Acteur

Alec Guinness

Geboren 2 april 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Overleden 5 augustus 2000

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (geboren als Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 april 1914 – 5 augustus 2000) was een Engelse acteur. Hij was te zien in verschillende Ealing Comedies, waaronder Kind Hearts and Coronets, waarin hij acht verschillende personages speelde. Later won hij de Academy Award voor Beste Acteur voor zijn rol als kolonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. Hij is vooral bekend als Obi-Wan Kenobi in de originele Star Wars-trilogie. Hij speelde ook prins Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia en George Smiley in de tv-adaptatie van Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Films en series

  1. 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies1u 3mSelf - (archive footage)
  2. 2021A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)13mSelf (archive footage)
  3. 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel23mSelf
  4. 2012Starring Sigmund Freud28m(archive footage)
  5. 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess59mSelf - Actor (archive footage)
  6. 2004The Story of Star Wars1uObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  7. 2004When Star Wars Ruled the World1uObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  8. 2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'53mSelf (archive footage)
  9. 1996Eskimo Day1u 23mJames
  10. 1995Mute Witness1u 35mThe Reaper
  11. 1993A Foreign Field1u 29mAmos
  12. 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1uSelf (archive footage)
  13. 1992Tales from Hollywood1u 53mHeinrich Mann
  14. 1991Kafka1u 38mThe Chief Clerk
  15. 1988A Handful of Dust1u 58mMr. Todd
  16. 1987Little Dorrit5u 57mWilliam Dorrit
  17. 1985Monsignor Quixote1u 55mFather Quixote
  18. 1985David Lean: A Life in Film2u 20mSelf
  19. 1984Edwin1u 30mSir Fennimore Truscott
  20. 1984A Passage to India2u 43mProfessor Godbole
  21. 1983Lovesick1u 36mSigmund Freud
  22. 1983Return of the Jedi2u 12mBen 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
  23. 1982Smiley's People1 seizoenGeorge Smiley
  24. 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy1u 43mEarl of Dorincourt
  25. 1980Raise the Titanic1u 55mJohn Bigalow
  26. 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back48mObi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
  27. 1980The Empire Strikes Back2u 4mObi-Wan Kenobi
  28. 1979Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1 seizoenGeorge Smiley
  29. 1978The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness22m
  30. 1977Star Wars2u 1mObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
  31. 1977The Making of Star Wars49mSelf
  32. 1976Caesar and Cleopatra1u 15mCaesar
  33. 1976Murder by Death1u 34mButler Jamesir Bensonmum
  34. 1974The Gift of Friendship1uJocelyn Broome
  35. 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days1u 46mAdolf Hitler
  36. 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon2u 1mPapst Innozenz III.
  37. 1970Scrooge1u 54mJacob Marley's Ghost
  38. 1970Cromwell2u 20mKing Charles I
  39. 1970Twelfth Night1u 43mMalvolio
  40. 1970The Ealing Comedies1u 14mSelf
  41. 1967The Comedians in Africa11mSelf (uncredited)
  42. 1967The Comedians2u 32mMajor H. O. Jones
  43. 1966Hotel Paradiso1u 38mBenedict Boniface
  44. 1966The Quiller Memorandum1u 44mPol
  45. 1965Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious1u 37mWilhelm Frick
  46. 1965Pasternak9mSelf (archive footage)
  47. 1965Doctor Zhivago3u 20mGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
  48. 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire3u 8mMarcus Aurelius
  49. 1962H.M.S. Defiant1u 41mCaptain Crawford
  50. 1962Lawrence of Arabia3u 48mPrince Feisal
  51. 1961A Majority of One2u 36mKoichi Asano
  52. 1960Our Man in Havana1u 51mJim Wormold
  53. 1960Tunes of Glory1u 46mMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
  54. 1959The Scapegoat1u 32mJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue
  55. 1958The Horse's Mouth1u 35mGulley Jimson
  56. 1958...On Seeing Film16mSelf
  57. 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant6mSelf
  58. 1957Barnacle Bill1u 27mCaptain William Horatio Ambrose
  59. 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai2u 42mCol. Nicholson
  60. 1956The Swan1u 52mPrince Albert
  61. 1955The Ladykillers1u 31mProfessor Marcus
  62. 1955The Prisoner1u 35mThe Cardinal
  63. 1955Rowlandson's England17mNarrator
  64. 1955To Paris with Love1u 18mSir Edgar Fraser
  65. 1954Father Brown1u 31mFather Brown
  66. 1954The Stratford Adventure40mSelf
  67. 1953The Captain's Paradise1u 34mCaptain Henry St. James
  68. 1953Malta Story1u 39mFlight Lt. Peter Ross
  69. 1952The Card1u 25mEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
  70. 1951The Man in the White Suit1u 25mSidney Stratton
  71. 1951The Lavender Hill Mob1u 18mHenry 'Dutch' Holland
  72. 1950Last Holiday1u 28mGeorge Bird
  73. 1950The Mudlark1u 34mBenjamin Disraeli
  74. 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets1u 44mThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
  75. 1949A Run for Your Money1u 25mWhimple
  76. 1948Oliver Twist2u 1mFagin
  77. 1946Great Expectations1u 58mHerbert Pocket
  78. 1934Evensong1u 27mW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)