Albert Finney
Born May 09, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
Jason Bourne
2016
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as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 80
Skyfall
2012
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as Kincade
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Age: 76
The Bourne Legacy
2012
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as Dr. Albert Hirsch
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Age: 76
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
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as Charles Hanson
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Age: 71
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
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as Dr. Albert Hirsch
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Age: 71
Amazing Grace
2006
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as John Newton
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Age: 70
A Good Year
2006
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as Henry Skinner
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Age: 70
Corpse Bride
2005
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as Finis Everglot (voice)
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Age: 69
Ocean's Twelve
2004
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as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Big Fish
2003
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as Ed Bloom (senior)
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Age: 67
Traffic
2000
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as Chief of Staff
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Age: 64
Erin Brockovich
2000
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as Ed Masry
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Age: 63
Simpatico
1999
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as Simms
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Age: 63
Washington Square
1997
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as Dr. Austin Sloper
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Age: 61
A Man of No Importance
1994
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as Alfred Byrne
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Age: 58
The Browning Version
1994
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as Andrew Crocker-Harris
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Age: 58
Miller's Crossing
1990
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as Leo
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Age: 54
Orphans
1987
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as Harold
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Age: 51
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
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as Self
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Age: 48
Annie
1982
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as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
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Age: 46
Shoot the Moon
1982
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as George Dunlap
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Age: 45
Looker
1981
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as Dr. Larry Roberts
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Age: 45
Wolfen
1981
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as Dewey Wilson
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Age: 45
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
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as Man in Audience at Opera
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Age: 39
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
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as Hercule Poirot
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Age: 38
Scrooge
1970
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as Ebenezer Scrooge
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Age: 34