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Albert Finney

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

2012
Skyfall

as Kincade

Movie
2012
The Bourne Legacy

as Dr. Albert Hirsch

Movie
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum

as Dr. Albert Hirsch

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2005
Corpse Bride

as Finis Everglot (voice)

Movie
2003
Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (senior)

Movie
2000
Erin Brockovich

as Ed Masry

Movie
1982
Annie

as 'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks

Movie
1974
Murder on the Orient Express

as Hercule Poirot

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