Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Birthdate
September 10, 1960 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
September 10, 1960 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting

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.

Colin Firth's LGBTQ+ Titles

A Single Man
A Single Man
George Falconer
Another Country
Another Country
Tommy Judd
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince
Reggie Turner
Supernova
Supernova
Sam

Acting (124)

Young Sherlock as Sir Bucephalus Hodge (8 episodes)
New York Will Eat You Alive
2026
The Dish
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Mark Darcy
2025
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth as Dr Jim Swire (5 episodes)
2023
Rye Lane as Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)
2022
Empire of Light as Donald Ellis
2022
The Staircase as Michael Peterson (8 episodes)
2022
Operation Mincemeat as Ewen Montagu
2021
Mothering Sunday as Mr Godfrey Niven
2021
Chiusi fuori as Self
2020
Being Bridget Jones as Self
2020
Supernova as Sam
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
2018
The Happy Prince as Reggie Turner
2018
The Mercy as Donald Crowhurst
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Harry Hart
2017
Red Nose Day Actually as Jamie
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby as Mark Darcy
2016
Genius as Max Perkins
2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed as Self
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 (2 episodes)
2013
The Railway Man as Eric
2013
Devil's Knot as Ron Lax
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
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Bill Haydon
2011
King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech as Self
2011
OK! TV (2 episodes)
2010
The King's Speech as King George VI
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
A Single Man as George Falconer
2009
A Christmas Carol as Fred (voice)
2009
The Jay Leno Show as Self (1 episode)
2009
Live from Studio Five as Self (3 episodes)
2009
Dorian Gray as Lord Henry Wotton
2009
Genova as Joe
2008
Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
2008
Easy Virtue as Mr. Whittaker
2008
Mamma Mia! as Harry Bright
2008
This Is My Africa as Self
2008
The Accidental Husband as Richard
2007
St. Trinian's as Geoffrey Thwaites
2007
When Did You Last See Your Father? as Blake Morrison
2007
Then She Found Me as Frank
2007
The Last Legion as Aurelius
2007
Celebration as Russell
2006
Born Equal as Mark
2005
Nanny McPhee as Mr. Brown
2005
Where the Truth Lies as Vince
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Mark Darcy
2004
Trauma as Ben
2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring as Johannes Vermeer
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
Love Actually as Jamie Bennett
2003
Hope Springs as Colin Ware
2003
What a Girl Wants as Henry Dashwood
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
2001
Conspiracy as Stuckart
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary as Mark Darcy
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
The Early Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999
My Life So Far as Edward Pettigrew
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth as William Shakespeare
1998
Shakespeare in Love as Lord Wessex
1997
A Thousand Acres as Jess Clark
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Fever Pitch as Paul Ashworth
1997
Nostromo as Charles Gould (3 episodes)
1996
The English Patient as Geoffrey Clifton
1996
The Daily Show as Self (5 episodes)
1995
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen as Self
1995
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd as Charles Holroyd
1995
Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy (6 episodes)
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
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992
Hostages as John McCarthy
1992
Mad at the Moon as Barber (uncredited)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
1991
Out of the Blue as Alan
1991
Femme Fatale as Joseph Prince
1991
Performance as Charles Holroyd (1 episode)
1991
Performance as Freddie Page (1 episode)
1990
Wings of Fame as Brian Smith
1989
Valmont as Valmont
1989
Apartment Zero as Adrian LeDuc
1988
This Morning as Self (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 episode)
1988
Tumbledown as Robert Lawrence
1987
A Month in the Country as Tom Birkin
1987
The Secret Garden as Adult Colin Craven
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Stephen Whalby (3 episodes)
1986
Lost Empires as Richard Herncastle (7 episodes)
1985
Nineteen Nineteen as Young Alexander
1985
Dutch Girls as Neil Truelove
1984
Camille as Armand Duval
1984
Another Country as Tommy Judd
1983
Blackadder as William Shakespeare (1 episode)
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Armand (1 episode)

Production (6)

2024
Luther: Never Too Much • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) • Producer
• Producer
2018
The Happy Prince • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Loving • Producer
• Producer
2015
Eye in the Sky • Producer
• Producer
2008
In Prison My Whole Life • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer