Colin Firth

Actor / Producer / Writer

Birthdate – September 10, 1960 (64 Years Old)

Birthplace – Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK

Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred’s College) in Winchester, and worked on education for the Nigerian government. His grandparents were missionaries. His siblings Katie Firth and Jonathan Firth are also actors.

Firth’s first acting experience came in infant’s school when he played “Jack Frost” in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre, then in Chalk Farm, where he was “discovered” whist playing “Hamlet” during his final term. His first professional role was as “Bennet” in the West End production of “Another Country”. From this performance, he was chosen to play the character of “Judd” in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television. For his portrayal of “Robert Lawrence” in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for “Mr. Darcy” in the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice (1995). In 2011, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his commanding leading role, playing British King George VI in The King’s Speech (2010).

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Filmography

Empire of Light

Donald Ellis (2022)

Mothering Sunday

Mr Godfrey Niven (2022)

Supernova

Sam (2021)

1917

General Erinmore (2019)

The Happy Prince

Reggie Turner (2018)

Mary Poppins Returns

Wilkins (2018)

Mary Poppins Returns

Wolf (2018)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Harry Hart (2017)

Bridget Jones’s Baby

Mark (2016)

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Harry Hart (2015)

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Galahad (2015)

Mamma Mia!

Harry (2018)

Love Actually

Jamie (2003)

Hope Springs

Colin Ware (2012)

Fourplay

Allen Portland (2018)

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Mark Darcy (2001)

The English Patient

Geoffrey Clifton (1996)

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

(2022)

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Mark Darcy (2001)