Colin Firth
Born: 1960-09-10 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Disclosure Day as Noah Scanlon
- Young Sherlock as Sir Bucephalus Hodge
- Wild Asia: Life at Extremes
2025
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Mark Darcy
- Lockerbie: A Search for Truth as Jim Swire
2024
- Luther: Never Too Much ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Rye Lane as Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)
- Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) ... (Producer)
2022
- The Staircase as Michael Peterson
- Operation Mincemeat as Ewen Montagu
- Empire of Light as Donald Ellis
2021
- Mothering Sunday as Mr Godfrey Niven
- Chiusi fuori as Self
2020
- The Secret Garden as Lord Archibald Craven
- Supernova as Sam
- Being Bridget Jones as Self
2018
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Harry Bright
- Mary Poppins Returns as Wilkins / Wolf (voice)
- Kursk as Commodore David Russell
- The Mercy as Donald Crowhurst
- The Happy Prince as Reggie Turner
2017
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Harry Hart
- Red Nose Day Actually as Jamie
2016
- Bridget Jones's Baby as Mark
- Loving ... (Producer)
- Genius as Max Perkins
2015
- Kingsman: The Secret Service as Harry Hart / Galahad
- Eye in the Sky ... (Producer)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Before I Go to Sleep as Ben
- Magic in the Moonlight as Stanley Crawford
2013
- Devil's Knot as Ron Lax
- The Railway Man as Eric
2012
- Gambit as Harry Deane
- Arthur Newman as Arthur Newman
- Stars in Shorts as Steve
2011
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Bill Haydon
- OK! TV
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
- King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech as Self
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
- The King's Speech as King George VI
- Main Street as Gus Leroy
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- Steve as Steve
2009
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- A Christmas Carol as Fred (voice)
- Dorian Gray as Lord Henry Wotton
- A Single Man as George
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Geoffrey Thwaites
- Genova as Joe
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- Mamma Mia! as Harry Bright
- The Accidental Husband as Richard Braxton
- Easy Virtue as Mr. Whittaker
- This Is My Africa as Self
- In Prison My Whole Life ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- The Last Legion as Aurelius
- St Trinian's as Geoffrey Thwaites
- Then She Found Me as Frank
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? as Blake Morrison
- Celebration as Russell
2006
- Born Equal as Mark
2005
- Nanny McPhee as Mr. Brown
- Where the Truth Lies as Vince
2004
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Mark
- Trauma as Ben
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Love Actually as Jamie Bennett
- What a Girl Wants as Henry Dashwood
- Girl with a Pearl Earring as Johannes Vermeer
- Hope Springs as Colin Ware
2002
- The Importance of Being Earnest as John “Jack” Worthing
- Forever Ealing as Self
2001
- Bridget Jones's Diary as Mark Darcy
- Conspiracy as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
- Four Play as Allen Portland
- Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
2000
- Relative Values as Peter Ingleton
- Donovan Quick as Donovan Quick
1999
- The Early Show as Self - Guest
- My Life So Far as Edward Pettigrew
- Blackadder: Back & Forth as William Shakespeare
- The Secret Laughter of Women as Matthew Field
- The Turn of the Screw as Master
1998
- Shakespeare in Love as Lord Wessex
1997
- The View as Self
- Fever Pitch as Paul Ashworth
- A Thousand Acres as Jess Clark
- Nostromo as Charles Gould
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The English Patient as Geoffrey Clifton
1995
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy
- Circle of Friends as Simon Westward
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd as Charles Holroyd
- Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen as Self
1994
- Playmaker as Ross Talbert / Michael Condren
- The Deep Blue Sea as Freddie Page
- Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor as Stephen Whalby
1993
- GMTV as Self
- The Hour of the Pig as Richard Courtois
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Hostages as John McCarthy
- Mad at the Moon as Barber (uncredited)
1991
- Performance as Freddie Page
- Femme Fatale as Joseph Prince
- Out of the Blue as Alan
1990
- Wings of Fame as Brian Smith
1989
- Valmont as Valmont
- Apartment Zero as Adrian LeDuc
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- This Morning as Self
- Tumbledown as Robert Lawrence
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Stephen Whalby
- A Month in the Country as Tom Birkin
- The Secret Garden as Adult Colin Craven
1986
- Lost Empires as Richard Herncastle
1985
- Nineteen Nineteen as Young Alexander
- Dutch Girls as Neil Truelove
1984
- Another Country as Tommy Judd
- Camille as Armand Duval
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1972
- Crown Court as PC Franklin
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Armand