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

• 2016Jason Bourne — Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Schitt's Creek — Ed Masry (voice)
• 2012Skyfall — Kincade
• 2012The Bourne Legacy — Dr. Albert Hirsch
• 2007Amazing Grace — John Newton
• 2007Before the Devil Knows You're Dead — Charles Hanson
• 2007The Bourne Ultimatum — Dr. Albert Hirsch
• 2006A Good Year — Henry Skinner
• 2005Corpse Bride — Finis Everglot (voice)
• 2004Ocean's Twelve — Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
• 2003Big Fish — Ed Bloom (senior)
• 2002The Gathering Storm — Winston Churchill
• 2001Delivering Milo — Elmore Dahl
• My Uncle Silas — Uncle Silas
• 2000Erin Brockovich — Ed Masry
• 2000Traffic — Chief of Staff
• 1999Breakfast of Champions — Kilgore Trout
• 1999Simpatico — Simms
• 1998A Rather English Marriage — Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
• Nostromo — Dr. Monygham
• 1997Washington Square — Dr. Austin Sloper
• Cold Lazarus — Daniel Feeld
• Karaoke — Daniel Feeld
• 1995The Run of the Country — Danny's Father
• 1994A Man of No Importance — Alfred Byrne
• 1994The Browning Version — Andrew Crocker-Harris
• 1992Rich in Love — Warren Odom
• 1992The Playboys — Constable Brendan Hegarty
• 1990Miller's Crossing — Leo
• The Green Man — Maurice
• 1990The Image — Jason Cromwell
• 1989The Endless Game — Alec Hillsden
• The Endless Game — Alec Hillsden
• 1987Orphans — Harold
• Screen Two — Alfred Byrne
• 1984Pope John Paul II — Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
• 1984The Biko Inquest — Sidney Kentridge, Director
• 1984Under the Volcano — Geoffrey Firmin
• 1983The Dresser — Sir
• 1982Annie — 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
• 1982Shoot the Moon — George Dunlap
• 1981Looker — Dr. Larry Roberts
• 1981Loophole — Mike Daniels
• 1981Wolfen — Dewey Wilson
• The South Bank Show
• 1977The Duellists — Joseph Fouché
• 1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother — Man in Audience at Opera
• 1974Alpha Beta — Frank Elliot
• 1974Law and Disorder — Producer
• 1974Murder on the Orient Express — Hercule Poirot
• 1973O Lucky Man! — Producer
• 1972Bleak Moments — Associate Producer
• 1971Gumshoe — Eddie Ginley, Producer
• 1970Loving Memory — Producer
• 1970Scrooge — Ebenezer Scrooge
• 1970Spring and Port Wine — Producer
• 1969The Picasso Summer — George Smith
• 1968Charlie Bubbles — Charlie, Director
• 1968if.... — Producer
• 1967Two for the Road — Mark Wallace
• 1964Night Must Fall — Danny
• 1963The Victors — Russian Soldier
• 1963Tom Jones — Tom Jones
• 1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Arthur Seaton
• 1960The Entertainer — Mick Rice
• Sunday Night Theatre — Arnold

Appearances as themselves (14)

• Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)
• 2015Uncovering Wolfen — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Vito — Self (archive footage)
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin — Self - Vocals
• 1987A Simple Man — Self - Introduction
• 1984Notes from Under the Volcano — Self
• 1984Observations Under the Volcano — Self
• 1982Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical — Self / Daddy Warbucks
• Film '72 — Self
• ABC Stage 67 — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self