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Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Actor · b. 1960 · Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK

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.

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  • Movie7.5

    Disclosure Day

    2026 · 3.3K votes

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  • Movie6.9
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    1917

    2019 · 13K votes

  • Movie7.7

    The King's Speech

    2010 · 9.5K votes

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    Love Actually

    2003 · 7.5K votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.9

    A Christmas Carol

    2009 · 5K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The English Patient

    1996 · 2.5K votes

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    Mamma Mia!

    2008 · 7.2K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Nanny McPhee

    2005 · 3.3K votes

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    Valmont

    1989 · 310 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Before I Go to Sleep

    2014 · 2.2K votes

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    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

    2018 · 3.6K votes

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    Bridget Jones's Diary

    2001 · 5.6K votes

  • Movie5.6

    The Last Legion

    2007 · 867 votes

  • Movie7.3

    A Single Man

    2009 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Mary Poppins Returns

    2018 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Magic in the Moonlight

    2014 · 2.2K votes

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    What a Girl Wants

    2003 · 1.8K votes

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    Empire of Light

    2022 · 646 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998 · 3.3K votes

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    The Daily Show

    1996 · 658 votes

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    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

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    Conan

    2010 · 264 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 524 votes

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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 50 votes

  • TV5.6

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    2003 · 179 votes

  • TV5.8

    GMTV

    1993 · 14 votes

  • TV5.7

    Crown Court

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV7.1

    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

  • TV7.8

    Young Sherlock

    2026 · 308 votes

  • TV5.6

    Wetten, dass..?

    1981 · 24 votes

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    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

  • TV3.3

    The Jay Leno Show

    2009 · 17 votes

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    Pride and Prejudice

    1995 · 566 votes

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    The Staircase

    2022 · 290 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Early Show

    1999 · 10 votes

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    The Play on One

    1988 · 3 votes

  • TV5.2

    This Morning

    1988 · 23 votes