Albert Finney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Died
- Feb 7, 2019 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Credits
- 74
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
Skyfall
2012Movie
Kincade
Corpse Bride
2005Movie
Finis Everglot (voice)
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007Movie
Dr. Albert Hirsch
Ocean's Twelve
2004Movie
Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
Big Fish
2003Movie
Ed Bloom (senior)
Jason Bourne
2016Movie
Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Filmography
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025TV
Self (footage)
Jason Bourne
2016Movie
Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Uncovering Wolfen
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Schitt's Creek
2015TV
Ed Masry (voice)
Skyfall
2012Movie
Kincade
The Bourne Legacy
2012Movie
Dr. Albert Hirsch
Vito
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007Movie
Charles Hanson
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007Movie
Dr. Albert Hirsch
Amazing Grace
2007Movie
John Newton
A Good Year
2006Movie
Henry Skinner
Corpse Bride
2005Movie
Finis Everglot (voice)
Ocean's Twelve
2004Movie
Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
Big Fish
2003Movie
Ed Bloom (senior)
The Gathering Storm
2002Movie
Winston Churchill
My Uncle Silas
2001TV
Uncle Silas
Delivering Milo
2001Movie
Elmore Dahl
Traffic
2000Movie
Chief of Staff
Erin Brockovich
2000Movie
Ed Masry
Simpatico
1999Movie
Simms
Breakfast of Champions
1999Movie
Kilgore Trout
A Rather English Marriage
1998Movie
Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
Washington Square
1997Movie
Dr. Austin Sloper
Nostromo
1997TV
Dr. Monygham
Cold Lazarus
1996TV
Daniel Feeld
Karaoke
1996TV
Daniel Feeld
The Run of the Country
1995Movie
Danny's Father
A Man of No Importance
1994Movie
Alfred Byrne
The Browning Version
1994Movie
Andrew Crocker-Harris
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rich in Love
1992Movie
Warren Odom
The Playboys
1992Movie
Constable Brendan Hegarty
The Green Man
1990TV
Maurice
Miller's Crossing
1990Movie
Leo
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
1990Movie
Self - Vocals
The Image
1990Movie
Jason Cromwell
The Endless Game
1989Movie
Alec Hillsden
The Endless Game
1989TV
Alec Hillsden
A Simple Man
1987Movie
Self - Introduction
Orphans
1987Movie
Harold
Screen Two
1985TV
Alfred Byrne
The Biko Inquest
1984Movie
Sidney Kentridge
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984Movie
Self
Observations Under the Volcano
1984Movie
Self
Under the Volcano
1984Movie
Geoffrey Firmin
Pope John Paul II
1984Movie
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
The Dresser
1983Movie
Sir
Annie
1982Movie
'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982Movie
Self / Daddy Warbucks
Shoot the Moon
1982Movie
George Dunlap
Looker
1981Movie
Dr. Larry Roberts
Wolfen
1981Movie
Dewey Wilson
Loophole
1981Movie
Mike Daniels
The South Bank Show
1978TV
The Duellists
1977Movie
Joseph Fouché
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975Movie
Man in Audience at Opera
Murder on the Orient Express
1974Movie
Hercule Poirot
Alpha Beta
1974Movie
Frank Elliot
Gumshoe
1971Movie
Eddie Ginley
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Scrooge
1970Movie
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Picasso Summer
1969Movie
George Smith
Charlie Bubbles
1968Movie
Charlie
Two for the Road
1967Movie
Mark Wallace
ABC Stage 67
1966TV
Self
Night Must Fall
1964Movie
Danny
The Victors
1963Movie
Russian Soldier
Tom Jones
1963Movie
Tom Jones
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960Movie
Arthur Seaton
The Entertainer
1960Movie
Mick Rice
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Arnold