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Aliases: Альберт Финни

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Finney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self
Corpse Bride
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8

Corpse Bride

(2005) Finis Everglot (voice)
ABC Stage 67
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6

ABC Stage 67

(1966) Self
Skyfall
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7

Skyfall

(2012) Kincade
The Bourne Ultimatum
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7

The Bourne Ultimatum

(2007) Dr. Albert Hirsch
Traffic
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7

Traffic

(2000) Chief of Staff
The Bourne Legacy
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6

The Bourne Legacy

(2012) Dr. Albert Hirsch
Ocean's Twelve
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7

Ocean's Twelve

(2004) Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2015 Ed Masry (voice)
2012 Kincade
Dr. Albert Hirsch
2007 Charles Hanson
Dr. Albert Hirsch
Self
2006 John Newton
Henry Skinner
2005 Finis Everglot (voice)
2004 Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
2003 Ed Bloom (senior)
2002 Winston Churchill
2001 Uncle Silas
Elmore Dahl
2000 Chief of Staff
Ed Masry
1999 Simms
Kilgore Trout
1998 Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
1997 Dr. Austin Sloper
Dr. Monygham
1996 Daniel Feeld
Daniel Feeld
1995 Danny's Father
1994 Alfred Byrne
Andrew Crocker-Harris
1992 Warren Odom
Constable Brendan Hegarty
1990 Maurice
Liam 'Leo' O'Bannon
Self - Vocals
Jason Cromwell
1989 Alec Hillsden
1987 Harold
1984 Sidney Kentridge
Self
Self
Geoffrey Firmin
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
1983 Sir
1982 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Self / Daddy Warbucks
George Dunlap
1981 Dr. Larry Roberts
Dewey Wilson
Mike Daniels
1977 Fouche
1976 Frank Elliot
1975 Man in Audience at Opera
1974 Hercule Poirot
1971 Eddie Ginley
1970 Ebenezer Scrooge
1969 George Smith
1968 Charlie
1967 Mark Wallace
1966 Self
1964 Danny
1963 Russian Soldier
Tom Jones
1960 Arthur Seaton
Mick Rice
1956 Self
Self (archive footage)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1984 Director
1968 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production


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