Albert Finney

Born: 1936-05-09 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Died: 2019-02-07

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2016

Jason Bourne as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

Schitt's Creek as Ed Masry (voice)
Uncovering Wolfen as Self (archive footage)

2012

Skyfall as Kincade
The Bourne Legacy as Dr. Albert Hirsch

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum as Dr. Albert Hirsch
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Charles Hanson

2006

A Good Year as Henry Skinner
Amazing Grace as John Newton

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

My Uncle Silas as Uncle Silas
Delivering Milo as Elmore Dahl

2000

Traffic as Chief of Staff
Erin Brockovich as Ed Masry

1999

Breakfast of Champions as Kilgore Trout
Simpatico as Simms

1998

A Rather English Marriage as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis

1997

Washington Square as Dr. Austin Sloper
Nostromo as Dr. Monygham

1996

Karaoke as Daniel Feeld
Cold Lazarus as Daniel Feeld

1995

The Run of the Country as Danny's Father

1994

The Browning Version as Andrew Crocker-Harris
A Man of No Importance as Alfred Byrne

1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)

1992

Rich in Love as Warren Odom
The Playboys as Constable Brendan Hegarty

1990

Miller's Crossing as Leo
The Image as Jason Cromwell
The Green Man as Maurice
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self - Vocals

1989

The Endless Game as Alec Hillsden
The Endless Game as Alec Hillsden

1987

Orphans as Harold
A Simple Man as Self - Introduction

1984

Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin
Pope John Paul II as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
The Biko Inquest as Sidney Kentridge
Notes from Under the Volcano as Self
Observations Under the Volcano as Self

1983

The Dresser as Sir

1982

Annie as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Shoot the Moon as George Dunlap
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical as Self / Daddy Warbucks

1981

Looker as Dr. Larry Roberts
Wolfen as Dewey Wilson
Loophole as Mike Daniels

1977

The Duellists as Joseph Fouché

1976

Alpha Beta as Frank Elliot

1975

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Man in Audience at Opera

1974

Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot
Law and Disorder ... (Producer)

1973

O Lucky Man! ... (Producer)

1971

Gumshoe as Eddie Ginley
Bleak Moments ... (Associate Producer)

1970

Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge
Spring and Port Wine ... (Producer)
Loving Memory ... (Producer)

1969

The Picasso Summer as George Smith

1968

if.... ... (Producer)
Charlie Bubbles as Charlie

1967

Two for the Road as Mark Wallace

1966

ABC Stage 67 as Self

1964

Night Must Fall as Danny

1963

Tom Jones as Tom Jones
The Victors as Russian Soldier