Acting
Albert Finney
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.
Filmography
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Series · 2025
Uncovering Wolfen
Film · 2015
Schitt's Creek
Series · 2015
Skyfall
Film · 2012
The Bourne Legacy
Film · 2012
Vito
Film · 2011
The Bourne Ultimatum
Film · 2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Film · 2007
Amazing Grace
Film · 2007
A Good Year
Film · 2006
Corpse Bride
Film · 2005
Ocean's Twelve
Film · 2004
Big Fish
Film · 2003
The Gathering Storm
Film · 2002
Delivering Milo
Film · 2001
My Uncle Silas
Series · 2001
Erin Brockovich
Film · 2000
Traffic
Film · 2000
Breakfast of Champions
Film · 1999
Simpatico
Film · 1999
A Rather English Marriage
Film · 1998
Washington Square
Film · 1997
Nostromo
Series · 1997
Karaoke
Series · 1996
Cold Lazarus
Series · 1996
The Run of the Country
Film · 1995
The Browning Version
Film · 1994
A Man of No Importance
Film · 1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Film · 1993
The Playboys
Film · 1992
Rich in Love
Film · 1992
Miller's Crossing
Film · 1990
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Film · 1990
The Image
Film · 1990
The Green Man
Series · 1990
The Endless Game
Film · 1989
The Endless Game
Series · 1989
Orphans
Film · 1987
A Simple Man
Film · 1987
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Under the Volcano
Film · 1984
Observations Under the Volcano
Film · 1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
Film · 1984
Pope John Paul II
Film · 1984
The Biko Inquest
Film · 1984
The Dresser
Film · 1983
Annie
Film · 1982
Shoot the Moon
Film · 1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Film · 1982
Looker
Film · 1981
Loophole
Film · 1981
Wolfen
Film · 1981
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
The Duellists
Film · 1977
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Film · 1975
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 1974
Alpha Beta
Film · 1974
Gumshoe
Film · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Scrooge
Film · 1970
The Picasso Summer
Film · 1969
Charlie Bubbles
Film · 1968
Two for the Road
Film · 1967
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
Night Must Fall
Film · 1964
The Victors
Film · 1963
Tom Jones
Film · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Film · 1960
The Entertainer
Film · 1960
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Sunday Night Theatre
Series · 1950