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Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a United
Kingdom|British actor. He has received five
Academy Awards nominations.

His most famous role was as Agatha Christie's
master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film
"Murder On The Orient Express." Finney was so
effective in the role that he complained that it
typecast him for a number of years. "People really
do think I am 300 pounds 136 kg with a French
accent" he said. 

He was born in Salford, Manchester, England.

His first film was The Entertainer (1960), but his
real breakthrough came with his portrayal of a
disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film
of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday
Morning. This led to a series of "angry young man"
roles in kitchen sink dramas, most notably 1963's
Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones (for which he turned
down the role of T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of
Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia). Albert Finney
has often been called "A second Olivier". 

His television roles include the lead in Dennis
Potter's final two plays: Karaoke (play)|Karaoke
and Cold Lazarus. In the latter he played a
frozen, disembodied head. His most recent
Television|TV credit is the leading role in My
Uncle Silas, about a Cornwall|Cornish country
gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew.
It ran from 2000 until 2002, then again for a
mini-series in 2003.  

From 1970 to 1978, he was married to the
France|French actress Anouk AimÊe.

Finney's accolades are numerous. He's been
nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award|Oscar
four times, for "Tom Jones", "Murder On The Orient
Express", "The Dresser", and "Under the Volcano".
He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his
performance in "Erin Brockovich". He won the
Silver Berlin Bear award for Best Actor for "The
Dresser" at the 1984 Berlin International Film
Festival. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for
his performance in "The Image" and won an Emmy for
his performance as Winston Churchill in the HBO
movie, "The Gathering Storm". He's been nominated
for two Tony Awards for his performance in the
play's, "Luther" and "Joe Egg". He's received
Golden Globe Award nominations for his
performances in "Big Fish", "Erin Brockovich",
"Under the Volcano", "The Dresser", "Shoot the
Moon", "Tom Jones" and has won the Golden Globe
for "The Gathering Storm", "Scrooge", and for "Tom
Jones" as Most Promising Newcomer - Male. He was
honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics
Association as Best Actor for "Under the Volcano"
(which he tied with F. Murray Abraham for
Amadeus), the National Board of Review for Best
Actor in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", and
the New York Film Critics Circle for Best Actor in
"Tom Jones". He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor
for "Tom Jones" at the Venice Film Festival. He
has also received three nominations from the
Screen Actors Guild Awards, being nominated for
his performance in "The Gathering Storm" and
winning for his performances in "Erin Brockovich"
and as a member of the acting ensemble in the
movie "Traffic".

==Selected filmography==
*Big Fish (2003)
*Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic (2000)
*Erin Brockovich (movie)|Erin Brockovich (2000)
*Simpatico (1999)
*The Browning Version (1994)
*Miller's Crossing (1990)
*Under the Volcano (1984)
*The Dresser (1983)
*Annie (1982)
*Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
*Gumshoe (movie)|Gumshoe (1972)
*Scrooge (1970)
*Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones (1963)
*Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
*The Entertainer (1960)

==External link==
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