Colin Firth
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 10, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, he had leading roles in A Month in the Country (1987), Tumbledown(1988) and Valmont (1989). His portrayal of Mr Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice drew widespread attention. It led to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and Love Actually (2003). He starred as Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones film series (2001–2025). Also, he acted in the musical comedy Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel. Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He was previously Oscar-nominated for his role as a grieving gay man in the romantic drama A Single Man (2009), which earned him the BAFTA Award and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He subsequently played secret agent Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its 2017 sequel. He also performed in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 1917 (2019), The Secret Garden, Supernova (both 2020), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). For his roles on television, he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayals of Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart in the BBC film Conspiracy (2001) and Michael Peterson in the HBO limited series The Staircase (2022). In 2012, he founded the production company Raindog Films, under which he served as a producer for Eye in the Sky (2015) and Loving (2016). His films have grossed more than $3 billion from 42 releases worldwide. Firth has campaigned for the rights of Indigenous people and is a member of Survival International. He has also campaigned on issues such as asylum seekers, refugees' rights, and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on differences in brain structure between people with different political orientations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Firth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Cry to Heaven
Movie · as Carlo
Bare
Movie
The Joy of Sex
Movie · as Alex Comfort
Otherwise Engaged
Movie · as Charlie's Father
It's Alright
Movie
Berlin Noir
TV · as Paul Lohser
Disclosure Day
Movie · as Noah Scanlon
Wild Asia: Life at Extremes
Movie
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
Movie · as Self
Young Sherlock
TV · as Sir Bucephalus Hodge · 5 eps
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie · as Mark Darcy
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
TV · as Jim Swire · 5 eps
Rye Lane
Movie · as Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)
Empire of Light
Movie · as Donald Ellis
Operation Mincemeat
Movie · as Ewen Montagu
The Staircase
TV · as Michael Peterson · 8 eps
Chiusi fuori
Movie · as Self
Mothering Sunday
Movie · as Mr Godfrey Niven
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Lord Archibald Craven
Supernova
Movie · as Sam
Being Bridget Jones
Movie · as Self
Greed
Movie · as Self
1917
Movie · as General Erinmore
Kursk
Movie · as Commodore David Russell
The Mercy
Movie · as Donald Crowhurst
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie · as Wilkins / Wolf (voice)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie · as Harry
The Happy Prince
Movie · as Reggie Turner
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Movie · as Harry Hart
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie · as Jamie
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie · as Mark
Genius
Movie · as Max Perkins
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Movie · as Harry Hart / Galahad
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Before I Go to Sleep
Movie · as Ben
Magic in the Moonlight
Movie · as Stanley Crawford
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Railway Man
Movie · as Eric
Devil's Knot
Movie · as Ron Lax
Gambit
Movie · as Harry Deane
Arthur Newman
Movie · as Arthur Newman
Stars in Shorts
Movie · as Steve
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie · as Bill Haydon
King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech
Movie · as Self
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
OK! TV
TV · 2 eps
Main Street
Movie · as Gus Leroy
The King's Speech
Movie · as King George VI
Steve
Movie · as Steve
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dorian Gray
Movie · as Lord Henry Wotton
Genova
Movie · as Joe
A Single Man
Movie · as George
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie · as Geoffrey Thwaites
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Fred (voice)
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Mamma Mia!
Movie · as Harry Bright
The Accidental Husband
Movie · as Richard Braxton
Easy Virtue
Movie · as Mr. Whittaker
This Is My Africa
Movie · as Self
St Trinian's
Movie · as Geoffrey Thwaites
Then She Found Me
Movie · as Frank
The Last Legion
Movie · as Aurelius
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Movie · as Blake Morrison
Celebration
Movie · as Russell
Born Equal
Movie · as Mark
Nanny McPhee
Movie · as Mr. Brown
Where the Truth Lies
Movie · as Vince
Trauma
Movie · as Ben
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Mark
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Love Actually
Movie · as Jamie Bennett
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie · as Johannes Vermeer
What a Girl Wants
Movie · as Henry Dashwood
Hope Springs
Movie · as Colin Ware
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as John “Jack” Worthing
Forever Ealing
Movie · as Self
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie · as Mark Darcy
Conspiracy
Movie · as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
Four Play
Movie · as Allen Portland
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Movie · as Self
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Movie · as Self
Relative Values
Movie · as Peter Ingleton
Donovan Quick
Movie · as Donovan Quick
My Life So Far
Movie · as Edward Pettigrew
The Turn of the Screw
Movie · as Master
The Secret Laughter of Women
Movie · as Matthew Field
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie · as William Shakespeare
The Early Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Shakespeare in Love
Movie · as Lord Wessex
Fever Pitch
Movie · as Paul Ashworth
A Thousand Acres
Movie · as Jess Clark
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nostromo
TV · as Charles Gould · 3 eps
The English Patient
Movie · as Geoffrey Clifton
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Circle of Friends
Movie · as Simon Westward
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Movie · as Charles Holroyd
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
Movie · as Self
Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Mr. Darcy · 6 eps
The Deep Blue Sea
Movie · as Freddie Page
Playmaker
Movie · as Ross Talbert / Michael Condren
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
Movie · as Stephen Whalby
The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Richard Courtois
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mad at the Moon
Movie · as Barber (uncredited)
Hostages
Movie · as John McCarthy
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Femme Fatale
Movie · as Joseph Prince
Out of the Blue
Movie · as Alan
Performance
TV · as Freddie Page, Charles Holroyd · 1 ep
Wings of Fame
Movie · as Brian Smith
Apartment Zero
Movie · as Adrian LeDuc
Valmont
Movie · as Valmont
Tumbledown
Movie · as Robert Lawrence
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Alan · 1 ep
A Month in the Country
Movie · as Tom Birkin
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Adult Colin Craven
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Stephen Whalby · 3 eps
Lost Empires
TV · as Richard Herncastle · 7 eps
Sunday Premiere
TV · as Robert Lawrence · 1 ep
Dutch Girls
Movie · as Neil Truelove
Nineteen Nineteen
Movie · as Young Alexander
Screen Two
TV · as Richard Courtois · 1 ep
Another Country
Movie · as Tommy Judd
Camille
Movie · as Armand Duval
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as PC Franklin · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Armand · 1 ep