Editing Albert Finney (section)

===2000–2019===
Finney had his biggest success in several years with ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' (2000), alongside [[Julia Roberts]] for [[Steven Soderbergh]]. His portrayal of real-life California lawyer [[Edward L. Masry]] earned him a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]], his fifth and final Oscar nomination. Finney had a cameo in Soderbergh's ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'' (2000) and played [[Ernest Hemingway]] in ''Hemingway, the Hunter of Death'' (2001) for TV. He had the main role in ''[[Delivering Milo]]'' (2001) and in 2002 his critically acclaimed portrayal of [[Winston Churchill]] in ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'' won him [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA), [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe]] awards as Best Actor.<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney" /><ref name="'Chicago,' 'Hours' Win Top Golden Globe Awards">{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Rick |title='Chicago,' 'Hours' Win Top Golden Globe Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/20/movies/chicago-hours-win-top-golden-globe-awards.html |website=The New York Times |date=20 January 2003 |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners">{{cite web |title=54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002 |website=Emmys.com |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

He also played the title role of the television series ''[[My Uncle Silas#Adaptations|My Uncle Silas]]'', based on the short stories by [[H. E. Bates]], about a roguish but lovable poacher-cum-farm labourer looking after his great-nephew. The show played for two series broadcast in 2001 and 2003.<ref name="Albert Finney: a career in pictures">{{cite news |title=Albert Finney: a career in pictures |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/09/albert-finney-a-career-in-pictures/uncle-silas/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/09/albert-finney-a-career-in-pictures/uncle-silas/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Finney had a major role in ''[[Big Fish (film)|Big Fish]]'' (2003) directed by [[Tim Burton]], and did another cameo for Soderbergh in ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' (2004). He sang in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005)<ref name="Tim Burton's Corpse Bride">{{cite web |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-film |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402225448/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2018 |website=BBFC |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> and the film of ''[[Aspects of Love]]'' (2005).

Finney was reunited with Ridley Scott in ''[[A Good Year (film)|A Good Year]]'' (2006). He had support roles in ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]'' (2006), ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007), and ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]'' (2007), which reunited him with ''Murder on the Orient Express'' director [[Sidney Lumet]]. His final film role was in ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012). A lifelong supporter of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United Football Club]], Finney narrated the documentary ''Munich'', about the air crash that killed most of the [[Busby Babes]] in 1958, which was shown on United's TV channel [[MUTV (Manchester United F.C.)|MUTV]] in February 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080720025923/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3314557.ece Albert Finney remembers]. Timesonline.co.uk. 5 February 2008</ref>