Albert Finney Net Worth

Albert Finney net worth is
$10 Million

Albert Finney Wiki Biography

Albert Finney was born on the 9th May 1936, in Charlestown, Pendleton, England and is a five-time Oscar nominated, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award winning actor, best known for his roles in such movies as “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” (1960), “Tom Jones” (1963), “Annie” (1982), and “Miller’s Crossing” (1990), among many other differing appearances. He passed away in 2019.

Have you ever wondered how rich Albert Finney was, as of early- 2019? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Finney’s net worth was over $10 million, an amount earned through his successful acting career, which started in 1956.

Albert Finney Net Worth $10 Million

Albert Finney was a son of Alice and Albert Finney Sr., who worked as a bookmaker, and went to Tootal Drive Primary School and Salford Grammar School, later studying at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Finney got his first role in the 1956 TV movie called “She Stoops to Conquer”, and later played as Tom Fletcher in four episodes of the series “Emergency-Ward 10” (1959). He really came to notice as Arthur Seaton in the iconic “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”, which won him a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer, then In 1963 earned an Oscar Award nomination for the title role in Tony Richardson’s Oscar Award-winning film “Tom Jones”, which put Albert on the Hollywood map, and from then on he started to secure larger roles. He continued with parts in Stanley Donen’s Oscar Award-nominated romantic comedy “Two for the Road” (1967) alongside Audrey Hepburn, and the Golden Globe Award-nominated “The Victors” (1973) – his net worth was now well established.

In the early ‘70s, Finney starred in Ronald Neame’s Oscar Award-nominated family fantasy “Scrooge” (1970), playing Ebenezer Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, winning a Golden Globe Award for the role, and was then nominated for BAFTA for the part of a nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley in Stephen Frears’ “Gumshoe” (1971). By the end of the decade, Finney had starred as the famous Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot in Sydney Lumet’s Oscar Award-winning film “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) alongside Lauren Bacall and Ingrid Bergman; the film grossed more than $54 million worldwide and helped Finney to increase his net worth significantly, as he also earned an Oscar Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 1977, he co-starred with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel in Ridley Scott’s BAFTA-nominated war drama “The Duellists”.

Albert stayed busy in the early ‘80s, as he starred in the horror called “Wolfen” (1981), and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Alan Parker’s “Shoot the Moon” (1982) with Diane Keaton and Karen Allen. He continued with parts in John Huston’s Oscar Award-nominated “Annie” (1982) and received an Oscar Award nomination for his role as Sir in Peter Yates’ drama “The Dresser” (1983). In 1984, Finney teamed up again with Huston in “Under the Volcano”, and for the role of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul, Finney earned another Oscar Award nomination.

Finney slowed down in the ‘90s, but still played in notable films such as the Brothers Coen’s “Miller’s Crossing” (1990) with Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro. In 1994, Albert played Andrew Crocker-Harris in Mike Figgis’ BAFTA-nominated “The Browning Version”, the story about a disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British public school. In 2000, Finney had a supporting role alongside Julia Roberts in Steven Soderbergh’s Oscar Award-winning movie “Erin Brockovich”, while the same year he also worked with Soderbergh in the Oscar Award-winning thriller “Traffic”, starring Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro and Catherine Zeta-Jones. From 2001 to 2003, Albert played Uncle Silas in the series “My Uncle Silas”, and then won a Golden Globe Award for the lead rolev portraying Winston Churchill in HBO’s biography “The Gathering Storm” (2002).

In 2003, Finney co-starred alongside Ewan McGregor in Tim Burton’s Oscar Award-nominated adventure entitled “Big Fish” that grossed over $122 million worldwide. He was still quite active in the mid- and late-2000s as he appeared in Ridley Scott’s “A Good Year” (2006) starring Russell Crowe, and in Michael Apted’s “Amazing Grace” (2006). Albert ended the decade as Dr. Albert Hirsch in Paul Greengrass’ Oscar Award-winning “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007) with Matt Damon, and in Sidney Lumet’s “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” (2007) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke.

In his later years, Finney played alongside Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton in “The Bourne Legacy” (2012), and in Sam Mendes’ Oscar Award-winning “Skyfall” (2012) starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem.

Overall, Albert Finney appeared in over 50 films, and more than a dozen TV productions, being nominated five times for an Oscar, as well as appearing in many productions which attracted a large number of  nominations, winning many, often due to Finney’s contribution, and certainly keeping his net worth ticking over. Albert Finney actually refused to accept a knighthood!

Regarding his personal life, Albert Finney was married to Jane Wenham from 1957 to 1961 and had a child with her. From 1970 to 1978, Finney was married to Anouk Aimée, while since 2006 he was married to Pene Delmage. Finney was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2011, and he received treatment in May that year, apparently successfully. However, he died on 7 February 2019 in the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, officially of a chest infection, possibly linked to a spread of cancer.



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