Albert Finney

Albert Finney

1936-05-09

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Finney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

7.6

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

7.4

Skyfall

Skyfall

7.2

Scrooge

Scrooge

6.9

Big Fish

Big Fish

7.8

Ocean’s Twelve

Ocean’s Twelve

6.6

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

7.1

Traffic

Traffic

7.1

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

6.2

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

7.4

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

7.1

A Good Year

A Good Year

6.7

Annie

Annie

6.5

Miller’s Crossing

Miller’s Crossing

7.5

The Duellists

The Duellists

7.3

Wolfen

Wolfen

5.9

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

5.9

Looker

Looker

6.1

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother

6.0

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

6.6