Alec Guinness

Acting

Born: 1914-04-02

Died: 2000-08-05

From: Marylebone, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Height: 176.00 m

Popularity: 1.4

Also Known As

Alec Guinness de CuffeSir Alec Guinness

Biography

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.

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Awards & Nominations21 won · 17 nominated

🏆 Won

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

1996

🏆 Won

Companion of Honour

1994

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge

1991

🏆 Won

BAFTA Fellowship

1989

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Little Dorrit

1989

Nominated

BAFTA Fellowship

1989

🏆 Won

Society of London Theatre Special Award

1988

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Little Dorrit

1988

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play

1988

Nominated

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

Little Dorrit

1988

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Great Performances

1986

🏆 Won

Shakespeare Prize

1985

🏆 Won

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Smiley's People

1983

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Smiley's People

1983

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Smiley's People

1983

🏆 Won

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1980

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1980

🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

1979

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1978

🏆 Won

Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1977

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1977

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play

1977

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1964

Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

The Horse's Mouth

1960

🏆 Won

Knight Bachelor

1959

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

The Horse's Mouth

1959

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

🏆 Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

🏆 Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1955

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Q1168531

1953

🏆 Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1950

🏆 Won

Laurence Olivier Awards

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

Volpi Cup for Best Actor

🏆 Won

Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

Alec Guinness

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations21 won · 17 nominated

Acting94 titles

The Gift of Friendship

MGM Parade

Monsignor Quixote

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Apostrophes

The Empire Strikes Back

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars

Lawrence of Arabia

Eskimo Day

Caesar and Cleopatra

Edwin

Return of the Jedi

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Smiley's People

Doctor Zhivago

Oliver Twist

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

The Ladykillers

Great Expectations

Murder by Death

The Lavender Hill Mob

Last Holiday

The Prisoner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Story of Star Wars

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Screen One

Omnibus

Tunes of Glory

The Making of Star Wars

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

The Card

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

The Oscars

ITV Playhouse

The Man in the White Suit

The Swan

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

Scrooge

A Passage to India

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Scapegoat

The Ed Sullivan Show

Startime

Our Man in Havana

The Horse's Mouth

Cromwell

Barnacle Bill

The Mudlark

Pasternak

H.M.S. Defiant

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Mute Witness

Father Brown

Twelfth Night

Kafka

Little Dorrit

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Lionpower from MGM

Performance

A Run for Your Money

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

The Stratford Adventure

The Steve Allen Show

Talking Pictures

A Handful of Dust

Malta Story

The Comedians