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 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lockerbie: A Search for Truth | Dr Jim Swire |
| 2022 | The Staircase | Michael Peterson |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | |
| 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 |