Alec Guinness
Awards & Honours
44
Awards Won
6
Honours
2
Records
Sir Alec Guinness is one of the most decorated actors in British history. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, received an Academy Honorary Award, and earned five competitive Oscar nominations. His BAFTA Academy Fellowship and Tony Award for Dylan underscore his mastery across film and theatre. He was knighted in 1959, inducted into the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nine of his films appear on the BFI's list of 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th Century, a testament to his enduring impact on cinema.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Knight Bachelor
Knighted for services to the arts.
Order of the Companions of Honour
Appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Appointed CBE for services to the arts.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Motion Pictures star at 1559 Vine Street.
Academy Honorary Award
For advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances.
BAFTA Academy Fellowship
Highest honor from BAFTA for lifetime achievement.
Records & Feats
Most characters played by a single actor in one film (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Guinness played eight distinct members of the D'Ascoyne family in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), a record for a single actor in one film.
Nine films on the BFI's 100 Greatest British Films list
Guinness appeared in nine films featured on the BFI's list of the 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th Century, more than any other actor.