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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Awards

Schitt's Creek

Screen Two

Corpse Bride

Skyfall

Sunday Night Theatre

All Movies (58)

• Jason Bourne2016 · as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Uncovering Wolfen2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Skyfall2012 · as Kincade
• The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
• Vito2011 · as Self (archive)
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead2007 · as Charles Hanson
• The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
• Amazing Grace2006 · as John Newton
• A Good Year2006 · as Henry Skinner
• Corpse Bride2005 · as Finis Everglot (voice)
• Ocean's Twelve2004 · as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
• Big Fish2003 · as Ed Bloom (senior)
• The Gathering Storm2002 · as Winston Churchill
• Delivering Milo2001 · as Elmore Dahl
• Traffic2000 · as Chief of Staff
• Erin Brockovich2000 · as Ed Masry
• Simpatico1999 · as Simms
• Breakfast of Champions1999 · as Kilgore Trout
• A Rather English Marriage1998 · as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
• Washington Square1997 · as Dr. Austin Sloper
• The Run of the Country1995 · as Danny's Father
• A Man of No Importance1994 · as Alfred Byrne
• The Browning Version1994 · as Andrew Crocker-Harris
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rich in Love1992 · as Warren Odom
• The Playboys1992 · as Constable Brendan Hegarty
• Miller's Crossing1990 · as Leo
• Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin1990 · as Self - Vocals
• The Image1990 · as Jason Cromwell
• The Endless Game1989 · as Alec Hillsden
• Orphans1987 · as Harold
• A Simple Man1987 · as Self - Introduction
• The Biko Inquest1984 · as Sidney Kentridge
• Notes from Under the Volcano1984 · as Self
• Observations Under the Volcano1984 · as Self
• Under the Volcano1984 · as Geoffrey Firmin
• Pope John Paul II1984 · as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
• The Dresser1983 · as Sir
• Annie1982 · as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
• Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical1982 · as Self / Daddy Warbucks
• Shoot the Moon1982 · as George Dunlap
• Looker1981 · as Dr. Larry Roberts
• Wolfen1981 · as Dewey Wilson
• Loophole1981 · as Mike Daniels
• The Duellists1977 · as Joseph Fouché
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother1975 · as Man in Audience at Opera
• Murder on the Orient Express1974 · as Hercule Poirot
• Alpha Beta1974 · as Frank Elliot
• Gumshoe1971 · as Eddie Ginley
• Scrooge1970 · as Ebenezer Scrooge
• The Picasso Summer1969 · as George Smith
• Charlie Bubbles1968 · as Charlie
• Two for the Road1967 · as Mark Wallace
• Night Must Fall1964 · as Danny
• The Victors1963 · as Russian Soldier
• Tom Jones1963 · as Tom Jones
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960 · as Arthur Seaton
• The Entertainer1960 · as Mick Rice

All TV Shows (14)

• Schitt's Creek2015 · as Ed Masry (voice)
• My Uncle Silas2001 · as Uncle Silas
• Nostromo1997 · as Dr. Monygham
• Cold Lazarus1996 · as Daniel Feeld
• Karaoke1996 · as Daniel Feeld
• The Green Man1990 · as Maurice
• The Endless Game1989 · as Alec Hillsden
• Screen Two1985 · as Alfred Byrne
• Film '721971 · as Self
• ABC Stage 671966 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Arnold