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.
Filmography
all 130
Movies 107
TV Shows 23
self 22
Producer 6
Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2023)
Rye Lane (2023)
Empire of Light (2022)
The Staircase (2022)
Mothering Sunday (2021)
Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Chiusi fuori (2021)
Being Bridget Jones (2020)
Supernova (2020)
The Secret Garden (2020)
1917 (2019)
Greed (2019)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Amá (2018)
Kursk (2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
The Happy Prince (2018)
The Mercy (2018)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
Loving (2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Genius (2016)
Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story (2016)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Railway Man (2013)
Devil's Knot (2013)
Stars In Shorts (2012)
Arthur Newman (2012)
Gambit (2012)
The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen (2011)
Der Weg des Ruhms (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech (2011)
OK! TV (2011)
The King's Speech (2010)
Main Street (2010)
Steve (2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
A Single Man (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Dorian Gray (2009)
Genova (2009)
Birthing Mamma Mia! (2008)
Easy Virtue (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
This Is My Africa (2008)
The Accidental Husband (2008)
In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
St. Trinian's (2007)
When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
Then She Found Me (2007)
The Last Legion (2007)
Celebration (2007)
Born Equal (2006)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Trauma (2004)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
Hope Springs (2003)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
Forever Ealing (2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making (2001)
Four Play (2001)
Conspiracy (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Donovan Quick (2000)
Relative Values (2000)
The Turn of the Screw (1999)
The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
The Early Show (1999)
My Life So Far (1999)
Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
A Thousand Acres (1997)
The View (1997)
Fever Pitch (1997)
Nostromo (1997)
The English Patient (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen (1995)
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Circle of Friends (1995)
The Deep Blue Sea (1994)
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor (1994)
Playmaker (1994)
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Hostages (1992)
Mad at the Moon (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Out of the Blue (1991)
Femme Fatale (1991)
Performance (1991)
Breakfast with the Arts (1991)
Wings of Fame (1990)
Valmont (1989)
Apartment Zero (1989)
This Morning (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Tumbledown (1988)
A Month in the Country (1987)
The Secret Garden (1987)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Lost Empires (1986)
Nineteen Nineteen (1985)
Dutch Girls (1985)
Camille (1984)
Another Country (1984)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
New York Will Eat You Alive
Lockerbie
The Personal Diaries
Kingsman: The Blue Blood
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-09-10 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceGrayshott, United Kingdom
RelationshipsLivia Giuggioli (1997-01-01 - 2019-01-01), Meg Tilly (1989-01-01 - 1994-01-01)
ChildrenWill Firth
SiblingsKate Firth, Jonathan Firth
CitizenshipsItaly, United Kingdom
ResidencesCittà della Pieve, Italy, Chiswick, United Kingdom
Also Known AsColin Andrew Firth, Колин Ферт, 콜린 퍼스, コリン・ファース, كولين فيرث, โคลิน เฟิร์ธ, 哥連·費夫, Κόλιν Φερθ, 柯林·佛斯, Колин Фёрт, Колін Ферт
AwardsEuropean Film Award for Best Actor, Time 100, Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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