Acting
Alec Guinness
- Titles
- 82movies15TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19482012
- Leading roles
- 43top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Star Wars89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Warfare3.0average 1.2
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Satire & Parody3.8average 2.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.2average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Coming of Age2.1, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 7
- Social Commentary 7
- Character-Driven 5
- Character Study 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Melancholy 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Victorian Era 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Psychological Drama 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
David LeanDirectorLawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, A Passage to India, Oliver Twist
Anne V. CoatesEditorLawrence of Arabia, The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, Hotel Paradiso, To Paris with Love
Douglas SlocombeCinematographerThe Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Barnacle Bill, A Run for Your Money
Kay WalshActorOliver Twist, The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, Last Holiday
Jack HawkinsActorLawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Malta Story, The Prisoner
Joan GreenwoodActorThe Man in the White Suit, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Little Dorrit, Father Brown
Ronald NeameDirectorScrooge, The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, The Card
Robert HamerWriterKind Hearts and Coronets, The Scapegoat, Father Brown, To Paris with Love
Ralph RichardsonActorDoctor Zhivago, Twelfth Night, Our Man in Havana
Michael GoughActorThe Man in the White Suit, The Horse's Mouth, The Gift of Friendship
Miles MallesonActorThe Man in the White Suit, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Captain's Paradise
Omar SharifActorLawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movies and TV shows
742010s
4 titles · average score 70
62
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
74
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
74
TV show · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
1990s
6 titles · average score 69
as James
65
as The Reaper
78
as Amos
as Heinrich Mann
66
as The Chief Clerk
TV show · as Heinrich Mann
1980s
14 titles · average score 71
63
as Mr. Todd
66
as William Dorrit
81
as Father Quixote
70
as Professor Godbole
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
81
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
80
TV show · as George Smiley
74
as Earl of Dorincourt
52
as John Bigalow
85
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
80
as Obi Wan Kenobi
1970s
12 titles · average score 67
79
TV show · as George Smiley
28
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
89
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
71
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
as Caesar
as Jocelyn Broome
63
as Adolf Hitler
71
as Papst Innozenz III.
67
TV show · as Father Quixote
67
as King Charles I
72
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
as Malvolio
1960s
11 titles · average score 67
62
as Major H. O. Jones
57
as Benedict Boniface
77
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
64
as Wilhelm Frick
65
as Marcus Aurelius
81
as Prince Feisal
68
as Captain Crawford
62
as Koichi Asano
69
as Jim Wormold
73
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1950s
19 titles · average score 68
68
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
68
as Gulley Jimson
79
as Col. Nicholson
66
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
66
as Prince Albert
74
as Professor Marcus
61
as Captain Henry St. James
62
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
70
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
73
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
70
as Sidney Stratton
72
as George Bird
1940s
4 titles · average score 73
78
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
62
as Whimple
76
as Fagin
75
as Herbert Pocket
1930s
1 titles
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)