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Lloyd Bradley is a [[British]] music writer.

'''Albert Finney''' (born [[9 May]] [[1936]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. He has received five [[Academy Awards]] nominations.

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. "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.

Born in [[London]] in 1955, he discovers [[Jamaican music]] in his teenage years, while going out in the North London based [[sound system]]s and create his own named ''Dark Star System'' in the end of the sixties.

He was born in [[Salford]], [[Manchester]], [[England]].

He launched different magazines: Q magazine in 1988, Empire and Big for [[Emap Metro]], Maxim for [[Dennis Publishing]], Encore magazine in 1994 for [[Haymarket]] and then joined [[GQ]] as an editor.

He is currently a freelance journalist and consultant for many titles, and spend his time on writing books (biographies of [[Rod Stewart]], [[George Clinton]])

His journalistic contributions have been published in [[NME]], Black Music Magazine, [[The Guardian]], and [[Mojo]] among others...

''Bass Culture'' is considered as one of the most important book on [[reggae]] music.

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]]''. This led to a series of "angry young man" roles in [[kitchen sink drama]]s, most notably [[1963]]'s ''[[Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones]]'' (for which he turned down the role of [[T. E. Lawrence]] in ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''). Albert Finney has often been called "A second Olivier".

His [[television]] roles include the lead in [[Dennis Potter]]'s final two plays: ''[[Karaoke (play)|Karaoke]]'' and ''[[Cold Lazarus]]''. In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head. His most recent [[Television|TV]] credit is the leading role in [[My Uncle Silas]], about a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] country gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew. It ran from [[2000]] until [[2002]], then again for a mini-series in [[2003]].

== Bibliography ==

From [[1970]] to [[1978]], he was married to the [[France|French]] actress [[Anouk Aimée]].

*''Rock Year Book Vol 9'', 1988, Virgin Books, ISBN 0863692788

*''Rock Yearbook'', 1989, St Martin's Press, UK, ISBN 0312021348

*''Soul on Cd: The Essential Guide'', 1994, Kyle Cathie Ltd, UK, ISBN 185626162X

*''Reggae on Cd: The Essential Guide'', 1996 for the first edition, Trafalgar Square Publishing, UK, ISBN 1856261778

*''Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story'', 1999, London Bridge, UK, ISBN 1854106570

*''Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music'', photographies by [[Dennis Morris]], 2001, BBC Books, UK, ISBN 0563488077

*''George Clinton'', 2004, Pub Group West, ISBN 1841954756

==Selected filmography==

*''[[Big Fish]]'' ([[2003]])

*''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]'' ([[2000]])

*''[[Erin Brockovich (movie)|Erin Brockovich]]'' ([[2000]])

*''[[Simpatico]]'' ([[1999]])

*''[[The Browning Version]]'' ([[1994]])

*''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' ([[1990]])

*''[[Under the Volcano]]'' ([[1984]])

*''[[The Dresser]]'' ([[1983]])

*''[[Annie]]'' ([[1982]])

*''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' ([[1974]])

*''[[Gumshoe (movie)|Gumshoe]]'' ([[1972]])

*''[[Scrooge (1970)]]''

*''[[Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones]]'' ([[1963]])

*''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' ([[1960]])

*''The Entertainer'' (1960)

==External link==

Same book under different versions:

* {{imdb name|id=0001215|name=Albert Finney}}

*UK: ''Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King'', 2001 for the UK version, Penguin Books Ltd, UK, ISBN 0140237631

*USA: ''This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music'', 2001 for the US version, Grove Press , USA, ISBN 0802138284

*France: ''Bass Culture: Quand le Reggae était roi'', translation [[Manuel Rabasse]], 2005 for the French version, Editions Allia, France, ISBN 2844851746

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