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Born in Manchester in 1936, Albert Finney came to the cinema from theatre, where he had been very successful. His first film was The Entertainer alongside Laurence Olivier in 1960, but he received real recognition for Saturday Night Sunday Morning made later that year. International fame came in 1963 when Finney took the title role in the film adaptation of Tom Jones, for which he received an Oscar nomination. Finney decided against a move to Hollywood, choosing instead to continue working in theatre. However, he continued to appear in excellent films, including Two For The Road, Murder On The Orient Express and the Coen brothers' Millar's Crossing.
