UK) # Scrooge (1970) .... Jacob Marley's Ghost # Cromwell (1970) .... King Charles I # E.E. Cummings (1970) (TV) ... aka Solo (UK) # Twelfth Night (1969) (TV) .... Malvolio # The Comedians (1967) .... Major H. O. Jones ... aka Comédiens, Les (France) # The Quiller Memorandum (1966) .... Pol # Hotel Paradiso (1966) .... Benedict Boniface # Doctor Zhivago (1965) .... Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago # Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) .... Wilhelm Frick # The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) .... Marcus Aurelius # Lawrence of Arabia (1962) .... Prince Feisal # H.M.S. Defiant (1962) .... Capt. Crawford ... aka Damn the Defiant! (USA) # A Majority of One (1961) .... Koichi Asano # Tunes of Glory (1960) .... Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. # "Startime" .... Jebal Deeks (1 episode, 1959) ... aka Ford Startime ... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime - The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) TV Episode .... Jebal Deeks # The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) (TV) # The Scapegoat (1959) .... John Barratt/Jacques De Gue # Our Man in Havana (1959) .... Jim Wormold # The Horse's Mouth (1958) .... Gulley Jimson # Barnacle Bill (1957) .... William Horatio Ambrose/six ancestors ... aka All at Sea (USA) # The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) .... Col. Nicholson # The Swan (1956) .... Prince Albert # The Ladykillers (1955) .... Professor Marcus ... aka The Lady Killers # Baker's Dozen (1955) (TV) # The Prisoner (1955) .... The Cardinal # To Paris with Love (1955) .... Col. Sir Edgar Fraser # Father Brown (1954) .... Father Brown ... aka The Detective (USA) # Malta Story (1953) .... Flight Lt. Peter Ross # The Captain's Paradise (1953) .... Capt. Henry St. James ... aka Paradise ... aka The Captain's Progress # The Square Mile (1953) (voice) .... Narrator # The Card (1952) .... Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin ... aka The Promoter (USA) # The Man in the White Suit (1951) .... Sidney Stratton # The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) .... Henry Holland # The Mudlark (1950) .... Benjamin Disraeli # Last Holiday (1950) .... George Bird # A Run for Your Money (1949) .... Whimple # Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) .... The Duke/The Banker/The Parson/The General/The Admiral/Young Ascoyne/Young Henry/Lady Agatha # Oliver Twist (1948) .... Fagin # Great Expectations (1946) .... Herbert Pocket # Evensong (1934) (uncredited) .... Extra (W.W.I. soldier in concert audience)