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