Alec Guinness

Birthday: 1914-04-02
Deathday: 2000-03-11
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1953 39 The Lavender Hill Mob (1952) Leading Actor Nom 0
1958 44 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Leading Actor Win 0
1978 64 Star Wars (1977) Supporting Actor Nom 0
1989 75 Little Dorrit (1988) Supporting Actor Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
2019-12-18 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2015-12-15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
1996-04-04 Eskimo Day James
1995-09-15 Mute Witness The Reaper
1993-09-10 A Foreign Field Amos
1992-10-18 Tales from Hollywood Heinrich Mann
1991-11-15 Kafka The Chief Clerk
1988-06-24 A Handful of Dust Mr. Todd
1987-12-11 Little Dorrit William Dorrit
1985-01-01 Monsignor Quixote Father Quixote
1984-12-14 A Passage to India Professor Godbole
1984-01-01 Edwin Sir Fennimore Truscott
1983-05-25 Return of the Jedi Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983-02-18 Lovesick Sigmund Freud
1980-12-01 Little Lord Fauntleroy Earl of Dorincourt
1980-09-22 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back Obi Wan Kenobi
1980-08-01 Raise the Titanic John Bigalow
1980-05-20 The Empire Strikes Back Obi-Wan Kenobi
1978-12-31 The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1977-05-25 Star Wars Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1976-06-23 Murder by Death Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976-02-01 Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar
1974-09-24 The Gift of Friendship Jocelyn Broome
1973-04-19 Hitler: The Last Ten Days Adolf Hitler
1972-03-03 Brother Sun, Sister Moon Papst Innozenz III.
1970-11-05 Scrooge Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970-07-16 Cromwell King Charles I
1970-07-12 Twelfth Night Malvolio
1967-10-31 The Comedians Major H. O. Jones
1966-11-10 The Quiller Memorandum Pol
1966-03-01 Hotel Paradiso Benedict Boniface
1965-12-22 Doctor Zhivago Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965-10-13 Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Wilhelm Frick
1964-03-24 The Fall of the Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius
1962-12-11 Lawrence of Arabia Prince Feisal
1962-04-15 H.M.S. Defiant Captain Crawford
1961-12-27 A Majority of One Koichi Asano
1960-09-17 Tunes of Glory Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960-01-27 Our Man in Havana Jim Wormold
1959-08-06 The Scapegoat John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1958-11-11 The Horse's Mouth Gulley Jimson
1957-12-17 Barnacle Bill Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957-10-11 The Bridge on the River Kwai Col. Nicholson
1956-04-26 The Swan Prince Albert
1955-12-08 The Ladykillers Professor Marcus
1955-04-19 The Prisoner The Cardinal
1955-01-01 To Paris with Love Sir Edgar Fraser
1954-06-08 Father Brown Father Brown
1953-09-28 The Captain's Paradise Captain Henry St. James
1953-06-01 Malta Story Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1952-02-25 The Card Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1951-08-07 The Man in the White Suit Sidney Stratton
1951-06-28 The Lavender Hill Mob Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1950-10-03 The Mudlark Benjamin Disraeli
1950-05-15 Last Holiday George Bird
1949-11-23 A Run for Your Money Whimple
1949-06-21 Kind Hearts and Coronets The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1948-06-28 Oliver Twist Fagin
1946-12-26 Great Expectations Herbert Pocket
1934-09-03 Evensong W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)