Albert Finney
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Skyfall
as Kincade 2012
Corpse Bride
as Finis Everglot (voice) 2005
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Dr. Albert Hirsch 2007
Ocean's Twelve
as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited) 2004
Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (senior) 2003
Jason Bourne
as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited) 2016
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Albert Hirsch 2012
Erin Brockovich
as Ed Masry 2000
Traffic
as Chief of Staff 2000
Miller's Crossing
as Leo 1990
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Charles Hanson 2007
A Good Year
as Henry Skinner 2006
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hercule Poirot 1974
Annie
as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks 1982
The Duellists
as Joseph Fouché 1977
Amazing Grace
as John Newton 2006
Two for the Road
as Mark Wallace 1967