September 10, 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Firth was born in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, son of Shirley Jean and David Norman Lewis Firth. Firth has a sibling named Kate and Jonathan, which today they also work just as Firth.
The name "Firth" is taken from the Old English word collenferhð means "pride". Firth lives in St. Louis, Missouri, USA when he was 11 years old. Subsequently he was the school in Montgomery of Alamein Secondary School, a comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire. Then he went to Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh, Hampshire. While acting lessons he could at Drama Centre in North London.
Movie career
In 1983, Firth starred in his first film titled Another Country. Then in 1987 he appeared with Kenneth Branagh in the film is lifted from a novel by J. L. Carr called A Month in the Century. In 1989 he became a leading role in the film Valmont.
Firth entered as a supporting role in The Home Patient (1996), and since then he has starred in several movies, including Fever Pitch (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 ), Love Actually (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). In addition to the big screen, Firth also starred in several TV series such as Quixote (1999) and Conspiracy (2001). In 2007, Firth, playing along with Aishwarya Rai in The Last Region.
Firth is a permanent member of the jury in Amateur Filmaka Short Film Contest.
Papers
Colin Firth turns out to have other hobbies in the middle of filming the movie, which is writing a novel. Firth's first novel written works are The Department of Nothing "is featured in Speaking with the Angel (2000). Posts Firth's work was later edited by Nick Hornby and published by the publishing company TreeHouse Trust. Proceeds from sales of novels this Firth donated to help children with autism. Hornby Firth met when he played in the movie Fever Pitch.
Filmography(67 Titles)
2011 The Promised Land (in production)
Robert Chambers
2012 Stoker (pre-production)
2012 Gambit (pre-production)
Harry Deane
2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (post-production)
2010 Main Street
Gus Leroy
2010 Steve (short)
Steve
2010 The King's Speech
King George VI
2009 St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Geoffrey Thwaites
2009 A Christmas Carol
Fred
2009 A Single Man
George
2009 Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
2008 Easy Virtue
Mr. Whittaker
2008 Summer in Genoa
Joe
2008 Mamma Mia!
Harry
2008 The Accidental Husband
Richard Bratton
2007 St. Trinian's
Geoffrey Thwaites
2007 Then She Found Me
Frank
2007 When Did You Last See Your Father?
Blake
2007 The Last Legion
Aurelius
2007 Celebration (TV movie)
Russell
2006 Born Equal (TV movie)
Mark
2005 Nanny McPhee
Cedric Brown
2005 Where the Truth Lies
Vince
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Mark Darcy
2004 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Host
– Colin Firth/Norah Jones (2004) … Host
2004 I Trauma
Ben
2003 Love Actually
Jamie Bennett
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
2003 What a Girl Wants
Henry Dashwood
2003 Hope Springs
Colin Ware
2002 The Importance of Being Earnest
John 'Jack' Worthing
2001 Fourplay
Allen Portland
2001 Conspiracy (TV movie)
Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary
Mark Darcy
2000 Donovan Quick (TV movie)
Donovan Quick
2000 Relative Values
Peter Ingleton
1999 The Turn of the Screw (TV movie)
Master
1999 Blackadder Back & Forth (short)
William Shakespeare
1999 The Secret Laughter of Women
Matthew Field
1999 My Life So Far
Edward Pettigrew
1998 Shakespeare in Love
Lord Wessex
1997 A Thousand Acres
Jess Clark
1997 Fever Pitch
Paul Ashworth
1996 The English Patient
Geoffrey Clifton
1996 Nostromo (TV mini-series)
Charles Gould
1995 Pride and Prejudice (TV mini-series)
Mr. Darcy
1994-1995 Performance (TV series)
Charles Holroyd / Freddie Page
– The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) … Charles Holroyd
– The Deep Blue Sea (1994) … Freddie Page
1995 Circle of Friends
Simon Westward
1994 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Stephen Whalby
– Master of the Moor: Part 3 (1994) … Stephen Whalby
– Master of the Moor: Part 2 (1994) … Stephen Whalby
– Master of the Moor: Part 1 (1994) … Stephen Whalby
1994 Playmaker
Ross Talbert/Michael Condren
1993 The Advocate Richard Courtois
1992 Hostages (TV movie)
John McCarthy
1992 Mad at the Moon
Barber (uncredited)
1991 The Play on One (TV series)
1991 Femme Fatale
Joseph Prince
1990 Wings of Fame
Brian Smith
1989 Valmont
Valmont
1988 Apartment Zero
Adrian LeDuc
1988 Tumbledown (TV movie)
Robert Lawrence
1984-1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series)
Adult Colin Craven / Armand Duval
– The Secret Garden (1987) … Adult Colin Craven
– Camille (1984) … Armand Duval
1987 A Month in the Country
Tom Birkin
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV movie)
Rene Wilcox
1986 Lost Empires (TV mini-series)
Richard Herncastle
1985 Nineteen Nineteen
Young Alexander
1985 Dutch Girls (TV movie)
Truelove
1984 Another Country
Tommy Judd
1984 Crown Court (TV series)
PC Franklin
– Citizens: Part 1 (1984) … PC Franklin
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