Where to watch Alec Guinness in the UK
Find every Alec Guinness film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 May 2026.
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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- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
- Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley
- Smiley's People (1982) as George Smiley
- Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
- Mute Witness (1995) as The Reaper
- Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Julius Caesar
- Screen One (1989) as Amos
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Earl of Dorincourt
- Murder by Death (1976) as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Raise the Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow
- Kafka (1991) as The Chief Clerk
- The Card (1952) as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- A Handful of Dust (1988) as Mr. Todd
- A Passage to India (1984) as Professor Godbole
- Lovesick (1983) as Sigmund Freud
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Quiller Memorandum (1966) as Pol
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Professor Marcus
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) as Captain Crawford
- Cromwell (1970) as King Charles I
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) as Papst Innozenz III.
- Scrooge (1970) as Jacob Marley's Ghost
- The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Swan (1956) as Prince Albert
- Barnacle Bill (1957) as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) as Sidney Stratton
- The Comedians (1967) as Major H. O. Jones
- Our Man in Havana (1960) as Jim Wormold
- The Scapegoat (1959) as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) as Gulley Jimson
- Tunes of Glory (1960) as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
- Father Brown (1954) as Father Brown
- Last Holiday (1950) as George Bird
- The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Self
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) as Captain Henry St. James
- A Foreign Field (1993) as Amos
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Adolf Hitler
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious (1965) as Wilhelm Frick
- Hotel Paradiso (1966) as Benedict Boniface
- Little Dorrit (1987) as William Dorrit
- Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015) as Self
- Eskimo Day (1996) as James
- To Paris with Love (1955) as Sir Edgar Fraser
- Malta Story (1953) as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
- When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi Wan Kenobi
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- The Mudlark (1950) as Benjamin Disraeli
- A Majority of One (1961) as Koichi Asano
- Twelfth Night (1970) as Malvolio
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Monsignor Quixote (1985) as Father Quixote
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What are Alec Guinness's most popular films?
Most-watched Alec Guinness films currently: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Return of the Jedi (1983).
What TV shows has Alec Guinness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015), Great Performances (1971), ITV Playhouse (1967), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), The Steve Allen Show (1956).
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