Alec Guinness

Acting

Alec Guinness

Born 1914-04-02 Marylebone, London, England, UK 82 films

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…

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Filmography

82 films
Eskimo Day poster

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise tha…

Eskimo Day

★ 8.0 1996