Albert Finney Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Wiki & More

Albert Finney is an English actor who first started off as an actor in the theatre. He was well known for his Shakespeare plays.

 

Hailing from Pendleton, Salford England he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After graduation, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his first theatre in London in 1958. He played a part in Charles Laughton’s directorial The Party. His first Film debut was in 1960 in the movie The Entertainer. His important movies that gave him a break can be said to be Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Tom Jones and Charlie Bubbles. He also entered the television area next and focused on theatre and made films a little rarely. His television productions are The Green Man, A Rather English Marriage, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. During these times his most famous play was based on Agatha Christie’s novels and he portrayed Hercule Poirot. He acted in other plays also like Much Ado About Nothing etc.

 

He was nominated for the Oscars % times but was not awarded. Nominated 4 times for Academy Award for Best Actor. He has had 13 BAFTA nomination in which he won two. He won the Oliver Award for his theatre work in Orphans, a Golden Laurel for his work on Scrooge. He has won a lot of other awards.