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Alec Guinness

Best rated: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (8.7)

Films
44
Avg rating
7.10
Peak run
1972’80
Oscar wins
1 of 4
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The career

Alec Guinness, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1972 to 1980, 7.645678919501960197019801990Star Wars: Episode V - Th… 8.7Raise the Titanic 5.3Career avg 7.10

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Alec Guinness's career barcodecoolhot
194644 films1995
Current formLast 5: 6.62 vs career 7.10 (−0.48)
  1. LLovesick1983 · 5.2−1.9
  2. WA Passage to India1984 · 7.3+0.2
  3. WLittle Dorrit1987 · 7.10.0
  4. LKafka1991 · 6.8−0.3
  5. LMute Witness1995 · 6.7−0.4
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Alec by the numbers

Average
7.10
40 rated films
Vote weighted
7.22
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.73
rating spread
Career
50y
1946 to 1995
Total votes
4.15M
across every film
Best
8.7
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Worst
5.3
Raise the Titanic
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1995Mute WitnessThe Reaper6.78,545
1991Kafka posterKafkaThe Chief Clerk6.811,235
1987Little DorritWilliam Dorrit7.11,375
1984A Passage to India posterA Passage to IndiaProfessor Godbole7.323,603
1983LovesickSigmund Freud5.21,011
1980Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back posterStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackBen (Obi-Wan) Kenobi8.71.53M
1980Raise the TitanicJohn Bigalow5.36,266
1977Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope posterStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeBen Obi-Wan Kenobi8.61.59M
1976Murder by Death posterMurder by DeathBensonmum7.246,293
1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysAdolf Hitler6.52,150
1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonPope Innocent III7.25,403
1970CromwellKing Charles 'Stuart' I7.08,209
1970Scrooge posterScroogeJacob Marley's Ghost7.514,086
1967The ComediansMajor H. O. Jones6.32,512
1966Hotel ParadisoBenedict Boniface·997
1966The Quiller MemorandumPol6.34,835
1965Doctor Zhivago posterDoctor ZhivagoYevgraf7.988,169
1965Situation Hopeless -- But Not SeriousWilhelm Frick·565
1964The Fall of the Roman Empire posterThe Fall of the Roman EmpireMarcus Aurelius6.711,529
1962Damn the Defiant!Captain Crawford7.13,496
Better together?

Alec Guinness's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Alec Guinness

6 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1989
    Alec Guinness
    Nominated
  • Honorary Award · Academy Awards 1980
    Alec Guinness
    Won
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1978
    Alec Guinness
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1959
    Alec Guinness
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1958
    Alec Guinness
    Won
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1953
    Alec Guinness
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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