Albert Finney

Actor

Albert Finney

Born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UKDied February 7, 201948 films

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.

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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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Big Fish posterFirst watchBig Fish20037.7as Ed Bloom (senior)A leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William.View film

Essential films

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Erin Brockovich poster7.4Erin Brockovich2000Murder on the Orient Express poster7.1Murder on the Orient Express1974A Good Year poster6.7A Good Year2006Before the Devil Knows You're Dead poster7.1Before the Devil Knows You're Dead2007Annie poster6.5Annie1982Two for the Road poster7.0Two for the Road1967The Duellists poster7.3The Duellists1977Saturday Night and Sunday Morning poster7.0Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960

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Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 2012SkyfallKincade
  2. 2012The Bourne LegacyDr. Albert Hirsch
  3. 2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadCharles Hanson
  4. 2007The Bourne UltimatumDr. Albert Hirsch
  5. 2007Amazing GraceJohn Newton
  6. 2006A Good YearHenry Skinner
  7. 2005Corpse BrideFinis Everglot (voice)
  8. 2004Ocean's TwelveGaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
  9. 2003Big FishEd Bloom (senior)
  10. 2002The Gathering StormWinston Churchill
  11. 2001Delivering MiloElmore Dahl
  12. 2000TrafficChief of Staff
  13. 2000Erin BrockovichEd Masry
  14. 1999SimpaticoSimms
  15. 1999Breakfast of ChampionsKilgore Trout
  16. 1998A Rather English MarriageReggie Conyngham-Jervis
  17. 1997Washington SquareDr. Austin Sloper
  18. 1995The Run of the CountryDanny's Father
  19. 1994A Man of No ImportanceAlfred Byrne
  20. 1994The Browning VersionAndrew Crocker-Harris
  21. 1992Rich in LoveWarren Odom
  22. 1992The PlayboysConstable Brendan Hegarty
  23. 1990Miller's CrossingLeo
  24. 1990The ImageJason Cromwell
  25. 1989The Endless GameAlec Hillsden
  26. 1987OrphansHarold
  27. 1984The Biko InquestSidney Kentridge
  28. 1984Pope John Paul IIKarol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
  29. 1983The DresserSir
  30. 1982Annie'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
  31. 1982Shoot the MoonGeorge Dunlap
  32. 1981LookerDr. Larry Roberts
  33. 1981WolfenDewey Wilson
  34. 1981LoopholeMike Daniels
  35. 1977The DuellistsJoseph Fouché
  36. 1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMan in Audience at Opera
  37. 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot
  38. 1974Alpha BetaFrank Elliot
  39. 1971GumshoeEddie Ginley
  40. 1970ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge
  41. 1969The Picasso SummerGeorge Smith
  42. 1968Charlie BubblesCharlie
  43. 1967Two for the RoadMark Wallace
  44. 1964Night Must FallDanny
  45. 1963The VictorsRussian Soldier
  46. 1963Tom JonesTom Jones
  47. 1960Saturday Night and Sunday MorningArthur Seaton
  48. 1960The EntertainerMick Rice