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
- 2026 · The Dish as
- 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
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1997 · Fever Pitch as Paul Ashworth
- 1997 · Nostromo as Charles Gould
- 1996 · The English Patient as Geoffrey Clifton
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 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
- 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
- 1992 · Hostages as John McCarthy
- 1992 · Mad at the Moon as Barber (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Out of the Blue as Alan
- 1991 · Femme Fatale as Joseph Prince
- 1991 · Performance as Freddie Page
- 1991 · Performance as Charles Holroyd
- 1990 · Wings of Fame as Brian Smith
- 1989 · Valmont as Valmont
- 1989 · Apartment Zero as Adrian LeDuc
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 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
- 1986 · Lost Empires as Richard Herncastle
- 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
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Armand
- 2024 · Kingsman: The Blue Blood as Harry Hart / Galahad
- 2024 · New York Will Eat You Alive as
- 2024 · Young Sherlock as Sir Bucephalus Hodge