Albert Finney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Died
- February 7, 2019 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Biography
Albert Finney (May 9, 1936 – February 7, 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television. He is known for his roles in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (also 1960), Tom Jones (1963), Two for the Road (1967), Scrooge (1970), Annie (1982), The Dresser (1983), Miller's Crossing (1990), A Man of No Importance (1994), Erin Brockovich (2000), Big Fish (2003), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and the James Bond film Skyfall (2012). A recipient of BAFTA , Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards, Finney was nominated for an Academy Award five times, as Best Actor four times, for Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), and Under the Volcano (1984), and as Best Supporting Actor for Erin Brockovich (2000). He received several awards for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 2002 BBC–HBO television biographical film The Gathering Storm.
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Filmography
Uncovering Wolfen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Schitt's Creek
TV · as Ed Masry (voice) · 1 ep
Skyfall
Movie · as Kincade
The Bourne Legacy
Movie · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie · as Charles Hanson
Amazing Grace
Movie · as John Newton
A Good Year
Movie · as Henry Skinner
Corpse Bride
Movie · as Finis Everglot (voice)
Ocean's Twelve
Movie · as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
Big Fish
Movie · as Ed Bloom (senior)
The Gathering Storm
Movie · as Winston Churchill
Delivering Milo
Movie · as Elmore Dahl
My Uncle Silas
TV · as Uncle Silas · 12 eps
Erin Brockovich
Movie · as Ed Masry
Traffic
Movie · as Chief of Staff
Breakfast of Champions
Movie · as Kilgore Trout
Simpatico
Movie · as Simms
A Rather English Marriage
Movie · as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
Washington Square
Movie · as Dr. Austin Sloper
Nostromo
TV · as Dr. Monygham · 3 eps
Karaoke
TV · as Daniel Feeld · 4 eps
Cold Lazarus
TV · as Daniel Feeld · 4 eps
The Run of the Country
Movie · as Danny's Father
The Browning Version
Movie · as Andrew Crocker-Harris
A Man of No Importance
Movie · as Alfred Byrne
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Playboys
Movie · as Constable Brendan Hegarty
Rich in Love
Movie · as Warren Odom
Miller's Crossing
Movie · as Leo
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Movie · as Self - Vocals
The Image
Movie · as Jason Cromwell
The Green Man
TV · as Maurice · 3 eps
The Endless Game
Movie · as Alec Hillsden
The Endless Game
TV · as Alec Hillsden · 2 eps
Orphans
Movie · as Harold
A Simple Man
Movie · as Self - Introduction
Screen Two
TV · as Alfred Byrne · 1 ep
Under the Volcano
Movie · as Geoffrey Firmin
Observations Under the Volcano
Movie · as Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
Movie · as Self
Pope John Paul II
Movie · as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
The Biko Inquest
Movie · as Sidney Kentridge
The Dresser
Movie · as Sir
Annie
Movie · as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Shoot the Moon
Movie · as George Dunlap
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Movie · as Self / Daddy Warbucks
Looker
Movie · as Dr. Larry Roberts
Loophole
Movie · as Mike Daniels
Wolfen
Movie · as Dewey Wilson
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
The Duellists
Movie · as Joseph Fouché
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Movie · as Man in Audience at Opera
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Hercule Poirot
Alpha Beta
Movie · as Frank Elliot
Gumshoe
Movie · as Eddie Ginley
Film '72
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Scrooge
Movie · as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Picasso Summer
Movie · as George Smith
Charlie Bubbles
Movie · as Charlie
Two for the Road
Movie · as Mark Wallace
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Night Must Fall
Movie · as Danny
The Victors
Movie · as Russian Soldier
Tom Jones
Movie · as Tom Jones
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Movie · as Arthur Seaton
The Entertainer
Movie · as Mick Rice
Tony Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Arnold · 1 ep