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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 9, 1936
Place of Birth:
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Albert Finney
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Uncovering Wolfen | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Kincade |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Dr. Albert Hirsch |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Dr. Albert Hirsch |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Charles Hanson |
| 2006 | A Good Year | Henry Skinner |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace | John Newton |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Finis Everglot (voice) |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Big Fish | Ed Bloom (senior) |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill |
| 2001 | Delivering Milo | Elmore Dahl |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Ed Masry |
| 2000 | Traffic | Chief of Staff |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Kilgore Trout |
| 1999 | Simpatico | Simms |
| 1998 | A Rather English Marriage | Reggie Conyngham-Jervis |
| 1997 | Washington Square | Dr. Austin Sloper |
| 1995 | The Run of the Country | Danny's Father |
| 1994 | The Browning Version | Andrew Crocker-Harris |
| 1994 | A Man of No Importance | Alfred Byrne |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Playboys | Constable Brendan Hegarty |
| 1992 | Rich in Love | Warren Odom |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Leo |
| 1990 | Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin | Self - Vocals |
| 1990 | The Image | Jason Cromwell |
| 1989 | The Endless Game | Alec Hillsden |
| 1987 | Orphans | Harold |
| 1984 | Under the Volcano | Geoffrey Firmin |
| 1984 | Observations Under the Volcano | Self |
| 1984 | Notes from Under the Volcano | Self |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II |
| 1984 | The Biko Inquest | Sidney Kentridge |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Sir |
| 1982 | Annie | 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon | George Dunlap |
| 1982 | Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical | Self / Daddy Warbucks |
| 1981 | Looker | Dr. Larry Roberts |
| 1981 | Loophole | Mike Daniels |
| 1981 | Wolfen | Dewey Wilson |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Joseph Fouché |
| 1976 | Alpha Beta | Frank Elliot |
| 1975 | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Man in Audience at Opera |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | Eddie Ginley |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 1969 | The Picasso Summer | George Smith |
| 1968 | Charlie Bubbles | Charlie |
| 1967 | Two for the Road | Mark Wallace |
| 1964 | Night Must Fall | Danny |
| 1963 | The Victors | Russian Soldier |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Tom Jones |
| 1960 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Arthur Seaton |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Mick Rice |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Schitt's Creek | Ed Masry (voice) |
| 2001 | My Uncle Silas | Uncle Silas |
| 1997 | Nostromo | Dr. Monygham |
| 1996 | Cold Lazarus | Daniel Feeld |
| 1996 | Karaoke | Daniel Feeld |
| 1990 | The Green Man | Maurice |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self |