Colin Firth
Acting • Born 1960-09-10
Biography
Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, he had 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 drew widespread attention. It led to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and Love Actually (2003). He starred as Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones film series (2001–2025). Also, he acted in the musical comedy Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel. Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He was previously Oscar-nominated for his role as a grieving gay man in the romantic drama A Single Man (2009), which earned him the BAFTA Award and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He subsequently played secret agent Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its 2017 sequel. He also performed in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 1917 (2019), The Secret Garden, Supernova (both 2020), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). For his roles on television, he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayals of Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart in the BBC film Conspiracy (2001) and Michael Peterson in the HBO limited series The Staircase (2022). In 2012, he founded the production company Raindog Films, under which 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 people and is a member of Survival International. He has also campaigned on issues such as asylum seekers, refugees' rights, and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on differences in brain structure between people with different political orientations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Firth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
126 credits
The English Patient
Movie • 1996
Geoffrey Clifton
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
Jamie Bennett
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Mark Darcy
Fever Pitch
Movie • 1997
Paul Ashworth
Shakespeare in Love
Movie • 1998
Lord Wessex
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie • 2003
Johannes Vermeer
What a Girl Wants
Movie • 2003
Henry Dashwood
St Trinian's
Movie • 2007
Geoffrey Thwaites
Trauma
Movie • 2004
Ben
Apartment Zero
Movie • 1989
Adrian LeDuc
Nanny McPhee
Movie • 2005
Mr. Brown
Hope Springs
Movie • 2003
Colin Ware
Dorian Gray
Movie • 2009
Lord Henry Wotton
Circle of Friends
Movie • 1995
Simon Westward
Mamma Mia!
Movie • 2008
Harry Bright
Another Country
Movie • 1984
Tommy Judd
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2002
John “Jack” Worthing
Genova
Movie • 2009
Joe
Where the Truth Lies
Movie • 2005
Vince
Conspiracy
Movie • 2001
Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
Then She Found Me
Movie • 2007
Frank
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Mark
Four Play
Movie • 2001
Allen Portland
The Last Legion
Movie • 2007
Aurelius
The Accidental Husband
Movie • 2008
Richard Braxton
A Single Man
Movie • 2009
George
Dutch Girls
Movie • 1985
Neil Truelove
Rye Lane
Movie • 2023
Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie • 2009
Geoffrey Thwaites
Valmont
Movie • 1989
Valmont
A Month in the Country
Movie • 1987
Tom Birkin
Empire of Light
Movie • 2022
Donald Ellis
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Movie • 2007
Blake Morrison
Easy Virtue
Movie • 2008
Mr. Whittaker
My Life So Far
Movie • 1999
Edward Pettigrew
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2009
Fred (voice)
A Thousand Acres
Movie • 1997
Jess Clark
The Turn of the Screw
Movie • 1999
Master
The Secret Garden
Movie • 1987
Adult Colin Craven
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie • 2011
Bill Haydon
The Hour of the Pig
Movie • 1993
Richard Courtois
Main Street
Movie • 2010
Gus Leroy
Femme Fatale
Movie • 1991
Joseph Prince
Relative Values
Movie • 2000
Peter Ingleton
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Mark
Gambit
Movie • 2012
Harry Deane
Tumbledown
Movie • 1988
Robert Lawrence
Arthur Newman
Movie • 2012
Arthur Newman
The Railway Man
Movie • 2013
Eric
Chiusi fuori
Movie • 2021
Self
Devil's Knot
Movie • 2013
Ron Lax
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Movie • 1995
Charles Holroyd
King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech
Movie • 2011
Self
Stars in Shorts
Movie • 2012
Steve
Celebration
Movie • 2007
Russell
Camille
Movie • 1984
Armand Duval
Before I Go to Sleep
Movie • 2014
Ben
Forever Ealing
Movie • 2002
Self
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Movie • 2015
Harry Hart / Galahad
The Secret Laughter of Women
Movie • 1999
Matthew Field
The Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 1994
Freddie Page
Magic in the Moonlight
Movie • 2014
Stanley Crawford
The King's Speech
Movie • 2010
King George VI
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Genius
Movie • 2016
Max Perkins
Wings of Fame
Movie • 1990
Brian Smith
Greed
Movie • 2019
Self
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie • 1999
William Shakespeare
Born Equal
Movie • 2006
Mark
Steve
Movie • 2010
Steve
This Is My Africa
Movie • 2008
Self
Donovan Quick
Movie • 2000
Donovan Quick
Kursk
Movie • 2018
Commodore David Russell
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Movie • 2017
Harry Hart
The Mercy
Movie • 2018
Donald Crowhurst
Mad at the Moon
Movie • 1992
Barber (uncredited)
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Wilkins / Wolf (voice)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie • 2010
Self
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie • 2017
Jamie
Playmaker
Movie • 1994
Ross Talbert / Michael Condren
Nineteen Nineteen
Movie • 1985
Young Alexander
Hostages
Movie • 1992
John McCarthy
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Movie • 2018
Harry Bright
The Happy Prince
Movie • 2018
Reggie Turner
Out of the Blue
Movie • 1991
Alan
The Secret Garden
Movie • 2020
Lord Archibald Craven
1917
Movie • 2019
General Erinmore
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
Movie • 1994
Stephen Whalby
Supernova
Movie • 2020
Sam
Operation Mincemeat
Movie • 2022
Ewen Montagu
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Movie • 2001
Self
Mothering Sunday
Movie • 2021
Mr Godfrey Niven
New York Will Eat You Alive
Movie
Being Bridget Jones
Movie • 2020
Self
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
Movie • 1995
Self
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Mark Darcy
Disclosure Day
Movie • 2026
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Movie • 2015
Self
Cry to Heaven
Movie
Kingsman: The Blue Blood
Movie
Harry
Wild Asia: Life at Extremes
Movie • 2026
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1995
Mr. Darcy
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The Staircase
TV • 2022
Michael Peterson
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Armand
Lost Empires
TV • 1986
Richard Herncastle
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
OK! TV
TV • 2011
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Performance
TV • 1991
Freddie Page
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Performance
TV • 1991
Charles Holroyd
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Stephen Whalby
Nostromo
TV • 1997
Charles Gould
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
TV • 2025
Jim Swire
Young Sherlock
TV • 2026
Sir Bucephalus Hodge
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
TV
Paul Lohser