# Why do I always get Albert Finney and Michael Gambon mixed up?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-get-albert-finney-and-michael-gambon-mixed-up/319177 "2005-08-30T00:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-get-albert-finney-and-michael-gambon-mixed-up/319177/1 "2005-08-30T00:35:44Z")

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Even though they are two completely unsimilar people (especially the voices) I seem to mix them up every time. If I hear or see Albert Finney I say “That’s Michael Gambon” and vice versa.

I watched oceans twelve tonight, and as soon as I heard the voice of LaMarc I said to myself “That’s Michael Gambon… The voice is unmistakeable” The voice _is_ unmistakeable… but it doesn’t belong to Michael.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-get-albert-finney-and-michael-gambon-mixed-up/319177/2 "2005-08-30T02:31:21Z")

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I mix up [Albert Finney](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001215/) and [Brian Cox](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0004051/).

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-get-albert-finney-and-michael-gambon-mixed-up/319177/3 "2005-08-30T21:35:06Z")

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Hmm…

Albert

[Michael](http://www.teletronic.co.uk/otherone.jpg)

I guess, now that they are old…  
but when they were young…

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-get-albert-finney-and-michael-gambon-mixed-up/319177/4 "2005-08-31T00:06:08Z")

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Maybe this will help:

Albert Finney=Daddy Warbucks

Michael Gambon=Dumbledore II

😃