Albert Finney
Known for: Acting
Born: May 9, 1936
Died: February 7, 2019
Place of birth: Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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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Filmography
64 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Jason Bourne
2016
NR
Uncovering Wolfen
2015
7.8
Schitt's Creek
2015
7.3
Skyfall
2012
6.3
The Bourne Legacy
2012
7.0
Vito
2011
7.1
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
7.4
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
6.9
Amazing Grace
2006
6.7
A Good Year
2006
7.6
Corpse Bride
2005
6.6
Ocean's Twelve
2004
7.7
Big Fish
2003
6.6
The Gathering Storm
2002
8.5
My Uncle Silas
2001
5.4
Delivering Milo
2001
7.1
Traffic
2000
7.4
Erin Brockovich
2000
4.9
Simpatico
1999
5.0
Breakfast of Champions
1999
5.5
A Rather English Marriage
1998
6.2
Washington Square
1997
6.7
Nostromo
1997
6.9
Cold Lazarus
1996
6.8
Karaoke
1996
6.4
The Run of the Country
1995
6.2
A Man of No Importance
1994
6.4
The Browning Version
1994
7.6
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
6.4
Rich in Love
1992
6.2
The Playboys
1992
7.0
The Green Man
1990
7.4
Miller's Crossing
1990
7.9
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
1990
4.9
The Image
1990
6.3
The Endless Game
1989
NR
The Endless Game
1989
5.7
Orphans
1987
NR
A Simple Man
1987
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.0
The Biko Inquest
1984
9.0
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984
4.5
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
6.5
Under the Volcano
1984
7.5
Pope John Paul II
1984
6.8
The Dresser
1983
6.5
Annie
1982
7.0
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982
6.3
Shoot the Moon
1982
6.2
Looker
1981
6.0
Wolfen
1981
6.3
Loophole
1981
7.2
The Duellists
1977
6.0
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
5.0
Law and Disorder
19745.7
Alpha Beta
1974
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973
6.2
Gumshoe
1971
6.1
Bleak Moments
19715.1
Film '72
1971
6.8
Scrooge
1970
5.8
Spring and Port Wine
1970
5.9
Loving Memory
1970
6.8
The Picasso Summer
1969
7.0
if....
1968
6.6
Charlie Bubbles
1968
7.0
Two for the Road
1967
6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
6.5
Night Must Fall
1964
6.3
The Victors
1963
5.9
Tom Jones
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
NR
Tony Awards
1956
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950