Acting · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Born May 9, 1936
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.
MovieJason Bourne
2016
as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieUncovering Wolfen
2015
as Self (archive footage)
TVSchitt's Creek
2015
as Ed Masry (voice)
MovieSkyfall
2012
as Kincade
MovieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
MovieVito
2011
as Self (archive)
MovieBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Charles Hanson
MovieThe Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as Dr. Albert Hirsch
MovieAmazing Grace
2006
as John Newton
MovieA Good Year
2006
as Henry Skinner
MovieCorpse Bride
2005
as Finis Everglot (voice)
MovieOcean's Twelve
2004
as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
MovieBig Fish
2003
as Ed Bloom (senior)
MovieThe Gathering Storm
2002
as Winston Churchill
TVMy Uncle Silas
2001
as Uncle Silas
MovieDelivering Milo
2001
as Elmore Dahl
MovieTraffic
2000
as Chief of Staff
MovieErin Brockovich
2000
as Ed Masry
MovieSimpatico
1999
as Simms
MovieBreakfast of Champions
1999
as Kilgore Trout
MovieA Rather English Marriage
1998
as Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
MovieWashington Square
1997
as Dr. Austin Sloper
TVNostromo
1997
as Dr. Monygham
TVCold Lazarus
1996
as Daniel Feeld
TVKaraoke
1996
as Daniel Feeld
MovieThe Run of the Country
1995
as Danny's Father
MovieA Man of No Importance
1994
as Alfred Byrne
MovieThe Browning Version
1994
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
MovieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRich in Love
1992
as Warren Odom
MovieThe Playboys
1992
as Constable Brendan Hegarty
TVThe Green Man
1990
as Maurice
MovieMiller's Crossing
1990
as Leo
MovieRoger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
1990
as Self - Vocals
MovieThe Image
1990
as Jason Cromwell
MovieThe Endless Game
1989
as Alec Hillsden
TVThe Endless Game
1989
as Alec Hillsden
MovieOrphans
1987
as Harold
MovieA Simple Man
1987
as Self - Introduction
TVScreen Two
1985
as Alfred Byrne
MovieThe Biko Inquest
1984
as Sidney Kentridge
MovieNotes from Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
MovieObservations Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
MovieUnder the Volcano
1984
as Geoffrey Firmin
MoviePope John Paul II
1984
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
MovieThe Dresser
1983
as Sir
MovieAnnie
1982
as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
MovieLights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982
as Self / Daddy Warbucks
MovieShoot the Moon
1982
as George Dunlap
MovieLooker
1981
as Dr. Larry Roberts
MovieWolfen
1981
as Dewey Wilson
MovieLoophole
1981
as Mike Daniels
MovieThe Duellists
1977
as Joseph Fouché
MovieThe Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
as Man in Audience at Opera
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
as Hercule Poirot
Alpha Beta
1974
as Frank Elliot
MovieGumshoe
1971
as Eddie Ginley
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieScrooge
1970
as Ebenezer Scrooge
MovieThe Picasso Summer
1969
as George Smith
MovieCharlie Bubbles
1968
as Charlie
MovieTwo for the Road
1967
as Mark Wallace
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Self
MovieNight Must Fall
1964
as Danny
MovieThe Victors
1963
as Russian Soldier
MovieTom Jones
1963
as Tom Jones
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Arthur Seaton
MovieThe Entertainer
1960
as Mick Rice
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Arnold
