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Albert Finney

1936 - 2019

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Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 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), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Finney has received more than 8,213,891 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Albert Finney is the 415th most popular actor (down from 363rd in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 497th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Actor.

Albert Finney is most famous for his roles in the films Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient Express, Erin Brockovich, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Skyfall.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Albert Finney ranks 415 out of 13,578. Before him are Gerard Butler, Ron Perlman, Robert Mitchum, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and Magda Schneider. After him are Ali MacGraw, Richard Dean Anderson, Randy Quaid, William Shatner, Tom Wilkinson, and James Woods.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Albert Finney ranks 39. Before him are Aga Khan IV, Glen Campbell, Tariq Aziz, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Jim Clark, and Burt Reynolds. After him are Gerhard Ertl, Buddy Holly, B. J. Habibie, Günter Blobel, Steve Reich, and Émile Lahoud. Among people deceased in 2019, Albert Finney ranks 33. Before him are Michel Legrand, Marie Fredriksson, Mariss Jansons, Marie Laforêt, Bibi Andersson, and Doris Day. After him are Andrea Camilleri, B. J. Habibie, Manfred Eigen, David J. Thouless, Claudine Auger, and Murray Gell-Mann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Finney ranks 527 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hicks (1904), Richard Griffiths (1947), William Kidd (1645), Robert Edwards (1925), Mary Anning (1799), and Gerard Butler (1969). After him are Ronnie Wood (1947), Stanley Baldwin (1867), William Lassell (1799), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), and Tom Wilkinson (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Albert Finney ranks 66. Before him are Diana Rigg (1938), John Cleese (1939), Trevor Howard (1913), Patrick Stewart (1940), Richard Griffiths (1947), and Gerard Butler (1969). After him are Tom Wilkinson (1948), Donald Pleasence (1919), David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), Christian Bale (1974), and Bill Nighy (1949).

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Television and Movie Roles

Big Fish
Ed Bloom (senior)
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Dec 25o 20037.8 / 10
Skyfall
Kincade
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
Oct 24o 20127.2 / 10
Erin Brockovich
Ed Masry
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
Mar 17o 20007.436 / 10