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Colin Firth

Academy Award winner. BAFTA winner. Golden Globe winner. From Mr. Darcy to King George VI, one of the finest actors of his generation. The definitive online resource since 2000.

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Oscar
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BAFTAs
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Films
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Years Acting
Filmography

Essential Films

The roles that defined a career. From period drama to spy thriller to Oscar glory.

1995
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
The BBC adaptation that made Colin Firth a global star. The lake scene. The white shirt. Television history. The role that launched a thousand fanfics and redefined the romantic lead.
BAFTA Nomination
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Mark Darcy
A modern Mr. Darcy opposite Renee Zellweger. The fight scene with Hugh Grant in the street. Proved Firth could do comedy as brilliantly as drama. Became a franchise.
BAFTA Nomination
2003
Love Actually
Jamie
The writer who falls in love with his Portuguese housekeeper. Learning Portuguese to propose. "To me, you are perfect." The Christmas film that defined a generation.
2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Firth as the Dutch master painter. Opposite Scarlett Johansson. Restrained, magnetic, luminous. One of his most underrated performances.
2009
A Single Man
George Falconer
Tom Ford's directorial debut. Firth as a grieving gay professor in 1962 Los Angeles. Devastating, precise, heartbreaking. The performance that proved he was Oscar-caliber.
BAFTA Winner Venice Best Actor
2010
The King's Speech
King George VI
The stuttering king who found his voice. Opposite Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. The role of a lifetime. Best Picture at the Oscars. Firth's crowning achievement.
Academy Award Winner BAFTA Winner Golden Globe Winner SAG Award Winner
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bill Haydon
John le Carre's Cold War masterpiece. Firth as the charming, treacherous mole. Alongside Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch. Taut, intelligent, chilling.
2014
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Harry Hart / Galahad
Nobody saw this coming. Colin Firth as a lethal, umbrella-wielding spy. The church fight scene is one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed. Reinvented his career at 54.
2008
Mamma Mia!
Harry Bright
The ABBA musical that conquered the world. Firth singing and dancing on a Greek island. Pure joy. Proved he could do absolutely anything.
2018
The Happy Prince
Reggie Turner
The final days of Oscar Wilde. Rupert Everett directed and starred, with Firth as the loyal friend. A passion project from actors who understood the material.
2022
Operation Mincemeat
Ewen Montagu
WWII intelligence thriller. The true story of the deception that changed D-Day. Firth commanding, subtle, and completely in his element in period espionage.
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Harry Hart / Galahad
Harry's back. Eyepatch and all. More action, more style, more proof that Firth at 57 could outfight actors half his age.
Awards

Honors & Recognition

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Academy Award
Best Actor, The King's Speech (2011)
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BAFTA Awards
Best Actor: A Single Man (2010), The King's Speech (2011). Outstanding Debut: Tumbledown (1989).
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Golden Globe
Best Actor Drama, The King's Speech (2011)
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SAG Award
Outstanding Performance, The King's Speech (2011)
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Venice Film Festival
Volpi Cup Best Actor, A Single Man (2009)
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CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to drama (2011)
Career

Timeline

1960

Born in Grayshott, Hampshire

September 10, 1960. Son of academics. Grew up in Nigeria and the UK.

1983

Stage Debut

Trained at the Drama Centre London. Early stage work with the National Theatre.

1984

Another Country

Film debut as Tommy Judd, the Marxist schoolboy. Alongside Rupert Everett. The beginning.

1988

Tumbledown

BBC film as a Falklands War veteran. BAFTA Outstanding Debut. First major recognition.

1995

Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Darcy. The lake. The white shirt. Global stardom. Television immortality.

2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

Modern Darcy. Box office smash. The fight with Hugh Grant. A new era.

2003

Love Actually

The Christmas film that defined a generation. "To me, you are perfect."

2009

A Single Man

Venice Best Actor. BAFTA Winner. Oscar nomination. The performance that changed everything.

2010

The King's Speech

Academy Award. BAFTA. Golden Globe. SAG. Clean sweep. The summit.

2011

CBE & Tinker Tailor

Commander of the British Empire. Plus the le Carre spy thriller.

2014

Kingsman

The action reinvention nobody expected. Harry Hart. The church scene. A whole new audience at age 54.

2022-26

Continued Excellence

Operation Mincemeat, The Staircase, and ongoing work proving that great actors only get better.

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