Colin Firth

Colin Firth CBE
Firth in 2017
Born	Colin Andrew Firth (1960-09-10) 10 September 1960 (age 63) Grayshott, Hampshire, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom Italy
Alma mater	National Youth Theatre Drama Centre London
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	1983–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Livia Giuggioli ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2021)​
Partner	Meg Tilly (1989–1994)
Children	3
Relatives	Kate Firth (sister) Jonathan Firth (brother)
Awards	Full list

Colin Andrew Firth CBE (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. Over his career he has been the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his services to drama.^[1][2] That same year, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2011.^[3]

He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors,^[4] undertaking a series of challenging roles, including 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 led to widespread attention, and to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and Love Actually (2003). He is also known for co-starring as Mark Darcy in the romantic comedy films Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), and Harry Bright in the musical comedy films Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! (2018).

Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010).^[5] He was Oscar-nominated for playing a gay man who lost in long-time partner in the romantic drama A Single Man (2009), a performance 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 sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and acted in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 1917 (2019), Supernova (2020), 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, where 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.^[6] Firth has campaigned for the rights of Indigenous people and is a member of Survival International. He has also campaigned on issues of asylum seekers, refugees' rights and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on a study of the differences in brain structure between people of differing political orientations.^[7]