Albert Finney
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.
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Movies (43)
Jason Bourne
as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Uncovering Wolfen
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Skyfall
as Kincade
2012
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
2012
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Charles Hanson
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
2007
Amazing Grace
as John Newton
2006
A Good Year
as Henry Skinner
2006
Corpse Bride
as Finis Everglot (voice)
2005
Ocean's Twelve
as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
2004
Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (senior)
2003
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
2002
Delivering Milo
as Elmore Dahl
2001
Traffic
as Chief of Staff
2000
Erin Brockovich
as Ed Masry
2000
Simpatico
as Simms
1999
Breakfast of Champions
as Kilgore Trout
1999
A Rather English Marriage
as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
1998
Washington Square
as Dr. Austin Sloper
1997
The Run of the Country
as Danny's Father
1995
A Man of No Importance
as Alfred Byrne
1994
The Browning Version
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Rich in Love
as Warren Odom
1992
The Playboys
as Constable Brendan Hegarty
1992
Miller's Crossing
as Leo
1990
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
as Self - Vocals
1990
The Image
as Jason Cromwell
1990
The Endless Game
as Alec Hillsden
1989
Orphans
as Harold
1987
The Biko Inquest
as Sidney Kentridge
1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
Observations Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
Under the Volcano
as Geoffrey Firmin
1984
Pope John Paul II
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
1984
The Dresser
as Sir
1983
Annie
as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self / Daddy Warbucks
1982
Shoot the Moon
as George Dunlap
1982
Looker
as Dr. Larry Roberts
1981
Wolfen
as Dewey Wilson
1981
Loophole
as Mike Daniels
1981
The Duellists
as Joseph Fouché
1977
