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For which film did Alec Guinness win the Academy Award for Best Actor?

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • Lawrence of Arabia

  • Doctor Zhivago

  • A Passage to India

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Alec Guinness won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Colonel Nicholson in the 1957 epic war film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Guinness's performance as the complex and conflicted British officer who becomes obsessed with building a bridge for his Japanese captors earned him widespread critical acclaim and solidified his status as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
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