Editing Albert Finney

{{Short description|English actor (1936–2019)}}
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|birth_place  = [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]], England
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|death_place  = [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[London]], England
|occupation   = Actor
|years_active = 1956–2012
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'''Albert Finney''' (9 May 1936&nbsp;– 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960), directed by [[Tony Richardson]], who had previously directed him in theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.

He is known for his roles in ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' (1960), ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963), ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967), ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' (1970), ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' (1982), ''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]'' (1983), ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), ''[[A Man of No Importance (film)|A Man of No Importance]]'' (1994), ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' (2000), ''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003), ''[[A Good Year]]'' (2006), ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007), ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]'' (2007), and the [[James Bond (film character)|James Bond]] film ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012), and for his performances on stage and television.

A recipient of [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]], [[Golden Globe]], [[Emmy]], [[Screen Actors Guild]], [[Silver Bear for Best Actor|Silver Bear]] and [[Volpi Cup for Best Actor|Volpi Cup]] awards, Finney was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] five times, as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] four times, for ''Tom Jones'' (1963), ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1974), ''The Dresser'' (1983), and ''[[Under the Volcano (1984 film)|Under the Volcano]]'' (1984), and as [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000). He received several awards for his performance as [[Winston Churchill]] in the 2002 [[BBC]]–[[HBO]] television biographical movie ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]''.

==Early life==
Finney was born on 9 May 1936 in [[County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], the youngest of three children and only son of Albert Finney, a [[bookmaker]], and Alice (née Hobson).<ref name=odnb>Billington, Michael. [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614"Finney, Albert (1936–2019), actor"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2023, {{ODNBsub}}</ref> He was educated at Tootal Drive Primary School, [[Salford Grammar School]], and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA), from which he graduated in 1956.<ref name=odnb/>

==Career==
===1956–1962: Early career===
While at RADA, Finney made an early television appearance playing Mr Hardcastle in [[Oliver Goldsmith]]'s ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]].'' The BBC filmed and broadcast the RADA students' performances at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Vanbrugh Theatre]] in London on Friday 6 January 1956. Other members of the cast included [[Roy Kinnear]] and [[Richard Briers]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19560112/122/0012|title=Goldsmith Televised |date=12 January 1956|work=[[The Stage]]|access-date=10 February 2019 |issue=3900 |page=12 |url-access=subscription  |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee2a26f815ce4117ba46b95771f2db0e |title=She Stoops to Conquer: Part 1 |date=30 December 1955|work=The Radio Times|access-date=10 February 2019 |issue=1677 |pages=44|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref> Finney graduated from RADA and became a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. He was offered a contract by the [[The Rank Organisation|Rank Organisation]], but refused it to perform for the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre|Birmingham Rep]].<ref name="new"/> He was in a production of ''[[The Miser]]'' for Birmingham Rep, which was filmed for the BBC in 1956. Also for the BBC he appeared in ''The Claverdon Road Job'' (1957) and ''View Friendship and Marriage'' (1958). 

At Birmingham he played the title role of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'',<ref>Wife sues Albert Finney, The Guardian 7 July 1961: 19.</ref> and in 1958, made his London stage debut in [[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]]'s ''[[The Party (play)|The Party]]'', directed by [[Charles Laughton]], who featured in the production along with his wife, [[Elsa Lanchester]]. In 1959, Finney appeared at [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre|Stratford]] in the title role of ''[[Coriolanus]]'', replacing an ill [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref>Laurence Olivier, ''Confessions of an Actor'', Orion, 1994, p. 243</ref> Finney guest featured for several episodes of ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]'' and was Lysander in a TV version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1959) directed by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]].

Finney's first film appearance was in [[Tony Richardson]]'s ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960), with Laurence Olivier. Finney and [[Alan Bates]] played Olivier's sons. He made his film breakthrough in the same year with his portrayal of a disillusioned [[factory]] worker in [[Karel Reisz]]'s film version of [[Alan Sillitoe]]'s ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' (1960), produced by Richardson. The film was a success, being the third most popular movie in Britain that year. It earned more than half a million pounds of profit.<ref name="tino">Tino Balio, ''United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry'', University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 239</ref> Finney then did ''[[Billy Liar]]'' (1960) on stage and for British television.<ref name="fin">Finney: A Star Who Hides His Magnitude: Albert Finney, Marks, Sally K. Los Angeles Times 23 April 1967: c11.</ref> Finney had been chosen to play [[T. E. Lawrence]] in [[David Lean]]'s production of ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' after a successful and elaborate screen-test that took four days to shoot. However, Finney baulked at signing a multi-year contract for producer [[Sam Spiegel]] and chose to decline the role.<ref>"David Lean" by [[Stephen M. Silverman]] (Abrams, New York, 1992)</ref>

Finney created the title role in ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]'', the 1961 play by [[John Osborne]] depicting the life of [[Martin Luther]]. He performed the role with the [[English Stage Company]] in London, Nottingham, Paris and New York.<ref name="Theater: 'Luther' Stars Albert Finney; John Osborne Drama Is at the St. James">{{cite news |last1=Taubman |first1=Howard |title=Theater: 'Luther' Stars Albert Finney; John Osborne Drama Is at the St. James |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/26/archives/theater-luther-stars-albert-finney-john-osborne-drama-is-at-the-st.html?sq=Luther+AND+Osborne+AND+Finney&scp=1&st=p |website=The New York Times |date=26 September 1963 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref> The original [[West End theatre|West End]] run at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix]] ended in March 1962, after 239 performances there, when Finney had to quit the cast to fulfil a contractual obligation with a film company.<ref>"Luther to end its run next month", ''The Times'', 16 February 1962, p. 15</ref>

===1963–1977===
Finney starred in the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning 1963 film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'', directed by Richardson and written by Osborne. Due to the success of ''Tom Jones'', British exhibitors voted Finney the ninth most popular film actor in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|title=Most Popular Films Of 1963|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the film's earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=21 October 1964|page=1|title=Finney's % of 'Tom Jones' Goes Over $1 Million}}</ref>
[[File:Albert Finney 1966b.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Finney in 1966.]]
Finney followed this with a small part in ensemble war film ''[[The Victors (1963 film)|The Victors]]'' (1963), which was a box-office failure. He then made his Broadway debut in ''Luther'' in 1963. When that run ended he decided to take a year off and sail around the world. "People told me to cash in on my success while I was hot," he later said. "I'd been acting for about eight years and had only had one vacation&nbsp;... Captain Cook had been a hero of mine when I was a kid, and I thought it would be exciting to go to some of the places in the Pacific where he'd been."<ref name="new"/> The success of ''Tom Jones'' enabled Finney to produce his next film, ''[[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]]'', in 1964, which he also featured in and which was directed by Reisz. A remake of [[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|the classic 1937 film of the same title]], the film was a failure and Finney's performance received poor reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Night Must Fall |url=https://variety.com/1963/film/reviews/night-must-fall-1200420591/ |website=Variety |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=1 January 1964}}</ref> 

Finney undertook a season of plays at the [[Royal National Theatre]], including ''[[Miss Julie]]'' by [[August Strindberg]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://passiton.cft.org.uk/archive/cast-list-miss-julie-1965/ |title=Cast List, Miss Julie and Black Comedy (1965) |publisher=Chichester Festival Theatre |access-date=1 September 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406125414/https://passiton.cft.org.uk/archive/cast-list-miss-julie-1965/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="guard"/> He continued acting on films with ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967) co-featuring [[Audrey Hepburn]]. He and [[Michael Medwin]] formed a production company, Memorial Productions, which made ''[[Privilege (film)|Privilege]]'' (1967), directed by [[Peter Watkins]]; ''The Burning'' (1968), a short directed by [[Stephen Frears]]; and ''[[If....]]'' (1968), directed by [[Lindsay Anderson]]. Memorial also did stage productions, such as ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'', which Finney performed in London and then Broadway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Albert Finney to Appear Here In 'Joe Egg,' a London Success: Simon Sells "Plaza Suite" Don't Drink" Will Move |first=Sam |last=Zolotow |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 December 1967 |page=57}}</ref> Memorial also produced some in which Finney did not appear, such as ''Spring and Port Wine'' and ''The Burgular''. Memorial then made ''[[Charlie Bubbles]]'' (1968),<ref>Harding, John. Sweetly Sings Delaney. Greenwich Exchange 2014. www.greenex.co.uk</ref> which Finney featured in and also directed. [[Liza Minnelli]] made her feature debut in the movie.<ref>{{cite news |title=Movie Call Sheet: 'Charlie' Next Film for Liza
|last=Martin |first=Betty |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=21 October 1966 |page=C16}}</ref> Finney later called it "the most intense sense of creation I've ever had."<ref name="new"/> Finney featured in ''[[The Picasso Summer]]'' in 1969, and played the title role in the musical ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' in 1970.
[[File:Audrey Hepburn & Albert Finney Two for the Road Still.jpg|thumb|right|[[Audrey Hepburn]] and Finney in ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967).]]

Finney then made ''[[Gumshoe (film)|Gumshoe]]'' (1971), the first feature film directed by [[Stephen Frears]], for Memorial. Memorial continued to produce films in which Finney did not appear: ''[[Spring and Port Wine (film)|Spring and Port Wine]]'' (1970), with James Mason; ''[[Loving Memory]]'' (1971), an early directorial effort from [[Tony Scott]]; ''[[Bleak Moments]]'' (1971), the first feature from [[Mike Leigh]]; ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973) for Anderson; and ''[[Law and Disorder (1974 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1974); filmed in Hollywood. In 1972, Finney returned to stage after a six-year absence with ''Alpha Beta'', which he later filmed on television with [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]].<ref name="guard">{{cite news |title=Albert Finney
|newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 March 1972 |page=10}}</ref> Memorial Productions stopped producing and Finney emphasized acting. "It was OK at first," he later said, "but in the end it was sitting in an office, pitching ideas to Hollywood and waiting for the phone to ring."<ref>{{cite news |title=Finney's fondness for the good life |last=Gritten |first=David |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=21 April 2000 |page=A14}}</ref>

Finney played [[Agatha Christie]]'s Belgian master detective [[Hercule Poirot]] in the film ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1974). Finney became so well known for the role that he complained that it typecast him for a number of years, "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent", he said.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=David |title=Poirot actors: from David Suchet to Kenneth Branagh, the stars who've played Agatha Christie's sleuth |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/bbc-film-review-programme-cancelled/ |work=The Independent |date=28 December 2018}}</ref><ref>Sanders, Dennis and Len Lovallo. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lrfyAAAAMAAJ&q=Albert+Finney ''The Agatha Christie Companion: The Complete Guide to Agatha Christie's Life and Work''], (1984), pgs. 438–441. Subscription required {{ISBN|978-0425118450}}</ref> He received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]].

He announced he intended to direct the film, ''The Girl in Melanie Klein'', for Memorial, but it was not made.<ref>News of the Screen: ' Sugarland' Team For 'Clearwater' 5 Adaptations Set In Theater Series Finney to Direct Comedy on Lunacy By A. H. Weiler. New York Times 12 May 1974: 49.</ref>

Finney decided to take time off from features and focus on stage acting, doing classics at the National Theatre in London. "I felt that it needed commitment," he later said. "When you're making movies all the time, you stop breathing. You literally don't breathe in the same way that you do when you're playing the classics. When you have to deliver those long, complex speeches on stage, you can't heave your shoulders after every sentence. The set of muscles required for that kind of acting need to be trained. I really wanted to try and do justice to my own potential in the parts. I didn't want to be a movie actor just dropping in, doing Hamlet and taking off again. I wanted to feel part of the company."<ref name="new">Finney comes back to film Farber, Stephen. New York Times 26 July 1981: A.1.</ref> 

Finney was at the National for over three years{{when|date=August 2019}} during which he played in [[Hamlet]], [[Macbeth]], [[Tamburlaine]], and plays by [[Anton Chekhov]].<ref name="new"/> Finney made a TV film ''[[Forget-Me-Not-Lane]]'' in 1975, which was written by [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]], and he also performed a brief role in ''[[The Duellists (film)|The Duellists]]'' (1977), the first feature directed by [[Ridley Scott]]. He also released an album through [[Motown]].<ref>Whither Albert Finney?: From Manchester to Motown Records Christon, Lawrence. Los Angeles Times 18 July 1977: f1.</ref>

===1981–1999===
[[File:Tom Courtenay 2 Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|left|170px| [[Tom Courtenay]], who Finney featured with in ''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]'' (1983).]]
Finney had not played a major role in a feature film in six years, and started to think about resuming work with cinema. The last two successful films he had made were ''Scrooge'' and ''Orient Express'' in which he was heavily disguised. "Most Americans probably think I weigh 300 pounds, have black hair and talk with a French accent like Hercule Poirot," said Finney. "So I thought they should have a look at me while I was still almost a juvenile and kind of cute."<ref name="new"/> Finney decided to make six movies in succession "so that I could relax and get back into it again. In order to feel really assured and comfortable in front of a camera, you've got to do it for a while."<ref name="new"/> The first three were thrillers: ''[[Loophole (1981 film)|Loophole]]'' (1981), with [[Susannah York]]; ''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]'' (1981), directed by [[Michael Wadleigh]]; and ''[[Looker (film)|Looker]]'' (1981), written and directed by [[Michael Crichton]].<ref>Albert Finney stages a film comeback, Blume, Mary. Los Angeles Times 19 October 1980: p67.</ref> He received excellent reviews for his performance in the drama ''[[Shoot the Moon]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/movies/finney-comes-back-to-film.html?pagewanted=all|title=Finney comes back to film|first=Stephen|last=Farber|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 July 1981|access-date=3 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905054528/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/movies/finney-comes-back-to-film.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> Finney said the role "required personal acting; I had to dig into myself. When you have to expose yourself and use your own vulnerability, you can get a little near the edge."<ref name="new"/> 

Less well received was his performance as Daddy Warbucks in the [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] film version of ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' (1982), which was directed by [[John Huston]]. Finney said doing this movie after ''Shoot The Moon'' was "marvelous. I use a completely different side of myself as Warbucks. ''Annie'' is show biz; it's open, simple and direct. It needs bold, primary colors. I don't have to reveal the inner workings of the character, and that's a relief."<ref name="new"/>

Finney featured in Peter Yates-directed movie ''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]'' (1983) as Sir, a deteriorating veteran actor struggling through a difficult performance of ''[[King Lear]]''. He earned nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]], and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]. He then played the title role for the TV film ''[[Pope John Paul II (film)|Pope John Paul II]]'' (1984), his American television debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pope John Paul II |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087931/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_37 |website=imdb.com |publisher=Taft Entertainment Television |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=22 April 1984}}</ref> Huston cast Finney in the lead role of ''[[Under the Volcano (1984 film)|Under the Volcano]]'' (1984), which earned both men great acclaim, including another Best Actor Oscar nomination for Finney.<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Albert Finney |work=BBC News |date=8 February 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13503928 |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> Finney played the lead role of [[Sydney Kentridge]] in ''The Biko Inquest'', a 1984 dramatization of the inquest into the death of [[Steve Biko]] which was filmed for television after a London run.<ref name="NYTBiko">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/12/arts/tv-review-the-biko-inquest-on-showtime.html|title=TV review; 'The Biko Inquest' on Showtime|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|date=12 September 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

Finney performed on stage in ''Orphans'' in 1986, and the [[Orphans (1987 film)|film version]], directed by [[Alan J. Pakula]].<ref>The Albert memorial, Billington, Michael. The Guardian 13 March 1986: 12.</ref> He had the lead in a television miniseries, ''[[The Endless Game]]'' (1989), written and directed by [[Bryan Forbes]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dixon |first1=Wheeler W. |title=Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-century Cinema |date=2001 |publisher=SIU Press |isbn=978-0-8093-2407-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KibUx_BiR4C |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Finney began the 1990s with the lead role in a film for HBO, ''[[The Image (1990 film)|The Image]]'' (1990). He received great acclaim playing the gangster boss in ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), replacing [[Trey Wilson]] shortly before filming. Finney made an appearance at [[Roger Waters]]' ''[[The Wall – Live in Berlin]]'' (1990), where he played "The Judge" during the performance of "[[The Trial (song)|The Trial]]".<ref name="The Trial - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig">{{cite web |title=The Trial – Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig |url=https://genius.com/Rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-leipzig-the-trial-lyrics |website=Genius |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

Finney featured in the BBC ''[[The Green Man (TV serial)|TV serial The Green Man]]'', based on the [[Kingsley Amis]] novel.<ref name="Dorset On Screen: A Report On The Use Of Dorset As A Film-TV Location For The British Film Centenary 1996">{{cite web |title=Dorset On Screen: A Report On The Use Of Dorset As A Film-TV Location For The British Film Centenary 1996 |url=http://www.south-central-media.co.uk/report.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324132850/http://www.south-central-media.co.uk/report.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2016 |website=South Central Media |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> He followed it with ''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' (1992) for [[Gillies MacKinnon]]; ''[[Rich in Love (1992 film)|Rich in Love]]'' (1993) for [[Bruce Beresford]]; ''[[The Browning Version (1994 film)|The Browning Version]]'' (1994) for [[Mike Figgis]]; ''[[A Man of No Importance (film)|A Man of No Importance]]'' (1994), for [[Suri Krishnamma]]; and ''[[The Run of the Country]]'' (1995) for [[Peter Yates]]. In 1994, Finney played a gay bus conductor in early 1960s [[Dublin]] in ''[[A Man of No Importance (film)|A Man of No Importance]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-02-03-9502030249-story.html|title=Albert Finney Finds Significance on 'Man of No Importance'|first=Michael|last=Wilmington|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> He had the main role in [[Dennis Potter]]'s final two plays, ''[[Karaoke (TV series)|Karaoke]]'' and ''[[Cold Lazarus]]'' (both 1996). In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=Cold Lazarus |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/cold-lazarus-1200445991/ |website=Variety |date=19 June 1996 |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Dennis Potter's 'Karaoke' & 'Cold Lazarus' DVD review">{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Simon |title=Dennis Potter's 'Karaoke' & 'Cold Lazarus' DVD review |url=http://cultbox.co.uk/reviews/dvd-a-blu-ray/dennis-potters-karaoke-a-cold-lazarus-dvd-review |website=Cult Box |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> Finney did ''[[Nostromo (miniseries)|Nostromo]]'' (1997) for television, and ''[[Washington Square (1997 film)|Washington Square]]'' (1997) for [[Agnieszka Holland]] then made ''[[A Rather English Marriage]]'' (1998) with [[Tom Courtenay]].<ref name="A Rather English Marriage">{{cite web |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=A Rather English Marriage |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/a-rather-english-marriage-1200455871/ |website=Variety |date=23 November 1998 |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> He had supporting roles in ''[[Breakfast of Champions (film)|Breakfast of Champions]]'' (1999) and ''[[Simpatico (film)|Simpatico]]'' (1999).

===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>

===Theatre===
He received Tony Award nominations for ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]'' (1964) and ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' (1968),<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney" />    and also starred on stage in ''[[Love for Love]]'', Strindberg's ''[[Miss Julie]]'', ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]'', ''[[The Country Wife]]'', ''Alpha Beta'', Beckett's ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'', ''[[Tamburlaine|Tamburlaine the Great]]'', ''Another Time'' and, his last stage appearance, in 1997, ''[[Art (play)|"Art"]]'' by [[Yasmina Reza]], which preceded the 1998 Tony Award-winning Broadway run.

He won an Olivier Award for ''[[Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)|Orphans]]'' in 1986 and won three [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards]] for Best Actor.<ref>"Albert Finney: in Character". Quentin Falk. Robson Books. 2002.</ref>

Finney never abandoned stage work and continued his association with the National Theatre Company in London, where he had performed during the mid-1960s in Shakespeare's ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''  at [[the Old Vic]] and Chekhov's ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' during the 1970s at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].<ref name="GdnObit">{{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Albert Finney obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/08/albert-finney-obituary |access-date=10 June 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Anouk Aimee - 1963.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Finney's second wife [[Anouk Aimée]].]]
In 1957, Finney married actress [[Jane Wenham (actress)|Jane Wenham]]; they had a son,<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney" /> Simon Finney, who works in the movie industry as a camera operator.  They divorced in 1961.<ref name="Albert Finney, Chameleon-Like Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 82">{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |last2=Byrge |first2=Duane |title=Albert Finney, Chameleon-Like Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/albert-finney-dead-tom-jones-dresser-erin-brockovich-star-was-82-1022693 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=8 February 2019 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref> In 1970, Finney married French actress Nicole Dreyfus ("[[Anouk Aimée]]"), a union that lasted eight years. In 2006, he married Penelope Delmage, a [[Travel agency|travel agent]]. They remained together until Finney's death.<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney" /><ref name="Albert Finney, Chameleon-Like Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 82" />

In May 2011, Finney disclosed that he had been receiving treatment for [[kidney cancer]].<ref name="eden">{{cite news| title=Film star Albert Finney won't let cancer grind him down| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8514173/Film-star-Albert-Finney-wont-let-cancer-grind-him-down.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8514173/Film-star-Albert-Finney-wont-let-cancer-grind-him-down.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| last=Eden| first=Richard| date=15 May 2011| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date=2 April 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> According to a 2012 interview, he had been diagnosed with the disease five years earlier and had surgery, followed by six rounds of [[chemotherapy]].<ref name="taylor">{{cite news| title=Actor Albert Finney – son of Salford – loves to come home| url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/actor-albert-finney---son-698038| work=[[Manchester Evening News]]| last=Taylor| first=Paul | date=30 November 2012| access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref> Finney died of a chest infection at the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]] on 7 February 2019; he was 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Albert Finney dies aged 82 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47175304 |date=8 February 2019|website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/entertainment/albert-finney-dead-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|title=Albert Finney, five-time Oscar nominee, dead at 82|date=9 February 2019|first=Jack|last=Guy|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/movies/albert-finney-dead.html|title=Albert Finney, 'Angry Young Man' Who Became a Hollywood Star, Dies at 82|last=Cowell|first=Alan|date=8 February 2019|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

==Acting credits==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Film performances
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Refs.|References}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1960
| data-sort-value="Entertainer, The" | ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]''
| Mick Rice
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog">{{cite web |title=Filmography for Albert Finney |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/62063%7c9139/albert-finney#filmography |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]''
| Arthur Seaton
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1963
| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''
| Tom Jones
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Victors, The" | ''[[The Victors (1963 film)|The Victors]]''
| Russian Soldier
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1964
| ''[[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]]''
| Danny
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1967
| ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]''
| Mark Wallace
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1968
| ''[[Charlie Bubbles]]''
| Charlie Bubbles
| Also director<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1969
| data-sort-value="Picasso Summer, The" | ''[[The Picasso Summer]]''
| George Smith
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1970
| ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]''
| [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1971
| ''[[Gumshoe (film)|Gumshoe]]''
| Eddie Ginley
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1973
| ''Alpha Beta''
| Frank Elliot
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1974
| ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''
| [[Hercule Poirot]]
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1975
| data-sort-value="Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The" | ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]''
| Man in opera audience
|[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]; uncredited 
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| data-sort-value="Duellists, The" | ''[[The Duellists]]''
| Fouche
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1981
| ''[[Loophole (1981 film)|Loophole]]''
| Mike Daniels
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]''
| Detective Dewey Wilson
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Looker]]''
| Dr. Larry Roberts
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[Shoot the Moon]]''
| George Dunlap
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''
| Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1983
| data-sort-value="Dresser, The" | ''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]''
| Sir
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Under the Volcano (1984 film)|Under the Volcano]]''
| Geoffrey Firmin
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Orphans (1987 film)|Orphans]]''
| Harold
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1990
| ''[[Miller's Crossing]]''
| Liam 'Leo' O'Bannon
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[The Wall – Live in Berlin|Roger Waters – The Wall – Live in Berlin]]''
| The Judge
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1992
| data-sort-value="Playboys, The" | ''[[The Playboys]]''
| Constable Brendan Hegarty
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1993
| ''[[Rich in Love (1992 film)|Rich in Love]]''
| Warren Odom
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1994
| data-sort-value="Browning Version, The" | ''[[The Browning Version (1994 film)|The Browning Version]]''
| Andrew Crocker-Harris
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Man of No Importance, A" | ''[[A Man of No Importance (film)|A Man of No Importance]]''
| Alfred Byrne
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1995
| data-sort-value="Run of the Country, The" | ''[[The Run of the Country]]''
| Danny's Father
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1997
| ''[[Washington Square (film)|Washington Square]]''
| Dr. Austin Sloper
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1999
| ''[[Breakfast of Champions (film)|Breakfast of Champions]]''
| [[Kilgore Trout]]
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Simpatico (film)|Simpatico]]''
| Simms
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2000
| ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]''
| [[Edward L. Masry|Ed Masry]]
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''
| [[White House Chief of Staff]]
|
| <ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
| ''[[Delivering Milo]]''
| Elmore Dahl
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2003
| ''[[Big Fish]]''
| Edward Bloom Sr.
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]''
| Gaspar LeMarc
| Uncredited cameo
| <ref name="TV Guide Filmog">{{cite web |title=Albert Finney List of Movies and TV Shows |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/albert-finney/credits/138618/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
| Finis Everglot
| [[Voice acting|Voice]]
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2006
| data-sort-value="Good Year, A" | ''[[A Good Year]]''
| Uncle Henry Skinner
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''
| [[John Newton]]
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2007
| data-sort-value="Bourne Ultimatum, The" | ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]''
| Dr. Albert Hirsch
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]''
| Charles Hanson
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2012
| data-sort-value="Bourne Legacy, The" | ''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]''
| Dr. Albert Hirsch
|
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|-
| ''[[Skyfall]]''
| Mr. Kincade
| Final film role
|<ref name="TCM Filmog" />
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Television performances
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Refs.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1959
| ''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]''
| Tom Fletcher
| 4 episodes
| <ref name="Emergency - Ward 10 (1957-67)">{{cite web |title=Emergency – Ward 10 (1957–67) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/481654/ |website=BFI |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1968–1977
| data-sort-value="Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" | ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| rowspan="4" | Himself
| rowspan="2" | 2 episodes
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1968–1977
| data-sort-value="Merv Griffin Show, The" | ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]''
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| data-sort-value="Mike Douglas Show, The" | ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1 episode
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Pope John Paul II (film)|Pope John Paul II]]''
| [[Pope John Paul II|Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II]]
| [[Television film|Television movie]]
| <ref name="Finney to make TV debut">{{cite web |title=Finney to make TV debut |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bq8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=2982,1721583&dq=pope-john-paul+albert-finney&hl=en |website=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1989
| data-sort-value="Endless Game, The" | ''[[The Endless Game]]''
| Agent, Alec Hillsden
| [[Miniseries|TV miniseries]]; 2 episodes
| <ref name="The Endless Game (1989)">{{cite web |title=The Endless Game (1989) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_endless_game |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1990
| data-sort-value="Image, The" | ''[[The Image (1990 film)|The Image]]''
| Jason Cromwell
| Television movie
| <ref name="Albert Finney - Credits">{{cite web |title=Albert Finney – Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/albert-finney/credits/138618/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Green Man, The" | ''[[The Green Man (TV serial)|The Green Man]]''
| Maurice Allington
| 3 episodes
| <ref name="Dorset On Screen: A Report On The Use Of Dorset As A Film-TV Location For The British Film Centenary 1996" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1996
| ''[[Karaoke (TV series)|Karaoke]]''
| rowspan="2" | Daniel Feeld
| rowspan="3" | 4 episodes
|<ref name="Albert Finney - Credits" />
|-
| ''[[Cold Lazarus]]''
| <ref name="Albert Finney - Credits" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1997
| ''[[Nostromo (TV serial)|Nostromo]]''
| Dr. Monygham
| <ref name="Conrad on Film">{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Gene M. |title=Conrad on Film |date=1997 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-55448-0 |page=249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-QY65eog08C&pg=PA249 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1998
| data-sort-value="Rather English Marriage, A" | ''[[A Rather English Marriage]]''
| Reggie
| Television movie
| <ref name="A Rather English Marriage" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2001–2003
| ''[[My Uncle Silas]]''
| Uncle Silas
| 9 episodes
| <ref name="Albert Finney - Credits" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
| data-sort-value="Gathering Storm, The" | ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]''
| [[Winston Churchill]]
| Television movie
|<ref name="Obituary: Albert Finney" />
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Stage performances
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Theatre
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Refs.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1956
| ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''
| [[Henry V of England|King Henry]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1957
| data-sort-value="Lizard on the Rock, The" | ''The Lizard on the Rock''
| Malcolm
| <ref>{{Cite news |author=((From Our Special Correspondent)) |date=10 July 1957 |title=John Hall's The Lizard on The Rock at Birmingham Rep |pages=5 |work=The Times (London) |url=https://thetimes.co.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981207073937/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 December 1998 |access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1958
| data-sort-value="Party, The" | ''[[The Party (play)|The Party]]''
| Soya
| [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1959
| ''[[Coriolanus]]''
| [[Gaius Marcius Coriolanus|Coriolanus]]
| [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1961
| ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]''
| [[Martin Luther]]
| [[Royal Court Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1963
| ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]''
| [[Martin Luther]]
| [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]]
| <ref name="broadwayworld">[https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Albert-Finney/ Albert Finney Theatre Credits]</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1965
| ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]''
| Harold Gorringe
| rowspan="4" | [[Old Vic Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1965
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
| [[Don Pedro (character)|Don Pedro]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1965–1966
| ''[[Miss Julie]]''
| Jean
| <ref>[https://theatricalia.com/play/8h/miss-julie/production/a1g Miss Julie]</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1966
| data-sort-value="Flea in Her Ear, A" | ''[[A Flea in Her Ear]]''
| Victor Emmanuel Chandebise
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1968
| data-sort-value="Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A" | ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]''
| Bri
| [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]]
| <ref name="broadwayworld" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1976
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| [[Prince Hamlet]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Royal National Theatre]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tamburlaine]]''
| Tamburlaine
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1978
| data-sort-value="Cherry Orchard, The" | ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
| Lopakhin
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Serjeant Musgrave's Dance]]''
| Serjeant Musgrave
| [[Old Vic Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)|Orphans]]''
| Harold
| [[Apollo Theatre]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1996
| ''[[Art (play)|<nowiki/>'Art'<nowiki/>]]''
| Marc
| [[Wyndham's Theatre]]
| <ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-wyndhams-theatre-london-1358795.html Art Wyndham's Theatre, London]</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
Finney declined the offer of a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1980, as well as a [[knighthood]] in 2000. He criticised such honours as "perpetuating snobbery".<ref>{{cite web|title=Revealed: secret list of 300 who scorned honours|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/revealed-secret-list-of-300-who-scorned-honours-bg33h07rk3d|publisher=[[The Sunday Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012180008/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-secret-list-of-300-who-scorned-honours-bg33h07rk3d|archive-date=12 October 2022|url-status=live|date=21 December 2003|url-access=subscription|first1=David|last1=Leppard|last2=Winnett|first2=Robert|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope=col| Year
! scope=col| Association
! scope=col| Category
! scope=col| Nominated work
! scope=col| Result
! class=unsortable scope=col| Ref
|-
|rowspan=4|1961
| rowspan="2" | [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best British Actor]]
| rowspan="4" | ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA1961">{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1961/film/|title=Film in 1961|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name="BAFTA1961" />
|-
| [[National Board of Review]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="National Board of Review - Best Actor" />
|-
| [[Mar del Plata International Film Festival]]
| [[Mar del Plata International Film Festival|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="4º Festival">{{cite web |title=4º Festival |url=http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/es/edicion/4/4o-festival |website=Mar Del Plata Film Fest |access-date=9 February 2019 |language=es |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401155131/http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/es/edicion/4/4o-festival |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5|1964
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="4" | ''Tom Jones''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 36th Academy Awards">{{cite web |title=The 36th Academy Awards|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |website=Oscars.org |date=5 October 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Awards
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best British Actor]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film/|title=Film in 1964|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Albert Finney - Golden Globe Awards">{{cite web |title=Albert Finney – Golden Globe Awards |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/albert-finney |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|New Star of the Year – Actor]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Albert Finney - Golden Globe Awards" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Tony Award]]s
| rowspan="2" | [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]]
| ''Luther''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="theatre awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/albert-finney-40532/#awards|title=Albert Finney – Awards|work=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
|-
| 1968
| ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="theatre awards"/>
|-
| 1971
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
| ''Scrooge''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Albert Finney - Golden Globe Awards" />
|-
| 1972
| BAFTA Awards
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best Actor]]
| ''Gumshoe''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1972/film/|title=Film in 1972|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1975
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | ''Murder on the Orient Express''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 47th Academy Awards">{{cite web |title=The 47th Academy Awards|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 |website=Oscars.org |date=6 October 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Awards
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1975/film/|title=Film in 1975|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Awards]]
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival|Best Actor in a Revival]]
| ''Hamlet'' and ''Tamburlaine the Great''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=InCharacter>{{cite book|year=1993|author=Quentin Falk|isbn=978-0-86051-823-5|title=Albert Finney in Character: A Biography|publisher=Robson Books}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| [[Saturn Award]]s
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Wolfen''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - 1982 Awards">{{cite web |title=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA – 1982 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1982/1 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
| BAFTA Awards
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | ''Shoot the Moon''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Film in 1983">{{cite web |title=Film in 1983 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1983/film |website=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 1983">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees – 1983 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1983 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033138/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1983 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | ''The Dresser''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 56th Academy Awards">{{cite web |title=The 56th Academy Awards|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |website=Oscars.org |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 1984">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1984 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1984 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120519/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1984 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|1985
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Under the Volcano''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 57th Academy Awards">{{cite web |title=The 57th Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |website=Oscars.org |date=5 October 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Awards
| [[British Academy Film Awards|Best Actor]]
| ''The Dresser''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Film in 1985">{{cite web |title=Film in 1985 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1985/film? |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| rowspan="2" | ''Under the Volcano''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 1985">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1985 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1985 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160326221910/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1985 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Circle Awards]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|Actor of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="London Critics Circle Film Awards - 1985 Awards">{{cite web |title=London Critics Circle Film Awards – 1985 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000403/1985/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_4 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1986
| [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Awards]]
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Orphans''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Oliver Winners 1986">{{cite web |title=Oliver Winners 1986 |url=http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98521/olivier-winners-1986/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212538/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98521/olivier-winners-1986/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2013 |website=Oliver Awards |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| 1990
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]]
| ''The Image''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners">{{cite web |title=42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990 |website=Emmys.com |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Awards|Best Actor on Television]]
| ''The Green Man''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Television - Actor in 1991">{{cite web |title=Television – Actor in 1991 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1991/television/actor |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor]]
| ''The Browning Version''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="BSFC Winners 1990s">{{cite web |title=BSFC Winners 1990s |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |website=Boston Society of Film Critics |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
| rowspan="3" | BAFTA TV Awards
| rowspan="3" | [[British Academy Television Awards|Best Actor on Television]]
| ''Cold Lazarus''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Television - Actor in 1997">{{cite web |title=Television – Actor in 1997 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1997/television/actor |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''Karaoke''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Television - Actor in 1997" />
|-
| 1999
| ''A Rather English Marriage''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Television - Actor in 1999">{{cite web |title=Television – Actor in 1999 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/television/actor |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan="9" | ''Erin Brockovich''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - 2000 Awards">{{cite web |title=Boston Society of Film Critics Awards – 2000 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000112/2000/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_11 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=10|2001
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 73rd Academy Awards">{{cite web |title=The 73rd Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001 |website=Oscars.org |date=5 October 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| BAFTA Awards
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Actor in a Supporting Role in 2001">{{cite web |title=Actor in a Supporting Role in 2001 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2001/film/actor-in-a-supporting-role |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Blockbuster Entertainment Award - 2001 Awards">{{cite web |title=Blockbuster Entertainment Award – 2001 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000104/2001/1/ |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - 2001 Awards">{{cite web |title=Chicago Film Critics Association Awards – 2001 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000163/2001/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_14 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 2001">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2001 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2001 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061507/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Circle Awards]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|British Supporting Actor of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="London Critics Circle Film Awards - 2001 Awards">{{cite web |title=London Critics Circle Film Awards – 2001 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000403/2001/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_28 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="2000 Awards (4th Annual)">{{cite web |title=2000 Awards (4th Annual) |url=http://ofcs.org/awards/2000-awards-4th-annual/ |website=OFCS.org |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Satellite Awards - 2001 Awards">{{cite web |title=Satellite Awards – 2001 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000296/2001/1 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''Traffic''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards" />
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| ''Erin Brockovich''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards" />
|-
| 2002
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]]
| rowspan="6" | ''The Gathering Storm''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners" />
|-
|rowspan=5|2003
| BAFTA TV Awards
| [[British Academy Television Awards|Best Actor on Television]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Actor in 2003">{{cite web |title=Actor in 2003 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/television/actor |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Broadcasting Press Guild#Awards|Broadcasting Press Guild Awards]]
| [[Broadcasting Press Guild#Awards|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Broadcasting Press Guild Awards - 2003">{{cite web |title=Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – 2003 |url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpg-awards/2003-2/ |website=Broadcasting Press Guild |date=31 December 2007 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 2003">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2003 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2003 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044009/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Fyear%2F2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Satellite Awards - 2003 Awards">{{cite web |title=Satellite Awards – 2003 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000296/2003/1 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="The 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards"/>
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
| BAFTA Awards
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| rowspan="3" | ''Big Fish''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004">{{cite web |title=Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2004/film/actor-in-a-supporting-role |website=Bafta.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Winners & Nominees 2004">{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2004 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2004 |website=HFPA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044013/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Fyear%2F2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award]]s
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Saturn Award - 2004 Awards">{{cite web |title=Saturn Award – 2004 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2004/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_5 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| [[Gotham Awards]]
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast|Best Ensemble Cast]]
| rowspan="3" | ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead''
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Gotham Awards - 2007">{{cite web |title=Gotham Awards – 2007 |url=http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2007.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802160948/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2007.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2016 |website=Gotham.ifp.org |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Cast]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - 2008 Awards">{{cite web |title=Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards – 2008 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000133/2008/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_5 |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|London Film Critics' Circle Awards]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle|British Supporting Actor of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Control, Atonement lead London Critics' Circle nominations">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Wendy |title=Control, Atonement lead London Critics' Circle nominations |url=https://www.screendaily.com/control-atonement-lead-london-critics-circle-nominations/4036287.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
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===Other awards===
Other awards include: a Golden Laurel for his work on ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' (1970) and for his work on ''Tom Jones'', for which he was the 3rd Place Winner for the "Top Male Comedy Performance" for 1964. He was honoured by the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] as Best Actor for ''[[Under the Volcano (1984 film)|Under the Volcano]]'' (which he tied with [[F. Murray Abraham]] for ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''),<ref name="10th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards">{{cite web |title=10th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |url=http://www.lafca.net/years/1984.html |website=LAFCA |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118102417/http://www.lafca.net/years/1984.html |archive-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[National Board of Review]] Best Actor award for ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'',<ref name="National Board of Review - Best Actor">{{cite web |title=National Board of Review – Best Actor |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/best-actor/ |website=National Board of Review |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref> and the [[New York Film Critics Circle]] Best Actor award for ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''.<ref name="Film Critics Vote 'Tom Jones' Best of Year; Finney Named Top Actor for Title Role --'Hud' Honored Finney in 3d Film">{{cite news |last1=Weiler |first1=A.H. |title=Film Critics Vote 'Tom Jones' Best of Year; Finney Named Top Actor for Title Role – 'Hud' Honored Finney in 3d Film |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/31/archives/film-critics-vote-tom-jones-best-of-year-finney-named-top-actor-for.html |website=The New York Times |date=31 December 1963 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

Finney won two [[Screen Actors Guild]] Awards, for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, for ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'', and as a member of the acting ensemble in the film ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''. He was also nominated for ''The Gathering Storm'', for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, but did not win.<ref name="The 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards">{{cite web |title=The 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/9th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |website=SAG Awards |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards">{{cite web |title=The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |website=SAG Awards |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

He won the Silver Berlin Bear award for Best Actor, for ''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]'', at the [[34th Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1984.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/03_preistr_ger_1984/03_Preistraeger_1984.html |title=Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners |access-date=26 November 2010 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121757/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/03_preistr_ger_1984/03_Preistraeger_1984.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, for ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'', at the [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref name="Venice Film Festival - 1963 Awards">{{cite web |title=Venice Film Festival – 1963 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/1963/1/ |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2001, Finney was awarded the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] for his achievements in film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/fellowship |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==

*Hershman, Gabriel. ''Strolling Player – The Life and Career of Albert Finney'' The History Press, 2017, {{ISBN|9780750978866}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Albert Finney}}
{{Wikiquote}}
*{{IMDb name|0001215}}
*{{TCMDb name|62063}}
* {{Screenonline name|451331}}
*{{IBDB name|40532}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|albert_finney}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720200010/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1506c49 Albert Finney filmography] at the [[British Film Institute]]
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