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Colin Firth
Colin Andrew Firth CBE, is an English actor and producer known for his powerful performances and versatile acting skills. Born 10 September 1960, Firth has achieved success in both film and television. 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. Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama in 2011 and appeared on Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
Firth's career started in the mid-1980s, with leading roles in films like 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 catapulted him to wider fame. Since then, he has starred in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and Love Actually (2003). Firth's performance in The King's Speech (2010) as King George VI won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since played a variety of roles in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 1917 (2019), and Supernova (2020). Apart from acting, Firth is also a vocal supporter for the rights of Indigenous people and campaigns for issues related to asylum seekers, refugees' rights, and the environment.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Colin Andrew Firth
Born: Grayshott, Hampshire, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom, Italy
Birthday: September 10, 1960
Occupations: Actor, producer
Years Active: 1983-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Livia Giuggioli
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Awards and Nominations Received by Colin Firth
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Movies Featuring Colin Firth
1917
Operation Mincemeat
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Supernova
Nanny McPhee
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
The King's Speech
The Happy Prince
A Single Man
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Mothering Sunday
When Did You Last See Your Father?
The Secret Garden
Magic in the Moonlight
Valmont
Empire of Light
The Mercy
The Importance of Being Earnest
Before I Go to Sleep
The Railway Man
Where the Truth Lies
Fever Pitch
The Command
Then She Found Me
Bridget Jones's Diary
A Christmas Carol
Mary Poppins Returns
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Genius
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Last Legion
What a Girl Wants
Arthur Newman
Devil's Knot
The Accidental Husband
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Steve
King George VI: The Man Behind the King’s Speech
Gambit
Red Nose Day Actually
Relative Values
Four Play
Kursk
Donovan Quick
Trauma
Forever Ealing
Born Equal
Celebration
Baldrick’s Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Greed
A Life on Screen, Hugh Grant
Conspiracy
Femme Fatale
Wings of Fame
Dutch Girls
A Month in the Country
Tumbledown
Hope Springs
Out of the Blue
Another Country
Nineteen Nineteen
Lost Empires
The Secret Garden
Apartment Zero
Being Bridget Jones
Out of the Blue
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
The Deep Blue Sea
Pride and Prejudice
Genova
Blackadder: Back & Forth
The Secret Laughter of Women
A Thousand Acres
The Hour of the Pig
Nostromo
Dorian Gray
Hostages
My Life So Far
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold
Mad at the Moon
Career Timeline
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2019
1917
General Erinmore
The Command
Commodore David Russell
Greed
Self
A Life on Screen, Hugh Grant
Self
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Happy Prince
Reggie Turner
The Mercy
Donald Crowhurst
Mary Poppins Returns
Wilkins, Wolf
Kursk
Commodore David Russell
2009
A Single Man
A Christmas Carol
Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold
Geoffrey Thwaites
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Four Play
Allen Portland
Baldrick’s Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
Conspiracy
Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
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