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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 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

1983
Return of the Jedi

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Movie
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Earl of Dorincourt

Movie
1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Movie
1977
Star Wars

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Movie
1962
Lawrence of Arabia

as Prince Feisal

Movie
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Col. Nicholson

Movie
1955
The Ladykillers

as Professor Marcus

Movie