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Albert Finney
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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.
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Skyfall
2012 · Kincade
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Charles Hanson
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Dr. Albert Hirsch
Corpse Bride
2005 · Finis Everglot (voice)
Big Fish
2003 · Ed Bloom (senior)
Traffic
2000 · Chief of Staff
Erin Brockovich
2000 · Ed Masry
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Leo
The Image
1990 · Jason Cromwell
The Dresser
1983 · Sir
Annie
1982 · 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks
Loophole
1981 · Mike Daniels
The Duellists
1977 · Joseph Fouché
Alpha Beta
1974 · Frank Elliot
Scrooge
1970 · Ebenezer Scrooge
Tom Jones
1963 · Tom Jones
