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Albert Finney
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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…
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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.
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2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
TV show Self (footage)
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2016
Jason Bourne
Movie Dr. Albert Hirsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2015
Uncovering Wolfen
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Schitt's Creek
TV show Ed Masry (voice)
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2012
Skyfall
Movie Kincade
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2012
The Bourne Legacy
Movie Dr. Albert Hirsch
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2011
Vito
Movie Self (archive)
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2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie Charles Hanson
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2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie Dr. Albert Hirsch
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2006
Amazing Grace
Movie John Newton
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2006
A Good Year
Movie Henry Skinner
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2005
Corpse Bride
Movie Finis Everglot (voice)
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2004
Ocean's Twelve
Movie Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
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2003
Big Fish
Movie Ed Bloom (senior)
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2002
The Gathering Storm
Movie Winston Churchill
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2001
My Uncle Silas
TV show Uncle Silas
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2001
Delivering Milo
Movie Elmore Dahl
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2000
Traffic
Movie Chief of Staff
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2000
Erin Brockovich
Movie Ed Masry
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1999
Simpatico
Movie Simms
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1999
Breakfast of Champions
Movie Kilgore Trout
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1998
A Rather English Marriage
Movie Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
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1997
Washington Square
Movie Dr. Austin Sloper
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1997
Nostromo
TV show Dr. Monygham
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1996
Cold Lazarus
TV show Daniel Feeld
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1996
Karaoke
TV show Daniel Feeld
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1995
The Run of the Country
Movie Danny's Father
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1994
A Man of No Importance
Movie Alfred Byrne
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1994
The Browning Version
Movie Andrew Crocker-Harris
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1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1992
Rich in Love
Movie Warren Odom
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1992
The Playboys
Movie Constable Brendan Hegarty
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1990
The Green Man
TV show Maurice
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1990
Miller's Crossing
Movie Leo
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1990
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Movie Self - Vocals
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1990
The Image
Movie Jason Cromwell
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1989
The Endless Game
TV show Alec Hillsden
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1989
The Endless Game
Movie Alec Hillsden
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1987
A Simple Man
Movie Self - Introduction
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1987
Orphans
Movie Harold
