Albert Finney profile
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Albert Finney

9th May 1936 Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK Acting

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.

57 Movies 12 TV Shows 69 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Jason Bourne 27th July 2016 as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Big Fish 10th December 2003 as Ed Bloom (senior)
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Traffic 27th December 2000 as Chief of Staff
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Annie 21st May 1982 as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
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Looker 30th October 1981 as Dr. Larry Roberts
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Wolfen 24th July 1981 as Dewey Wilson
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Gumshoe 1st December 1971 as Eddie Ginley
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Scrooge 5th November 1970 as Ebenezer Scrooge
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Karaoke 28th April 1996 as Daniel Feeld