Early success on the British stage led Albert Finney to film stardom, after his leading roles in two very different films—Karel Reisz' working class drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and the period romp Tom Jones. The latter performance won him a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for the Academy and BAFTA Awards.

Since then he has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actor—Murder on the Orient Express, The Dresser and Under the Volcano, plus a nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Erin Brockovich. Other Golden Globe wins were for The Gathering Storm, for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, which also won him Emmy and BAFTA Awards, and his leading role in Scrooge, he was nominated for Golden Globes for Big Fish, Erin Brockovich, Under the Volcano, The Dresser and Shoot the Moon.

On television he took the lead roles in dramatist Dennis Potter's final two plays Karaoke and Cold Lazarus.

Since completing filming on Amazing Grace, Albert Finney has worked with directors Ridley Scott, in A Good Year, co-starring with Russell Crowe, and with Sidney Lumet in The White Rose.

Filmography

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
• Amazing Grace (2006)
• A Good Year (2006)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Ocean's Twelve (2004)
• Big Fish (2003)
• My Uncle Silas II (2003)
• The Gathering Storm (2002)
• Delivering Milo (2001)
• Hemingway, the Hunter of Death (2001)
• Traffic (2000)
• Erin Brockovich (2000)
• "My Uncle Silas" (2000)
• Simpatico (1999)
• Breakfast of Champions (1999)
• A Rather English Marriage (1998)
• Washington Square (1997)
• "Nostromo" (1997)
• "Karaoke" (1996)
• "Cold Lazarus" (1996)
• The Run of the Country (1995)
• A Man of No Importance (1994)
• The Browning Version (1994)
• Rich in Love (1993)
• The Playboys (1992)
• The Green Man (1990)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• The Endless Game (1990)
• The Image (1990)
• The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990)
• Orphans (1987)
• A Simple Man (1987)
• Under the Volcano (1984)
• Pope John Paul II (1984)
• The Biko Inquest (1984)
• The Dresser (1983)
• Annie (1982)
• Shoot the Moon (1982)
• Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982)
• Looker (1981)
• Wolfen (1981)
• Loophole (1981)
• The Duellists (1977)
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• Alpha Beta (1973)
• Gumshoe (1971)
• Scrooge (1970)
• The Picasso Summer (1969)
• Charlie Bubbles (1967)
• Two for the Road (1967)
• Night Must Fall (1964)
• The Victors (1963)
• Tom Jones (1963)
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
• The Entertainer (1960)
• "Emergency-Ward 10" (1957)

Awards

• Emmy Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie "The Gathering Storm" 2002
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture made for Television "The Gathering Storm" 2002
• BAFTA Fellowship 2001
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "Erin Brockovich" 2000
• London Film Critics' Circle Award Best British Supporting Actor "Erin Brockovich" 2000
• New York Film Critics Online Award Best Supporting Actor "Erin Brockovich" 2000
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role "Erin Brockovich" 2000
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture "Traffic" 2000
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "The Browning Version" 1994
• Joseph Jefferson Award Best Actor "Another Time" 1991
• Olivier Award Best Actor "Orphans" 1986
• Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award Best Actor "Orphans" 1986
• Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award "The Dresser" 1984
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Under the Volcano" 1984
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) "Scrooge" 1970
• Golden Globe Award Most Promising Newcomer-Male 1963
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Tom Jones" 1963
• Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award "Tom Jones" 1963
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" 1961
• Theatre des Nations International Festival Paris Award Best Actor "Luther" 1961
• British Film Academy Award Most Promising Newcomer "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" 1960
• Variety Club Award Most Promising Newcomer "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" 1960