Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 10, 1960
Place of Birth:
Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
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Colin Firth
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dish | |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Mark Darcy |
| 2023 | Rye Lane | Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Donald Ellis |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | Ewen Montagu |
| 2021 | Chiusi fuori | Self |
| 2021 | Mothering Sunday | Mr Godfrey Niven |
| 2020 | The Secret Garden | Lord Archibald Craven |
| 2020 | Supernova | Sam |
| 2020 | Being Bridget Jones | Self |
| 2019 | Greed | Self |
| 2019 | 1917 | General Erinmore |
| 2018 | Kursk | Commodore David Russell |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Donald Crowhurst |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Wilkins / Wolf (voice) |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Harry Bright |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince | Reggie Turner |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Harry Hart |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Jamie |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Mark |
| 2016 | Genius | Max Perkins |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Harry Hart / Galahad |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Self |
| 2014 | Before I Go to Sleep | Ben |
| 2014 | Magic in the Moonlight | Stanley Crawford |
| 2013 | The Railway Man | Eric |
| 2013 | Devil's Knot | Ron Lax |
| 2012 | Gambit | Harry Deane |
| 2012 | Arthur Newman | Arthur Newman |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Steve |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bill Haydon |
| 2011 | King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech | Self |
| 2011 | Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Main Street | Gus Leroy |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | King George VI |
| 2010 | Steve | Steve |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray | Lord Henry Wotton |
| 2009 | Genova | Joe |
| 2009 | A Single Man | George |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Geoffrey Thwaites |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Fred (voice) |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Harry Bright |
| 2008 | The Accidental Husband | Richard Braxton |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Mr. Whittaker |
| 2008 | Birthing Mamma Mia! | Self |
| 2008 | This Is My Africa | Self |
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Geoffrey Thwaites |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Frank |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Aurelius |
| 2007 | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Blake Morrison |
| 2007 | Celebration | Russell |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Mark |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Mr. Brown |
| 2005 | Where the Truth Lies | Vince |
| 2004 | Trauma | Ben |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Mark |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Jamie Bennett |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Johannes Vermeer |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Henry Dashwood |
| 2003 | Hope Springs | Colin Ware |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | John “Jack” Worthing |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Mark Darcy |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart |
| 2001 | Four Play | Allen Portland |
| 2001 | Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making | Self |
| 2000 | Relative Values | Peter Ingleton |
| 2000 | Donovan Quick | Donovan Quick |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Edward Pettigrew |
| 1999 | The Turn of the Screw | Master |
| 1999 | The Secret Laughter of Women | Matthew Field |
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | William Shakespeare |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Lord Wessex |
| 1997 | Fever Pitch | Paul Ashworth |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Jess Clark |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Geoffrey Clifton |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Simon Westward |
| 1995 | The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd | Charles Holroyd |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen | Self |
| 1994 | The Deep Blue Sea | Freddie Page |
| 1994 | Playmaker | Ross Talbert / Michael Condren |
| 1994 | Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor | Stephen Whalby |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Richard Courtois |
| 1992 | Mad at the Moon | Barber (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Hostages | John McCarthy |
| 1991 | Femme Fatale | Joseph Prince |
| 1991 | Out of the Blue | Alan |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Brian Smith |
| 1989 | Apartment Zero | Adrian LeDuc |
| 1989 | Valmont | Valmont |
| 1988 | Tumbledown | Robert Lawrence |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | Tom Birkin |
| 1987 | The Secret Garden | Adult Colin Craven |
| 1985 | Dutch Girls | Neil Truelove |
| 1985 | Nineteen Nineteen | Young Alexander |
| 1984 | Another Country | Tommy Judd |
| 1984 | Camille | Armand Duval |
| New York Will Eat You Alive | ||
| Cry to Heaven | ||
| Mamma Mia! 3 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lockerbie: A Search for Truth | Jim Swire |
| 2022 | The Staircase | Michael Peterson |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2011 | OK! TV | |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Nostromo | Charles Gould |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Darcy |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1991 | Performance | Freddie Page |
| 1991 | Performance | Charles Holroyd |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Stephen Whalby |
| 1986 | Lost Empires | Richard Herncastle |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Armand |
| Young Sherlock | Sir Bucephalus Hodge |