Alec Guinness (Actor)

Reviews of Alec Guinness Movies

Looking for reviews of Alec Guinness movies? Cinafilm has a total of 8,893 reviews across 34 movies.

Movies starring Alec Guinness have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 67%.

Lawrence of Arabia - released in 1962 - is Alec Guinness's highest rated movie, with a score of 88% based on 853 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Alec Guinness is The Star Wars Holiday Special - released in 1978 - with a score of 24% based on 421 reviews.

Actor Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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.

Alec Guinness has acted in films with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones.

Alec Guinness has worked with these film directors: David Lean, Ronald Neame, Robert Hamer and J.J. Abrams.