Albert Finney
56 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Died
- Feb 7, 2019 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- Альберт Финни · آلبرت فینی
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).
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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
Albert Finney: movies and TV shows
Acting (59)
- 2016 Jason Bourne
as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015
- 2012 Skyfall
as Kincade
- 2012 The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
- 2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Charles Hanson
- 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
- 2007 Amazing Grace
as John Newton
- 2006 A Good Year
as Henry Skinner
- 2005 Corpse Bride
as Finis Everglot (voice)
- 2004 Ocean's Twelve
as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
- 2003 Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (senior)
- 2002 The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
- 2001
- 2001 Delivering Milo
as Elmore Dahl
- 2000 Traffic
as Chief of Staff
- 2000 Erin Brockovich
as Ed Masry
- 1999 Simpatico
as Simms
- 1999 Breakfast of Champions
as Kilgore Trout
- 1998 A Rather English Marriage
as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
- 1997 Washington Square
as Dr. Austin Sloper
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 The Run of the Country
as Danny's Father
- 1994 A Man of No Importance
as Alfred Byrne
- 1994 The Browning Version
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
- 1992 Rich in Love
as Warren Odom
- 1992 The Playboys
as Constable Brendan Hegarty
- 1990
- 1990 Miller's Crossing
as Leo
- 1990 The Image
as Jason Cromwell
- 1989 The Endless Game
as Alec Hillsden
- 1989
- 1987 Orphans
as Harold
- 1985
- 1984 The Biko Inquest
as Sidney Kentridge
- 1984 Under the Volcano
as Geoffrey Firmin
- 1984 Pope John Paul II
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
- 1983 The Dresser
as Sir
- 1982 Annie
as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
- 1982 Shoot the Moon
as George Dunlap
- 1981 Looker
as Dr. Larry Roberts
- 1981 Wolfen
as Dewey Wilson
- 1981 Loophole
as Mike Daniels
- 1977 The Duellists
as Joseph Fouché
- 1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Man in Audience at Opera
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express
as Hercule Poirot
- 1974 Alpha Beta
as Frank Elliot
- 1971 Gumshoe
as Eddie Ginley
- 1970 Scrooge
as Ebenezer Scrooge
- 1969 The Picasso Summer
as George Smith
- 1968 Charlie Bubbles
as Charlie
- 1967 Two for the Road
as Mark Wallace
- 1964 Night Must Fall
as Danny
- 1963 The Victors
as Russian Soldier
- 1963 Tom Jones
as Tom Jones
- 1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
as Arthur Seaton
- 1960 The Entertainer
as Mick Rice
- 1950
Behind the camera (9)
- 1984 The Biko Inquest
Director
- 1974 Law and Disorder
Producer
- 1973 O Lucky Man!
Producer
- 1972 Bleak Moments
Associate Producer
- 1971 Gumshoe
Producer
- 1970 Spring and Port Wine
Producer
- 1970 Loving Memory
Producer
- 1968 if....
Producer
- 1968 Charlie Bubbles
Director
Talk shows and appearances (15)
- 2025 Tim Burton: Life in the Line
4 episodes
- 2015
- 2011
- 1993
- 1990
- 1987
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
3 episodes
- 1966 ABC Stage 67
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode