Alain Delon

In 1969, Delon and his wife were at the center of a massive scandal when their bodyguard was found shot dead in a garbage dump. From 1970 to 1978, he was married to the French actress Anouk Aimée. After a string of box office disasters in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the unexpected failure of Patrice Leconte's film Une Chance sur deux, Alain Delon announced his decision to give up acting in 1997. It ran from 2000 until 2002, then again for a mini-series in 2003. His later work has not reached these hights, and his decline is characteristic of the nouvelle vague of French actors, such as Jean-Paul Belmondo. His most recent TV credit is the leading role in My Uncle Silas, about a Cornish country gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew. He also gave tremendous performances in Lucino Visconti's "The Leopard" and, perhaps his finest moment, "Le Samourai". In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head.

His breakthrough as a film star came with Plein Soleil, a 1962 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's Talented Mr Ripley. His television roles include the lead in Dennis Potter's final two plays: Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. Delon was born in Sceaux, France. Albert Finney has often been called "A second Olivier". Alain Delon (born November 8, 1935) is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia). E.

This led to a series of "angry young man" roles in kitchen sink dramas, most notably 1963's Tom Jones (for which he turned down the role of T. 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. He was born in Salford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.

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. He has received five Academy Awards nominations. Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. The Entertainer (1960).

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960). Tom Jones (1963). Gumshoe (1972). Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Annie (1982). The Dresser (1983). Under the Volcano (1984). Miller's Crossing (1990).

The Browning Version (1994). Simpatico (1999). Erin Brockovich (2000). Traffic (2000).

Big Fish (2003).