Colin Firth Born: 10-Sep-1960 Birthplace: Grayshott, Hampshire, England
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: England Executive summary: Pride and Prejudice Colin Firth is a British actor, best known as Renée Zellweger's love interest in the Bridget Jones movies. He also played the spurned husband in The English Patient, an unwanted fiancé in Shakespeare in Love, a Victorian cad in The Importance of Being Earnest, Amanda Bynes' father in What A Girl Wants., and an obsessed soccer fan in the original Fever Pitch (without Drew Barrymore).
In Helen Fielding's novel Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget develops a crush on Firth as she watches his performance as Darcy in a BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In the film of Bridget Jones's Diary, Firth played another Mr. Darcy. It was an odd but appropriate choice, and Fielding loved it, since her novel was loosely and playfully inspired by Austen's classic, and she had written it with Firth in mind.
His parents were both academics, and due to their traveling, young Firth spent four years of his childhood in Nigeria, and one year attending junior high school in St. Louis. Father: David Firth (history lecturer, King Alfred's College) Mother: Shirley Firth (comparative religion lecturer, Open University) Sister: Kate Firth (stage actress, birth control counselor, b. 1962) Brother: Jonathan Firth (actor, b. 6-Apr-1967) Girlfriend: Meg Tilly (actress, dated 1989-94) Son: William Firth (with Meg Tilly, b. 1990) Girlfriend: Jennifer Ehle (actress, dated in 1995) Wife: Livia Guiggioli (dated 1996-97, m. 21-Jun-1997, two children) Son: Luca (b. 29-Mar-2001 in Rome) Son: Mateo (b. 25-Aug-2003)
Oscar for Best Actor 2011 for The King's Speech Golden Globe 2011 for The King's Speech (best actor) Hollywood Walk of Fame 6714 Hollywood Blvd. (2011) Amnesty International
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Mary Poppins Returns (29-Nov-2018) The Command (6-Sep-2018) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (11-Jul-2018) Kingsman: The Golden Circle (20-Sep-2017) Bridget Jones's Baby (14-Sep-2016) Genius (16-Feb-2016) Kingsman: The Secret Service (13-Dec-2014) Before I Go to Sleep (4-Sep-2014) Magic in the Moonlight (25-Jul-2014) Devil's Knot (8-Sep-2013) The Railway Man (6-Sep-2013) Gambit (7-Nov-2012) Arthur Newman (10-Sep-2012) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (5-Sep-2011) · Bill Haydon Main Street (21-Oct-2010) The King's Speech (6-Sep-2010) · King George VI St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (18-Dec-2009) A Christmas Carol (3-Nov-2009) · Fred A Single Man (11-Sep-2009) · George Dorian Gray (9-Sep-2009) · Henry Wotton Easy Virtue (8-Sep-2008) · Jim Whittaker Genova (7-Sep-2008) · Joe Mamma Mia! (30-Jun-2008) The Accidental Husband (13-Feb-2008) · Richard St. Trinian's (10-Dec-2007) Then She Found Me (7-Sep-2007) · Frank When Did You Last See Your Father? (12-Jul-2007) · Blake The Last Legion (19-Apr-2007) Nanny McPhee (21-Oct-2005) Where the Truth Lies (13-May-2005) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (8-Nov-2004) · Mark Trauma (19-Jan-2004) · Ben Love Actually (7-Sep-2003) · Jamie Girl with a Pearl Earring (31-Aug-2003) · Vermeer What a Girl Wants (27-Mar-2003) · Henry Dashwood Hope Springs (14-Mar-2003) The Importance of Being Earnest (17-May-2002) · Jack Londinium (2-Sep-2001) Conspiracy (19-May-2001) Bridget Jones's Diary (4-Apr-2001) Relative Values (23-Jun-2000) · Peter The Turn of the Screw (26-Dec-1999) The Secret Laughter of Women (26-Nov-1999) My Life So Far (23-Jul-1999) · Edward Donovan Quick (1999) · Donovan Quick Shakespeare in Love (3-Dec-1998) · Lord Wessex A Thousand Acres (19-Sep-1997) Fever Pitch (4-Apr-1997) The English Patient (6-Nov-1996) · Geoffrey Clifton Nostromo (1996) Pride and Prejudice (24-Sep-1995) Circle of Friends (15-Mar-1995) Playmaker (16-May-1994) The Hour of the Pig (25-Sep-1993) · Richard Courtois Hostages (20-Feb-1993) Femme Fatale (23-May-1991) Wings of Fame (23-Mar-1990) Valmont (17-Nov-1989) · Valmont Apartment Zero (30-Sep-1988) The Secret Garden (30-Nov-1987) A Month in the Country (27-Sep-1987) · Tom Birkin Lost Empires (24-Oct-1986) Nineteen Nineteen (Feb-1985) Dutch Girls (1985) Camille (11-Dec-1984) Another Country (May-1984) · Tommy Judd
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