Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1936-05-09
Day of Death
2019-02-07
Place of Birth
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
Filmography (57)
Jason Bourne
2016
Uncovering Wolfen
2015
Skyfall
2012
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Amazing Grace
2006
A Good Year
2006
Corpse Bride
2005
Ocean's Twelve
2004
Big Fish
2003
The Gathering Storm
2002
Delivering Milo
2001
Traffic
2000
