Colin Firth

Name: Colin Firth
Date of Birth: September 10, 1960
Place of Birth: Grayshott, Hampshire, England

Mini-bio: Firth starred in the award-winning 1981 London stage production of Another Country. He reprised this role for his first film appearance in 1984. In 1987, he appeared alongside Kenneth Branagh in the f...( read more)

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Colin Firth mini-bio: Firth starred in the award-winning 1981 London stage production of Another Country. He reprised this role for his first film appearance in 1984. In 1987, he appeared alongside Kenneth Branagh in the film version of J. L. Carr's novel, A Month in the Country. In 1989, he took the lead in the film Valmont.

Despite widespread admiration for his performances, it was only with the 1995 BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that Firth gained wider renown. The serial was a big success and Firth became known as a heart-throb because of his role as Fitzwilliam Darcy. This performance also made him the object of affection for fictional journalist Bridget Jones (created by Helen Fielding), an interest which carried on into the two novels featuring the Jones character. In the second novel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the character even meets Firth in Rome. As something of an in-joke, when the novels were adapted for the cinema, Firth was cast as Jones's love interest, Mark Darcy.

Firth had a supporting role in The English Patient (1996) and since then has starred in films such as Fever Pitch (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Love Actually (2003) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). He has also appeared in recent television productions, including Donovan Quick (an updated version of Don Quixote) (1999) and Conspiracy (2001).

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Education: Born into an academic family - his father is a history lecturer at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's College) in Winchester and his mother is a comparative religions lecturer at the Open University

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kcdot35

Awesome actor! I loved him in Pride and Prejudice.

posted 93 days ago
souper

I am a huge fan. "Mr. Darcy" stole my heart...all three times. ;) How is it that Pride and Prejudice is not on his filmography on here? I want to add it as my all time favorite movie and can't. Thanks for the great work you do.

posted 106 days ago
HanCock08

love your acting Mr. Firth. am a great admirer of your stylish acting, classical movies and accent....too good!!

posted 108 days ago
u2no1fansyaq92

he is brilliant and gorgeous!!!

posted 115 days ago
katecutiexoxo

hey all
colin is a gud singer i think any ways
well bye xx

posted 121 days ago
12RedRoses

I'm always blown away that a man like Colin Firth somehow lands the role of the rejected lover (Bridget Jones' Diary---well, almost!) He's an engaging actor, and I regret that his resume does not always account for it. I saw a delightful performance in Oscar Wilde's play-turned-film "The Importance of Being Earnest," and later in both Bridget Jones films. Have yet to see this legendary six-hour version of Pride and Prejudice, however. Don't think I have the courage...or the time.

posted 122 days ago
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posted 129 days ago
FamousOnline1

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posted 131 days ago
leenabeana

colin firth is amaizing and i love him in pride and prejudice and also in what a girl wants he is one of my fav actors u r awsome colin!!!!!!

posted 150 days ago
anguyen2161

Colin is just... the epitome of a great actor XD

posted 156 days ago