Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Birthdate: 10th September, 1960
Birthplace: Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK



  Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television, and stage actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In 2011, Firth received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech, a performance that also earned him the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. The previous year he received his first Academy Award nomination for his leading role in A Single Man, a performance that won him a BAFTA Award. Firth's other major film credits include The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, Bridget Jones's Diary, Mamma Mia! and Love Actually. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.
 

Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television, and stage actor.
Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In 2011, Firth received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech, a performance that also earned him the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. The previous year he received his first Academy Award nomination for his leading role in A Single Man, a performance that won him a BAFTA Award.
Firth's other major film credits include The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, Bridget Jones's Diary, Mamma Mia! and Love Actually. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

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Filmography

Empire of Light (2022)

A love story set in and around an old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.

1917 (2019)

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the...

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the...

Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides...

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the...

The Railway Man (2014)

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

Gambit (2013)

An art curator enlists the services of a Texas steer roper to con a wealthy collector into buying a phony Monet painting.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

An Anglo-French espionage film based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tail, Soldier, Spy, it is set in the bleak days of the Cold War. Set in...

The King's Speech (2010)

Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie')...

Dorian Gray (2009)

Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, DORIAN GRAY tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes -...

A Single Man (2009)

Fashion designer Tom Ford makes his directorial debut with this dramatic outing starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Matthew Goode....

Mamma Mia! (2008)

After its run as a West End hit in London, MAMMA MIA became a Broadway smash when it opened in New York back in 2001. With a story...

Easy Virtue (2008)

Adapted from a Noel Coward play, EASY VIRTUE is essentially a tale of Old World manners vs. New World freedom. The year is 1929, and...

Love Actually (2003)

A classic romantic comedy following the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various interrelated...

The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002)

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.

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