Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 58
2010s
- 2015
- 2012
2000s
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
My Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas · 12 episodes
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
A Rather English Marriage
Reggie Conyngham-Jervis
- 1997
Washington Square
Dr. Austin Sloper
Nostromo
Dr. Monygham · 3 episodes
- 1996
Cold Lazarus
Daniel Feeld · 4 episodes
Karaoke
Daniel Feeld · 4 episodes
- 1995
The Run of the Country
Danny's Father
- 1994
- 1992
Rich in Love
Warren Odom
The Playboys
Constable Brendan Hegarty
- 1990
The Green Man
Maurice · 3 episodes
The Image
Jason Cromwell
1980s
- 1989
The Endless Game
Alec Hillsden
The Endless Game
Alec Hillsden · 2 episodes
- 1987
Orphans
Harold
- 1985
- 1984
The Biko Inquest
Sidney Kentridge
Pope John Paul II
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
- 1983
The Dresser
Sir
- 1982
Shoot the Moon
George Dunlap
- 1981
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Man in Audience at Opera
- 1974
- 1971
Gumshoe
Eddie Ginley
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
The Picasso Summer
George Smith
- 1968
Charlie Bubbles
Charlie
- 1967
- 1964
Night Must Fall
Danny
- 1963
The Victors
Russian Soldier
- 1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Arthur Seaton
Produced 7
1970s
- 1974
- 1973
O Lucky Man!
Producer
- 1972
Bleak Moments
Associate Producer
- 1971
Gumshoe
Producer
- 1970
Spring and Port Wine
Producer
1960s
- 1968
Directed 2
1980s
- 1984
The Biko Inquest
Director
1960s
- 1968
Charlie Bubbles
Director
Appearances12
2010s
- 2015
Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
Vito
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1993
- 1990
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Self - Vocals
1980s
- 1987
A Simple Man
Self - Introduction
- 1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
Observations Under the Volcano
Self
- 1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self / Daddy Warbucks
1960s
- 1966
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1956
