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Albert Finney

Acting Born May 9, 1936 Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK 24 credits

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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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
Film

Corpse Bride

as Finis Everglot (voice)

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Schitt's Creek (2015) as Ed Masry (voice)
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self
  • Screen Two (1985) as Alfred Byrne
  • Corpse Bride (2005) as Finis Everglot (voice)
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • Skyfall (2012) as Kincade
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Arnold
  • Jason Bourne (2016) as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004) as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) as Dr. Albert Hirsch
  • Erin Brockovich (2000) as Ed Masry
  • Big Fish (2003) as Ed Bloom (senior)
  • The Bourne Legacy (2012) as Dr. Albert Hirsch
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Hercule Poirot
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966) as Self
  • Traffic (2000) as Chief of Staff
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) as Charles Hanson
  • A Good Year (2006) as Henry Skinner
  • Annie (1982) as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
  • Miller's Crossing (1990) as Leo
  • Karaoke (1996) as Daniel Feeld
  • My Uncle Silas (2001) as Uncle Silas