Albert Finney

Five-time Academy Award nominee Albert Finney has enjoyed a celebrated career on stage, screen and television as an actor, producer and director. He received Best Actor Oscar nominations for “Tom Jones,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” “The Dresser” and “Under The Volcano,” in addition to a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of attorney Edward Masry in “Erin Brokovich.”

He is a two-time Golden Globe award winner, most recently for the HBO presentation, “The Gathering Storm” in which he played the role of Winston Churchill and for which he also received an Emmy Award. He has received multiple Golden Globe nominations for his body of work on screen. He has similarly been honored on stage with Tony Awards for Best Dramatic Actor in the title role of Martin Luther in John Osborne’s “Luther” and in Peter Nichols’ “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.”

Mr. Finney made his screen debut in a small role opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in “The Entertainer” and followed with starring roles in “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,” “Night Must Fall” (which he also produced), “Tom Jones” and “Two For The Road” opposite Audrey Hepburn. He previously worked with director Sidney Lumet in “Murder on the Orient Express,” receiving an Oscar-nomination for the role of Hercule Poirot.

His numerous film credits also include his Golden Globe Award winning performance in “Scrooge,” the films “Wolfen,” “Shoot The Moon,” “Annie,” “Orphans,” “A Man Of No Importance,” “Miller’s Crossing,” “The Playboy,” “Rich In Love,” “Washington Square,” “Breakfast Of Champions,” “Delivering Milo,” “Big Fish,” “The Corpse Bride,” “Simpatico” and “A Good Year.”

In 1965 Albert Finney formed Memorial Films with Michael Medwin and produced such films as “Charlie Bubbles” (which he also directed) “If....,” “Bleak Moments,” “Spring And Port Wine,” “Gumshoe,” “In Loving Memory,” “O Lucky Man,” “The Day,” “Alpha Beta,” “The Engagement,” “Law And Disorder,” and “Memoirs Of A Survivor.”

Among his many television appearances are roles in “View Friendship and Marriage,” “The Claverdon Road Job,” “The Miser, “Picasso Summer,” “Alpha Beta,” “The Biko Inquest” (which he also directed), “The Endless Game,” “The Image,” “The Green Man,” “Karaoke / Cold Lazarus,” “Nostromo,” “A Rather English Marriage” and “My Uncle Silas.”

Born and raised in Salford, Lancashire, England, Mr. Finney studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first appearance on stage with the Birmingham Repertory Company in “Julius Caesar” at the age of 20. He has since appeared in over 50 plays in London, various theatres around Great Britain and in the USA.

After making his West End debut with Charles Laughton and Else Lanchester in “The Party,” he appeared in the Royal Shakespeare productions in Stratford-on-Avon for their 1959 centenary season and understudied Laurence Olivier in “Coriolanus.” In 1960, he began a long association with the Royal Court Theatre when he appeared in “The Lily White Boys.” He joined the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in 1965, appearing in “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Country Wife” and “The Cherry Orchard,” among others. His additional theatre credits include “Billy Liar,” “Armstrong’s Last Goodnight,” “Love for Love,” “Miss Julie,” “Alpha Beta,” “Krapp’s Last Tape,” “Cromwell,” “Tamburlaine The Great,” “Another Time” and most recently, the critically acclaimed “Art.”

Among his theater awards are a Best Actor Olivier award for “Orphans” and “A Flea in Her Ear” and the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in “Luther.”

On television, Mr. Finney has starred in many memorable productions, including Dennie Potter’s miniseries “Karaoke” and “Cold Lazarus” and Joseph Conrad’s “Nostromo.” He received a Best Actor Emmy nomination for the telefilm “The Image.” He has also appeared in “The Green Man,” “View Friendship and Marriage,” “The Miser,” “Picasso Summer,” “Alpha Beta,” “The Biko Inquest,” “The Endless Game” and the title role in “Pope John Paul II.” He recently starred in “A Rather English Marriage.”

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