Alec Guinness

Known For

Acting

IMDB ID

nm0000027

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-02 (111 years)

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Deathday

2000-08-05

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Popularity

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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.