Date of Birth : Jan 1st 1970
Born in Grayshott, Hampshire, Colin Firth comes from an academic background; he spent his early childhood in Nigeria before returning to England at the age of five. He made his West End stage debut as Guy Bennet in Julian Mitchell’s Another Country. Due to that performance, he went on to make his film debut as Tommy Judd in the film version of Another Country (1984). Despite such a promising start to his career, he spent much of the next 10 years working on obscure film projects, or in television, notably as the darkly brooding Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s costume drama Pride and Prejudice (1995).
Firth played key roles in subsequent features without establishing himself as a leading actor, appearing as the caddish Simon Westward alongside Minnie Driver in Circle of Friends (1995). He next appeared as Kristin Scott Thomas’ cuckolded husband in The English Patient (1996) and earned critical kudos and a host of new fans.
CAREER
Empire Of Light ( 2023 )
Mothering Sunday ( 2022 )
Supernova ( 2021 )
The Secret Garden ( 2020 )
1917 ( 2020 )
Mary Poppins Returns ( 2018 )
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ( 2018 )
The Happy Prince ( 2018 )
The Mercy ( 2018 )
Kingsman: The Golden Circle ( 2017 )
Bridget Jones’s Baby ( 2016 )
Genius ( 2016 )
Kingsman: The Secret Service ( 2015 )
Magic in the Moonlight ( 2014 )
Before I Go to Sleep ( 2014 )
Arthur & Mike ( 2014 )
Gambit ( 2012 )
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 )
The King’s Speech ( 2011 )
A Single Man ( 2010 )
A Christmas Carol ( 2009 )
Dorian Gray ( 2009 )
Genova ( 2009 )
Easy Virtue ( 2008 )
Then She Found Me ( 2008 )
Mamma Mia! (The Movie) ( 2008 )
The Accidental Husband ( 2008 )
St Trinian’s ( 2007 )
The Last Legion ( 2007 )
Where The Truth Lies ( 2005 )
Nanny McPhee ( 2005 )
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason ( 2004 )
Girl With A Pearl Earring ( 2004 )
Love Actually ( 2003 )
What A Girl Wants ( 2003 )
Hope Springs ( 2003 )
The Importance of Being Earnest ( 2002 )
Bridget Jones’s Diary ( 2001 )
Relative Values ( 2000 )
My Life So Far ( 1999 )
Shakespeare in Love ( 1999 )
A Thousand Acres ( 1998 )
Fever Pitch ( 1997 )
The English Patient ( 1997 )
Circle of Friends ( 1995 )
Valmont ( 1991 )