Colin Firth
Biography
Colin Andrew Firth, born 10 September 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, is an English actor and producer. He has earned an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama and was listed among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. Recognised in the mid‑1980s as part of the “Brit Pack,” Firth gained early prominence with leading roles in A Month in the Country (1987), Tumbledown (1988) and Valmont (1989).
Career overview
Colin Firth emerged in the mid‑1980s as a member of the so‑called “Brit Pack,” a group of rising British actors who began to attract international attention. During this period he secured leading parts in several notable productions, including the period drama A Month in the Country (1987), the television film Tumbledown (1988) and the romantic adventure Valmont (1989). These early performances established him as a versatile talent capable of handling both classical and contemporary material. The breakthrough in Firth’s career arrived with his portrayal of Mr Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The role garnered widespread acclaim and significantly raised his public profile, leading to further opportunities across film and television. Over the ensuing decades he accumulated a range of honors, most prominently an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, complemented by nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In recognition of his contributions to drama, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011, and the same year he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
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- Disclosure Day (2026) as Noah Scanlon
- Young Sherlock (2026) as Sir Bucephalus Hodge
- Wild Asia: Life at Extremes (2026)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) as Mark Darcy
- Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (2025) as Jim Swire
- Luther: Never Too Much (2024) Executive Producer
- Rye Lane (2023) as Love Guac’tually Server (uncredited)
- Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2023) Producer
- The Staircase (2022) as Michael Peterson
- Operation Mincemeat (2022) as Ewen Montagu
- Empire of Light (2022) as Donald Ellis
- Mothering Sunday (2021) as Mr Godfrey Niven
- Chiusi fuori (2021) as Self
- The Secret Garden (2020) as Lord Archibald Craven
- Supernova (2020) as Sam
- Being Bridget Jones (2020) as Self
- 1917 (2019) as General Erinmore
- Greed (2019) as Self
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) as Harry
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Wilkins / Wolf (voice)
- Kursk (2018) as Commodore David Russell
- The Happy Prince (2018) as Reggie Turner
- The Happy Prince (2018) Executive Producer
- The Mercy (2018) as Donald Crowhurst
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) as Harry Hart
- Red Nose Day Actually (2017) as Jamie
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) as Mark
- Genius (2016) as Max Perkins
- Loving (2016) Producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) as Harry Hart / Galahad
- Eye in the Sky (2015) Producer
- Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed (2015) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Before I Go to Sleep (2014) as Ben
- Magic in the Moonlight (2014) as Stanley Crawford
- Devil's Knot (2013) as Ron Lax
- The Railway Man (2013) as Eric
- Gambit (2012) as Harry Deane
- Arthur Newman (2012) as Arthur Newman
- Stars in Shorts (2012) as Steve
- OK! TV (2011)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) as Bill Haydon
- King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech (2011) as Self
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Conan (2010) as Self - Guest
- The King's Speech (2010) as King George VI
- Main Street (2010) as Gus Leroy
- Steve (2010) as Steve
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010) as Self
- The Jay Leno Show (2009) as Self
- A Christmas Carol (2009) as Fred (voice)
- A Single Man (2009) as George
- Dorian Gray (2009) as Lord Henry Wotton
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) as Geoffrey Thwaites
- Live from Studio Five (2009) as Self
- Genova (2009) as Joe
- Mamma Mia! (2008) as Harry Bright
- The Accidental Husband (2008) as Richard Braxton
- Easy Virtue (2008) as Mr. Whittaker
- In Prison My Whole Life (2008) Executive Producer
- This Is My Africa (2008) as Self
- The Last Legion (2007) as Aurelius
- St Trinian's (2007) as Geoffrey Thwaites
- Then She Found Me (2007) as Frank
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) as Blake Morrison
- Celebration (2007) as Russell
- Born Equal (2006) as Mark
- Nanny McPhee (2005) as Mr. Brown
- Where the Truth Lies (2005) as Vince
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) as Mark
- Trauma (2004) as Ben
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self - Guest
- Love Actually (2003) as Jamie Bennett
- What a Girl Wants (2003) as Henry Dashwood
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) as Johannes Vermeer
- Hope Springs (2003) as Colin Ware
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) as John “Jack” Worthing
- Forever Ealing (2002) as Self
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) as Mark Darcy
- Conspiracy (2001) as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
- Four Play (2001) as Allen Portland
- Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making (2001) as Self
- Relative Values (2000) as Peter Ingleton
- Donovan Quick (2000) as Donovan Quick
- The Early Show (1999) as Self - Guest
- Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) as William Shakespeare
- The Turn of the Screw (1999) as Master
- My Life So Far (1999) as Edward Pettigrew
- The Secret Laughter of Women (1999) as Matthew Field
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Lord Wessex
- The View (1997) as Self
- A Thousand Acres (1997) as Jess Clark
- Fever Pitch (1997) as Paul Ashworth
- Nostromo (1997) as Charles Gould
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The English Patient (1996) as Geoffrey Clifton
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Mr. Darcy
- Circle of Friends (1995) as Simon Westward
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) as Charles Holroyd
- Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen (1995) as Self
- The Deep Blue Sea (1994) as Freddie Page
- Playmaker (1994) as Ross Talbert / Michael Condren
- Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor (1994) as Stephen Whalby
- GMTV (1993) as Self
- The Hour of the Pig (1993) as Richard Courtois
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Mad at the Moon (1992) as Barber (uncredited)
- Hostages (1992) as John McCarthy
- Performance (1991) as Freddie Page
- Performance (1991) as Charles Holroyd
- Femme Fatale (1991) as Joseph Prince
- Out of the Blue (1991) as Alan
- Wings of Fame (1990) as Brian Smith
- Valmont (1989) as Valmont
- Apartment Zero (1989) as Adrian LeDuc
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- The Play on One (1988) as Alan
- This Morning (1988) as Self
- Tumbledown (1988) as Robert Lawrence
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) as Stephen Whalby
- A Month in the Country (1987) as Tom Birkin
- The Secret Garden (1987) as Adult Colin Craven
- Sunday Premiere (1986) as Robert Lawrence
- Lost Empires (1986) as Richard Herncastle
- Screen Two (1985) as Richard Courtois
- Dutch Girls (1985) as Neil Truelove
- Nineteen Nineteen (1985) as Young Alexander
- Another Country (1984) as Tommy Judd
- Camille (1984) as Armand Duval
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Crown Court (1972) as PC Franklin
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Armand
- Cry to Heaven
- Bare
- Untitled Berlin Noir Series as Paul Lohser
- New York Will Eat You Alive