Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936) is a British actor. Starting in the theater, Finney achieved a major success as a Shakespeare actor before switching to the film. He achieved excellence in films during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer, directed by Tony Richardson, who previously directed him in drama. He became a leading Free Cinema figure while maintaining a successful career in theater, film, and television. He is known for his roles on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Two for the Road (1967), < (1982), The Dresser (1983), Miller Crossing (1990), Scrooge (1970), Annie i) Erin Brockovich (2000), Big Fish (2003), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Before the Devil Knows You â ⬠< (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and James Bond movie Skyfall (2012).
As a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards, Finney has been nominated for Best Actor Academy Award four times, for Tom Jones (1963), Orient Express Homicide (1974), The Dresser (1983), and Under the Volcano (1984); she was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for her performance at Erin Brockovich (2000).
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Finney was born in the Charlestown area of ââPendleton, Salford, Lancashire, England, son of Alice (nÃÆ' à © e Hobson) and Albert Finney, Sr., a tax collector. He was educated at Tootal Drive Elementary School, Salford Grammar School and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Careers
In February 1956 John Fernald, head of RADA, gave Finney his first major role as Shakespeare's Troilus in the production of Vanbrugh Theater students from the drama Ian Dallas The Face of Love . Finney graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His career began in the theater; he made his first appearance on the London stage in 1958 at Jane Arden's
His first film appearance was a role in Tony Richardson's The Entertainer (1960) film, with Laurence Olivier, but he made a breakthrough with his role as a disillusioned factory worker in the movie version of Karel Reisz from Alan Sillitoe Saturday Night and Sunday Morning . This led him to star in the 1963 Academy Award-winning film Tom Jones. Prior to this, Finney had been chosen to play T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's production of Lawrence of Arabia after a successful, complicated screen test, which took four days to take. However, Finney refused to sign a multi-year contract for producer Sam Spiegel and chose not to accept the role. The success of Tom Jones saw the British exhibitors choose Finney's ninth most popular star at the box office in 1963.
After Charlie Bubbles (1968), which he also directed, his film appearances become less frequent as he focuses more on acting on stage. During this period, one of his prominent film roles was as the principal detective of Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot in the 1974 movie Murder On The Orient Express . Finney became very famous for the role he complained about so he typed it for several years. "People really think I'm 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.
Though known for his dramatic role, Finney appears and sings in two music movies: Scrooge and the Hollywood movie version Annie , directed by John Huston, which redirects it once again at > Under The Volcano two years later. He also sings at Tim Burton Corpse Bride.
Finney made several television productions for the BBC in the 1990s, including The Green Man (1990), based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, famous drama A Rather English Marriage (1998) with Tom Courtenay), and a lead role in Dennis Potter's last two dramas, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus in 1996 and 1997. In the second half he played frozen, headless bodies.
Finney also performed at Roger Waters' The Wall Concert in Berlin, where he played "The Judge" during the show "The Trial".
Even with his success on the big screen, Finney never left his stage show. He continued his relationship with the National Theater Company at Old Vic in London, where he performed in the mid-1960s at Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Chekov's The Cherry Orchard . She received a Tony Award nomination for Luther (1964) and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1968), and also starred in the stage of Love for Love i>, Strindberg's Miss Julie , Black Comedy , The Country Wife , Alpha Beta âââ ⬠< i>, Becket Krapp's Latest Record , the Great Tamburlaine , Another Time and, his last appearance on stage in 1997, 'Art' , which preceded the 1998 Broadway award-winning Broadway run. He won the Olivier Award for Orphans in 1986 and has won three Evening Standard Theater Awards for Best Actor.
In 2002 the critical depiction of Winston Churchill in the The Gathering Storm won her BAFTA and Emmy awards as Best Actor.
She also plays the title role in My Uncle Silas's television series, based on short stories by H. E. Bates, about a roguish but cuddly-loved roguish-hunter farmer after her niece. The event lasted for two series from 2000 to 2003.
A lifelong supporter of Manchester United, Finney narrated the Munich documentary, about the aircrash that killed most of the Busby Babes in 1958, which was featured on United MUTV's channel in February 2008.
Personal life
By his first wife, Jane Wenham, he had a son, Simon, who worked in the film industry as a camera operator.
From 1970 to 1978, he married French actress Anouk AimÃÆ'à © e.
In May 2011, Finney revealed that she has received treatment for kidney cancer.
Awards and honor
Finney rejected CBE's offer in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000. He criticized the honor system for "perpetuating arrogance".
He has five Oscar nominations but has never won. She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor four times, for Tom Jones (1963), Orient Express murder (1974), The Dresser i> (1983), and Under the Volcano (1984); and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance at Erin Brockovich (2000).
Julia Roberts named Albert Finney in Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actress at Erin Brockovich, thanking her and sharing the Oscars with her.
Finney has 13 BAFTA nominations (9 films, 4 TVs), won two:
- 1960 Best English Actor for Saturday and Sunday Morning
- The Most Promising New 1960s for Saturday and Sunday Morning Win
- 1963 Best British actor for Tom Jones
- 1973 Best Actor for Gumshoe
- Best Actor 1974 for Orient Express Killings
- Best Actor 1982 for Shoot the Moon
- 1984 Best Actor for The Dresser
- The Best Actor 1990 (BAFTA TV Awards) for The Green Man
- Best Actor of 1996 (BAFTA TV Awards) for Karaoke/Cold Lazarus
- Best Actor 1998 (BAFTA TV Awards) for A British Marriage
- 2000 Best Supporting Actor for Erin Brockovich
- Best Actor 2002 (BAFTA TV Awards) for The Gathering Storm Won
- 2003 Best Supporting Actor for Big Fish
In addition, Finney received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2001.
She won an Emmy Award, for Best Actor in a Mini Series or TV Movie, for her performance as Winston Churchill at HBO's The Gathering Storm . He had previously been nominated for HBO telefilm The Image (1990).
He has received nine Golden Globe nominations, winning three:
- 1963 Best Actor in Movie Image - Musical or Comedy for Tom Jones
- 1963 Most Promising Newcomer (Men) for Tom Jones - Won
- 1970 Best Actor in Movie Image - Musical or Comedy for Scrooge , Won
- Best Actor 1982 in Moving Drawing - Drama to Record Month
- 1983 Best Actor in Movie Image - Drama for The Dresser
- 1984 Best Actor in Movie Drawing - Drama for Under the Volcano
- 2000 Best Supporting Actor in Motion Picture for Erin Brockovich
- 2002 Best Performance by Actors in Mini Serial or Artificial Images for Television for The Gathering Storm Won
- 2003 Best Supporting Actor in Motion Picture for Big Fish
For his work on Broadway, Finney has been nominated for two Tony Awards, both for Best Actor in Play, for Luther <1964, and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on for the London stage, he won the Olivier Award, for Best Actor, for Orphans in 1986. He has won the Best Night Actor Award for the Best Actor three times, for A Flea in Her Ear in 1966, Tamburlaine the Great in 1976 and Orphans in 1986.
Other awards include: Laurel Gold for his work on Scrooge (1970) and for his work on Tom Jones , for which he is 3rd Place Winner for "Top Male Comedy Performance" for 1964. He is honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association as Best Actor for Under the Volcano (which he associates with F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus ), Best Actor Board Award National for Saturday and Sunday Morning, and the Best New York Film Actor award for Tom Jones .
Finney has won two Guild Actors' Guild Awards, for Best Performance by Male Actor in a Supporting Role, for Erin Brockovich , and as a member of the acting group in the movie Traffic
He won the Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor, for The Dresser, at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984.
He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, for Tom Jones , at the Venice Film Festival.
Movieography
Movies
Television
Awards and nominations
References
Further reading
Hershman, Gabriel. Strolling Player - Life and Career Albert Finney The History Press, 2017, ISBNÃ, 9780750978866
External links
- Albert Finney on the Broadway Internet Database
- Albert Finney on IMDb
- Albert Finney in the TCM Movie Database
- Albert Finney at Screenonline UK Film Institute
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