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Colin Firth

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
Movie
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

as Mark Darcy

Movie
2022
Operation Mincemeat

as Ewen Montagu

Movie
2019
1917

as General Erinmore

Movie
2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Wilkins / Wolf (voice)

Movie
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

as Harry Bright

Movie
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

as Harry Hart

Movie
2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service

as Harry Hart / Galahad

Movie
2014
Before I Go to Sleep

as Ben

Movie
2010
The King's Speech

as King George VI

Movie
2009
A Christmas Carol

as Fred (voice)

Movie
2008
Mamma Mia!

as Harry Bright

Movie
2005
Nanny McPhee

as Mr. Brown

Movie
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

as Mark

Movie
2003
Love Actually

as Jamie Bennett

Movie
2003
What a Girl Wants

as Henry Dashwood

Movie
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary

as Mark Darcy

Movie
2026
Young Sherlock

as Sir Bucephalus Hodge

TV Show