Alec Guinness (1914-2000)
86.5 TOPICAL actor score · #53 of 1,977 actors
Alec Guinness (1914-2000) has a TOPICAL actor score of 86.5 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 9 acting honours from 12 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1955-1964. Best films: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Star Wars (1977).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
- Acting honours9 wins, 12 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Honorary Award; Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Prime1955-1964
- Credits59 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 21 scored films (13 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 82 languages
“In the BFI listing of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films—six in starring roles and three in supporting roles—including five directed by David Lean and four from Ealing Studios.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Alec Guinness's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Star Wars | 1977 | 5 |
| 9 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | 2 |
| 31 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 2 |
| 299 | Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | 5 |
| 1,062 | The Lavender Hill Mob | 1951 | 1 |
| 1,274 | The Ladykillers | 1955 | 1 |
| 1,386 | A Passage to India | 1984 | 5 |
| 2,372 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | 1964 | 3 |
| 2,976 | Murder by Death | 1976 | 2 |
| 3,011 | The Man in the White Suit | 1951 | 1 |
| 3,418 | Scrooge | 1970 | 2 |
| 3,995 | The Horse's Mouth | 1958 | 1 |
| 4,132 | Cromwell | 1970 | 2 |
| 4,457 | Tunes of Glory | 1960 | 1 |
| 4,674 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | 1972 | 7 |
| 5,004 | A Majority of One | 1961 | 2 |
| 5,165 | Little Dorrit | 1988 | 6 |
| 5,420 | The Mudlark | 1950 | 2 |
| 5,555 | A Handful of Dust | 1988 | 6 |
| 5,607 | The Card | 1952 | 1 |
| 6,454 | The Stratford Adventure | 1954 | 8 |