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Albert Finney

Actor, Producer, Director
Born May 9, 1936Died February 7, 2019 (82 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Scrooge
  • Breakfast of Champions
  • The Entertainer
  • A Man of No Importance
  • Loophole
  • Law and Disorder
  • My Uncle Silas

Known For

  • Big Fish
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Skyfall
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • A Good Year
  • Corpse Bride
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Tom Jones
  • Annie
  • Miller's Crossing
  • Scrooge
  • The Gathering Storm
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
  • Wolfen
  • The Dresser
  • If....
  • The Duellists
  • Under the Volcano
  • Looker
  • Amazing Grace
  • Breakfast of Champions
  • Shoot the Moon
  • The Browning Version

Featured Videos

  • Albert Finney On His Character
    Albert Finney On His CharacterSkyfallBehind the Scenes

Albert Finney Filmography

2016
Jason Bourne · as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2015
Schitt's Creek (TV Series) · as Ed Masry (voice)
2012
Skyfall · as Kincade
2012
The Bourne Legacy · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
2011
2011
Vito · as Mark Wallace
2007
2007
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum · as Dr. Albert Hirsch
2006
A Good Year · as Henry Skinner
2006
Amazing Grace · as John Newton
2005
Corpse Bride · as Finis Everglot (voice)
2005
Aspects of Love · as George Dillingham
2004
Ocean's Twelve · as Gaspar Lemarc (uncredited)
2003
Big Fish · as Ed Bloom (senior)
2002
The Gathering Storm · as Winston Churchill
2001
My Uncle Silas (TV Series) · as Uncle Silas
2001
2001
Delivering Milo · as Elmore Dahl
2000
Traffic · as Chief Of Staff
2000
2000
Erin Brockovich · as Ed Masry
1999
Simpatico · as Simms
1999
1998
A Rather English Marriage · as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
1997
Washington Square · as Dr. Austin Sloper
1996
Nostromo (TV Series) · as Dr. Monygham
1996
Cold Lazarus (TV Series) · as Daniel Feeld
1996
Karaoke (TV Series) · as Daniel Feeld
1995
The Run of the Country · as Danny's Father
1994
1994
The Browning Version · as Andrew Crocker-Harris
1992
Rich in Love · as Warren Odom
1992
The Playboys · as Constable Brendan Hegarty
1990
The Green Man (TV Series) · as Maurice
1990
1990
The Image · as Jason Cromwell
1989
The Endless Game (TV Series) · as Alec Hillsden
1987
Orphans · as Harold
1984
Under the Volcano · as Geoffrey Firmin
1984
Pope John Paul II · as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul Ii
1983
The Dresser · as Sir
1982
Annie · as 'daddy' Oliver Warbucks
1982
Shoot the Moon · as George Dunlap
1981
Looker · as Dr. Larry Roberts
1981
Wolfen · as Dewey Wilson
1981
Loophole · as Mike Daniels
1977
The Duellists · as Joseph Fouché
1975
1974
Murder on the Orient Express · as Hercule Poirot
1974
Alpha Beta · as Frank Elliot
1971
Gumshoe · as Eddie Ginley
1970
Scrooge · as Ebenezer Scrooge
1969
The Picasso Summer · as George Smith
1968
Charlie Bubbles · as Charlie
1967
Two for the Road · as Mark Wallace
1964
Night Must Fall · as Danny
1963
The Victors · as Russian Soldier
1963
Tom Jones · as Tom Jones
1960
The Entertainer · as Mick Rice
1960
1959
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Tom Fletcher
1957
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Billy Fisher
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Arnold

2022
2021
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime · as Self - 'hercule Poirot', Murder On The Orient Express
2019
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam
2019
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - In Memoriam
2019
The Oscars · as Self - Actor (in Memoriam)
2017
2013
2001
The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee & Academy Fellowship Recipient
2000
2000
1999
1993
Audrey Hepburn Remembered · as Self (archive Footage)
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1990
The Wall: Live in Berlin · as Self - Vocals
1982
Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
1982
Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1972
Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self
1968
1968
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1966
ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Self
1962
1962
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self
1959
Juke Box Jury (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
1956
Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1955
This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

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