About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1936-05-09
Place of birth:
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Albert Finney

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2015 Uncovering Wolfen Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2012 Skyfall Actor Kincade 71
Good
2012 The Bourne Legacy Actor Dr. Albert Hirsch 61
Fair
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Actor Charles Hanson 67
Fair
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Actor Dr. Albert Hirsch 73
Good
2006 Amazing Grace Actor John Newton 62
Fair
2006 A Good Year Actor Henry Skinner 64
Fair
2005 Corpse Bride Actor Finis Everglot (voice) 74
Good
2004 Ocean's Twelve Actor Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited) 65
Fair
2003 Big Fish Actor Ed Bloom (senior) 76
Good
2002 The Gathering Storm Actor Winston Churchill 59
Average
2001 My Uncle Silas Actor Uncle Silas 69
Fair
2001 Delivering Milo Actor Elmore Dahl 58
Average
2000 Traffic Actor Chief of Staff 68
Fair
2000 Erin Brockovich Actor Ed Masry 72
Good
1999 Simpatico Actor Simms 58
Average
1999 Breakfast of Champions Actor Kilgore Trout 57
Average
1998 A Rather English Marriage Actor Reggie Conyngham-Jervis 58
Average
1997 Washington Square Actor Dr. Austin Sloper 59
Average
1997 Nostromo Actor Dr. Monygham 69
Fair
1996 Cold Lazarus Actor Daniel Feeld 69
Fair
1996 Karaoke Actor Daniel Feeld 69
Fair
1995 The Run of the Country Actor Danny's Father 59
Average
1994 A Man of No Importance Actor Alfred Byrne 59
Average
1994 The Browning Version Actor Andrew Crocker-Harris 59
Average
1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1992 Rich in Love Actor Warren Odom 59
Average
1992 The Playboys Actor Constable Brendan Hegarty 59
Average
1990 The Green Man Actor Maurice 69
Fair
1990 Miller's Crossing Actor Leo 71
Good
1990 Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin Actor Self - Vocals 60
Fair
1990 The Image Actor Jason Cromwell 58
Average
1989 The Endless Game Actor Alec Hillsden 58
Average
1987 Orphans Actor Harold 58
Average
1984 The Biko Inquest Actor Sidney Kentridge N/A
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1984 Notes from Under the Volcano Actor Self N/A
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1984 Observations Under the Volcano Actor Self 59
Average
1984 Under the Volcano Actor Geoffrey Firmin 59
Average
1984 Pope John Paul II Actor Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II 59
Average
1983 The Dresser Actor Sir 59
Average
1982 Annie Actor 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks 62
Fair
1982 Lights, Camera, Annie! Actor Self / Daddy Warbucks N/A
N/A
1982 Shoot the Moon Actor George Dunlap 59
Average
1981 Looker Actor Dr. Larry Roberts 59
Average
1981 Wolfen Actor Dewey Wilson 58
Average
1981 Loophole Actor Mike Daniels 59
Average
1977 The Duellists Actor Joseph Fouché 66
Fair
1976 Alpha Beta Actor Frank Elliot 58
Average
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Actor Man in Audience at Opera 59
Average
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Actor Hercule Poirot 68
Fair
1971 Gumshoe Actor Eddie Ginley 59
Average
1970 Scrooge Actor Ebenezer Scrooge 61
Fair
1969 The Picasso Summer Actor George Smith 59
Average
1968 Charlie Bubbles Actor Charlie 59
Average
1967 Two for the Road Actor Mark Wallace 62
Fair
1964 Night Must Fall Actor Danny 59
Average
1963 The Victors Actor Russian Soldier 59
Average
1963 Tom Jones Actor Tom Jones 59
Average
1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Actor Arthur Seaton 61
Fair
1960 The Entertainer Actor Mick Rice 59
Average

Directing
1984 The Biko Inquest Directing Director N/A
N/A
1968 Charlie Bubbles Directing Director 59
Average

Production
1974 Law and Disorder Production Producer 58
Average
1973 O Lucky Man! Production Producer 60
Fair
1971 Gumshoe Production Producer 59
Average
1971 Bleak Moments Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1970 Spring and Port Wine Production Producer 59
Average
1968 if.... Production Producer 63
Fair