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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens2015as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)Our takethe final movement separates stopping an immediate threat from finding a lasting answer. The pilots and ground team achieve something real. Rey’s journey to Luke then opens a different kind of need: the galaxy requires more than a successful strike. It needs people willing to take responsibility for what comes…
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957as Col. NicholsonOur takeThe bridge is not simply a symbol of pride. It is a project that gives Nicholson a way to feel effective inside captivity. The danger is that a measurable success—disciplined men, good engineering, a finished structure—can displace the harder question of whom the success benefits. Destroying the bridge resolves the…
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Alec Guinness
ActingBorn 1914-04-02Marylebone, 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 Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens2015as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)Our takethe final movement separates stopping an immediate threat from finding a lasting answer. The pilots and ground team achieve something real. Rey’s journey to Luke then opens a different kind of need: the galaxy requires more than a successful strike. It needs people willing to take responsibility for what comes…The Bridge on the River Kwai1957as Col. NicholsonOur takeThe bridge is not simply a symbol of pride. It is a project that gives Nicholson a way to feel effective inside captivity. The danger is that a measurable success—disciplined men, good engineering, a finished structure—can displace the harder question of whom the success benefits. Destroying the bridge resolves the…Profile and filmography data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.