Colin Firth

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-09-10 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK

Also Known As Colin Andrew Firth, 콜린 퍼스, コリン・ファース, كولين فيرث, โคลิน เฟิร์ธ, 哥連·費夫, 柯林·佛斯, Колин Фёрт

Colin Firth

Biography

Colin Andrew Firth (born September 10, 1960) is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, undertaking a challenging series of roles, including 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 led to widespread attention, and to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Richard Curtis's romantic comedy ensemble film Love Actually (2003), and the musical comedy Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! (2018). In 2009, Firth received international acclaim for his performance in Tom Ford's A Single Man, for which he won a BAFTA Award and received his first Academy Award nomination. In 2010, his portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He subsequently appeared as MI6 agent Bill Haydon in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and as secret agent Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). He has since appeared in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Sam Mendes' war film 1917 (2019), and Supernova (2020). He is also known for his performances in television including the BBC film Conspiracy (2001), and HBO's The Staircase (2022), receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for each. In 2012, he founded the production company Raindog Films, where 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 tribal people and is a member of Survival International. He has campaigned on issues of asylum seekers, refugees' rights and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on a study of the differences in brain structure between people of differing political orientations. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his services to drama. That same year, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

Known For

Actor

Kingsman: The Blue Blood

as Harry Hart / Galahad

Lockerbie

as Dr. Jim Swire

Young Sherlock

as Sir Bucephalus Hodge

2023
Rye Lane

as Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)

2022
Empire of Light

as Donald Ellis

2022
Operation Mincemeat

as Ewen Montagu

2022
The Staircase

as Michael Peterson

2021
Mothering Sunday

as Mr Godfrey Niven

2021
Chiusi fuori

as Self

2020
Supernova

as Sam

2020
The Secret Garden

as Lord Archibald Craven

2019
1917

as General Erinmore

2019
Greed

as Self

2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Wilkins / Wolf (voice)

2018
Kursk

as Commodore David Russell

2018
2018
The Happy Prince

as Reggie Turner

2018
The Mercy

as Donald Crowhurst

2017
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby

as Mark Darcy

2016
Genius

as Max Perkins

2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service

as Harry Hart / Galahad

2014
Magic in the Moonlight

as Stanley Crawford

2013
2013
Devil's Knot

as Ron Lax

2012
2012
Arthur Newman

as Arthur Newman

2012
Gambit

as Harry Deane

2011
Der Weg des Ruhms

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2011
2010
The King's Speech

as King George VI

2010
Main Street

as Gus Leroy

2010
Steve

as Steve

2009
A Single Man

as George Falconer

2009
A Christmas Carol

as Fred (voice)

2009
Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

2009
Genova

as Joe

2009
2008
Easy Virtue

as Mr. Whittaker

2008
Mamma Mia!

as Harry Bright

2008
2008
2007
St. Trinian's

as Geoffrey Thwaites

2007
2007
The Last Legion

as Aurelius

2007
Celebration

as Russell

2006
Born Equal

as Mark

2005
Nanny McPhee

as Mr. Brown

2004
Trauma

as Ben

2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring

as Johannes Vermeer

2003
Love Actually

as Jamie Bennett

2003
Hope Springs

as Colin Ware

2003
What a Girl Wants

as Henry Dashwood

2002
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest

as John “Jack” Worthing

2001
Four Play

as Allen Portland

2001
Conspiracy

as Stuckart

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary

as Mark Darcy

2000
Donovan Quick

as Donovan Quick

2000
Relative Values

as Peter Ingleton

1999
1999
1999
My Life So Far

as Edward Pettigrew

1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth

as William Shakespeare

1999
The Early Show

as Self - Guest

1998
Shakespeare in Love

as Lord Wessex

1997
A Thousand Acres

as Jess Clark

1997
Fever Pitch

as Paul Ashworth

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Nostromo

as Charles Gould

1996
The English Patient

as Geoffrey Clifton

1996
1995
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

as Charles Holroyd

1995
Circle of Friends

as Simon Westward

1995
Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Darcy

1994
The Deep Blue Sea

as Freddie Page

1994
1994
Playmaker

as Ross Talbert / Michael Condren

1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Richard Courtois

1993
GMTV

as Self

1992
Hostages

as John McCarthy

1992
Mad at the Moon

as Barber (uncredited)

1991
1991
Femme Fatale

as Joseph Prince

1991
Performance

as Freddie Page

1991
Performance

as Charles Holroyd

1990
Wings of Fame

as Brian Smith

1989
Valmont

as Valmont

1989
Apartment Zero

as Adrian LeDuc

1988
Tumbledown

as Robert Lawrence

1988
This Morning

as Self

1987
1987
The Secret Garden

as Adult Colin Craven

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Stephen Whalby

1986
Lost Empires

as Richard Herncastle

1985
Nineteen Nineteen

as Young Alexander

1985
Dutch Girls

as Neil Truelove

1984
Camille

as Armand Duval

1984
Another Country

as Tommy Judd

1983
Blackadder

as William Shakespeare

1981
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1951

Producer

2024
Luther: Never Too Much

as Executive Producer

2018
The Happy Prince

as Executive Producer

2016
Loving

as Producer

2015
Eye in the Sky

as Producer

2008
In Prison My Whole Life

as Executive Producer