Albert Finney
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Film
Corpse Bride
Finis Everglot (voice)
2005
Series
Schitt's Creek
Ed Masry (voice)
2015
Series
Tony Awards
Self
1956
Series
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
Screen Two
Alfred Byrne
1985
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dr. Albert Hirsch
2007
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Arnold
1950
Film
Ocean's Twelve
Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
2004
Film
Miller's Crossing
Leo
1990
Film
The Bourne Legacy
Dr. Albert Hirsch
2012
Film
Skyfall
Kincade
2012
Series
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
Film
Erin Brockovich
Ed Masry
2000
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot
1974
Film
Big Fish
Ed Bloom (senior)
2003
Film
Traffic
Chief of Staff
2000
Film
A Good Year
Henry Skinner
2006
Film
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Charles Hanson
2007
Series
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self (footage)
2025
Series
Cold Lazarus
Daniel Feeld
1996
Film
Amazing Grace
John Newton
2007
Film
Two for the Road
Mark Wallace
1967
Film
Annie
'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
1982
Film
The Duellists
Joseph Fouché
1977
Series
Karaoke
Daniel Feeld
1996
Series
My Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas
2001
Film
Delivering Milo
Elmore Dahl
2001
Film
Charlie Bubbles
Charlie
1968
Film
The Dresser
Sir
1983
Film
Breakfast of Champions
Kilgore Trout
1999
Film
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
1963
Series
The Green Man
Maurice
1990
Film
Wolfen
Dewey Wilson
1981
Film
Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge
1970
Film
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
2002
Series
Nostromo
Dr. Monygham
1997
Film
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Man in Audience at Opera
1975
Film
Under the Volcano
Geoffrey Firmin
1984
Film
The Browning Version
Andrew Crocker-Harris
1994
Film
The Picasso Summer
George Smith
1969
Series
The Endless Game
Alec Hillsden
1989
Film
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Arthur Seaton
1960
Film
Washington Square
Dr. Austin Sloper
1997
Film
Pope John Paul II
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
1984
Film
A Man of No Importance
Alfred Byrne
1994
Film
The Playboys
Constable Brendan Hegarty
1992
Film
The Victors
Russian Soldier
1963
Film
Looker
Dr. Larry Roberts
1981
Film
Loophole
Mike Daniels
1981
Film
A Rather English Marriage
Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
1998
Film
Shoot the Moon
George Dunlap
1982
Film
The Entertainer
Mick Rice
1960
Film
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Self - Vocals
1990
Film
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
Simpatico
Simms
1999
Film
Orphans
Harold
1987
Film
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Film
Night Must Fall
Danny
1964
Film
Rich in Love
Warren Odom
1992
Film
The Endless Game
Alec Hillsden
1989
Film
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self / Daddy Warbucks
1982
Film
The Run of the Country
Danny's Father
1995
Film
Gumshoe
Eddie Ginley
1971
Film
The Image
Jason Cromwell
1990
Film
Observations Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Film
The Biko Inquest
Sidney Kentridge
1984
Film
Vito
Self (archive footage)
2011
Alpha Beta
Frank Elliot
1974
Film
Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
A Simple Man
Self - Introduction
1987