Albert Finney
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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.
Known for
Credits
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Finis Everglot (voice)
Skyfall (2012)
as Kincade
Erin Brockovich (2000)
as Ed Masry
A Good Year (2006)
as Henry Skinner
Miller's Crossing (1990)
as Leo
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
Big Fish (2003)
as Ed Bloom (senior)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Hercule Poirot
Traffic (2000)
as Chief of Staff
Wolfen (1981)
as Dewey Wilson
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
as Charles Hanson
Annie (1982)
as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Simpatico (1999)
as Simms
Delivering Milo (2001)
as Elmore Dahl
Two for the Road (1967)
as Mark Wallace
The Duellists (1977)
as Joseph Fouché
Scrooge (1970)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Amazing Grace (2007)
as John Newton
Tom Jones (1963)
as Tom Jones
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
as Arthur Seaton
Under the Volcano (1984)
as Geoffrey Firmin
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Winston Churchill
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Man in Audience at Opera
Orphans (1987)
as Harold
Looker (1981)
as Dr. Larry Roberts
Washington Square (1997)
as Dr. Austin Sloper
The Browning Version (1994)
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Alpha Beta (1974)
as Frank Elliot
Breakfast of Champions (1999)
as Kilgore Trout
The Dresser (1983)
as Sir
Loophole (1981)
as Mike Daniels
The Picasso Summer (1969)
as George Smith
The Victors (1963)
as Russian Soldier
Shoot the Moon (1982)
as George Dunlap
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin (1990)
as Self - Vocals
Gumshoe (1971)
as Eddie Ginley
The Run of the Country (1995)
as Danny's Father
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical (1982)
as Self / Daddy Warbucks
Pope John Paul II (1984)
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
The Entertainer (1960)
as Mick Rice
Rich in Love (1992)
as Warren Odom
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
as Charlie
The Playboys (1992)
as Constable Brendan Hegarty
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Observations Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self
Notes from Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self
Night Must Fall (1964)
as Danny
The Image (1990)
as Jason Cromwell
The Biko Inquest (1984)
as Sidney Kentridge
The Endless Game (1989)
as Alec Hillsden
A Man of No Importance (1994)
as Alfred Byrne
Uncovering Wolfen (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
A Simple Man (1987)
as Self - Introduction