Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

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...

Known For

Star Wars

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Return of the Jedi

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Cast Credits

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

Eskimo Day

as James

Mute Witness

as The Reaper

Tales from Hollywood

as Heinrich Mann

Kafka

as The Chief Clerk

Little Dorrit

as William Dorrit

Monsignor Quixote

as Father Quixote

A Passage to India

as Professor Godbole

Edwin

as Sir Fennimore Truscott

Return of the Jedi

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Lovesick

as Sigmund Freud

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Earl of Dorincourt

Raise the Titanic

as John Bigalow

The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Star Wars Holiday Special

as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Star Wars

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Murder by Death

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

The Gift of Friendship

as Jocelyn Broome

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as Papst Innozenz III.

Scrooge

as Jacob Marley's Ghost

Cromwell

as King Charles I

Twelfth Night

as Malvolio

The Comedians

as Major H. O. Jones

Crew Credits