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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Acting • 1914-04-02 • Marylebone, London, England, UK

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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Star Wars8.2

Star Wars

1977

Lawrence of Arabia8.0

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

The Bridge on the River Kwai7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Murder by Death7.1

Murder by Death

1976

The Ladykillers7.3

The Ladykillers

1955

Kind Hearts and Coronets7.6

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

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