Acting

Alec Guinness

1914–2000 · Acting

68.7avg grm

25titles

#23best rank

19honors

best title · #23 on siteStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi84.9

Honors

19

1958Academy Award — Best Actor

1996European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

1957Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

1979Academy Honorary Award

1989BAFTA Fellowship

Bio

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s4 titles

Little Dorrit1987 · as William Dorrit56.4 A

A Passage to India1984 · as Professor Godbole70.3 S

Smiley's People1982 · as George Smiley · series65.0 S

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi84.9

1970s5 titles

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979 · as George Smiley · series65.0 S

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi84.7 M

Murder by Death1976 · as Bensonmum65.8 B

Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972 · as Pope Innocent III55.1 S

Scrooge1970 · as Jacob Marley's Ghost57.9

1960s4 titles

Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Yevgraf75.2 L

Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Prince Faisal82.8 D

Damn the Defiant!1962 · as Captain Crawford54.9 T

Tunes of Glory1960 · as Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.58.0

1950s7 titles

Our Man in Havana1959 · as Jim Wormold53.7 B

The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Colonel Nicholson80.5 L

The Ladykillers1955 · as Professor Marcus77.0 P

The Promoter1952 · as Denry Machin55.6 L

The Lavender Hill Mob1951 · as Holland76.2 M

The Man in the White Suit1951 · as Sidney Stratton54.2 L

Last Holiday1950 · as George Bird56.9

1940s5 titles

Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke76.6 K

Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Banker76.6 K

Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Parson76.6 O

Oliver Twist1948 · as Fagin77.8 G

Great Expectations1946 · as Herbert Pocket78.5

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Alec Guinness

A

born1914

died2000

known forActing

titles on site25

best title rank#23 · Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

avg GRM68.7

honors19 · Academy Award — Best Actor, 1958

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

4 titles

56.4Little Dorrit1987 · as William Dorrit A

70.3A Passage to India1984 · as Professor Godbole S

65.0Smiley's People1982 · as George Smiley · series S

84.9Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi

1970s

5 titles

65.0Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979 · as George Smiley · series S

84.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi M

65.8Murder by Death1976 · as Bensonmum B

55.1Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972 · as Pope Innocent III S

57.9Scrooge1970 · as Jacob Marley's Ghost

1960s

4 titles

75.2Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Yevgraf L

82.8Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Prince Faisal D

54.9Damn the Defiant!1962 · as Captain Crawford T

58.0Tunes of Glory1960 · as Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

1950s

7 titles

53.7Our Man in Havana1959 · as Jim Wormold B

80.5The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Colonel Nicholson L

77.0The Ladykillers1955 · as Professor Marcus P

55.6The Promoter1952 · as Denry Machin L

76.2The Lavender Hill Mob1951 · as Holland M

54.2The Man in the White Suit1951 · as Sidney Stratton L

56.9Last Holiday1950 · as George Bird

1940s

5 titles

76.6Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke K

76.6Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Banker K

76.6Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Parson O

77.8Oliver Twist1948 · as Fagin G

78.5Great Expectations1946 · as Herbert Pocket

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