Albert Finney

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.

Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Schitt's Creek

as Ed Masry (voice)

Skyfall

as Kincade

Corpse Bride

as Finis Everglot (voice)

The Bourne Ultimatum

as Dr. Albert Hirsch

Jason Bourne

as Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sunday Night Theatre

as Arnold

Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (senior)

The Bourne Legacy

as Dr. Albert Hirsch

Ocean's Twelve

as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)

Delivering Milo

as Elmore Dahl

Erin Brockovich

as Ed Masry

Traffic

as Chief of Staff

Wolfen

as Dewey Wilson

A Good Year

as Henry Skinner

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

as Charles Hanson

Orphans

as Harold

Annie

as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks

Simpatico

as Simms