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Colin Firth
Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors before gaining leading roles as well as numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Volpi Cup as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and three BAFTA TV Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a…
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Born 10 September 1960 · Q162492
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2026· 5 entries
The Mirror: Inside Colin Firth's The Staircase release date, cast and plot of true crime drama
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Public attention spiked: 17,881 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 4,640, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Remove Disclosure Day (2026) from lead, as it's yet to be seen whether it will be significantly high-profile, correcting the missing close-parenth as a result;
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HELLO! Magazine: Colin Firth makes second-ever public appearance with glamorous new girlfriend
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Acted in the Steven Spielberg directed science-fiction drama Disclosure Day alongside Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor
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2025· 4 entries
collider: Colin Firth’s Harrowing True Crime Drama Is Quietly Climbing the Streaming Charts
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AOL: Meet Colin Firth's 3 Sons! All About Will, Luca and Matteo (& How They’ve Taken After the “Bridget Jones” Star)
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The Guardian: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth review – Colin Firth’s disaster drama is worryingly close to a Casualty episode
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Firth starred in the drama series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, portraying Jim Swire whose daughter died on Pan Am Flight 103 while in flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988
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2024· 6 entries
Digital Journal: Review: Colin Firth stars as Dr. Jim Swire in ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ on Peacock
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Digital Journal: Colin Firth talks about starring in ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ on Peacock
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Yahoo: Hugh Grant pokes fun at “Bridget Jones ”casting 'poor' Colin Firth in sequels: 'They're still wheeling him out'
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collider: Colin Firth Shows His Dark Side in This Underrated Oscar Wilde Adaptation
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The Guardian: Colin Firth’s wet shirt from Pride and Prejudice sells for £20,000
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The Guardian: Mr Darcy’s wet shirt, as worn by Colin Firth, goes up for auction
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2021· 1 entry
Starred in romantic drama film Mothering Sunday directed by Eva Husson
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2019· 1 entry
Had a cameo as British General Erinmore in Sam Mendes's World War I film 1917
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2018· 1 entry
Firth reprised his role of Harry Bright in the sequel to Mamma Mia
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2017· 2 entries
To "have the same passports as his wife and children"
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Reprised his role as Jamie from 2003's Love Actually in the television short film Red Nose Day Actually, by original writer and director Richard Curtis
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2016· 2 entries
Firth reprised his popular role as Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Baby, which fared much better with audiences and critics than the second in the series (Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason)
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Began filming for Rupert Everett's directorial debut The Happy Prince, a biopic of Oscar Wilde, playing Wilde's friend Reginald "Reggie" Turner
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2014· 1 entry
Did his first turn as Harry Hart / Agent Galahad in the spy action film Kingsman: The Secret Service, which grossed $414
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2012· 3 entries
Firth's audiobook recording of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair was released at Audible
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Founded the production company Raindog Films, under which he served as a producer for Eye in the Sky (2015) and Loving (2016)
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Firth co-founded Raindog Films with British music industry executive and entrepreneur Ged Doherty
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2011· 6 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for The King's Speech (2011).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for The King's Speech (2011).
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Awarded Time 100 (2011).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2011).
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Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world
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After winning the Academy Award for his portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech, Firth suggested that he may be a republican (anti-monarchist) in a CNN interview with Piers Morgan, saying that voting was "one of
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor (2010).
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Endorsed "Roots & Shoots", an education programme in the UK run by the Jane Goodall Institute
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2009· 4 entries
Firth joined the 10:10 project, supporting the movement calling for people to reduce their carbon footprints
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Appeared in A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, using the performance capture procedure, playing Scrooge's optimistic nephew Fred, with Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins a
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Firth received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role in Tom Ford's directorial debut A Single Man, as a college professor grappling with solitude after the death of his longtime partner
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In 2009, Firth joined the 10:10 project, supporting the movement calling for people to reduce their carbon footprints.
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2008· 1 entry
Played the adult Blake Morrison reminiscing on his difficult relationship with his ailing father in the film adaptation of Morrison's memoir, And When Did You Last See Your Father
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2005· 1 entry
Firth appeared in Nanny McPhee with Emma Thompson, in which he plays a struggling widowed father, it was a rare venture for him into the fantasy genre
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2003· 1 entry
During the promotion of Love Actually, he spoke in defence of the Indigenous people of Botswana, condemning the Botswana government's eviction of the Gana and Gwi people (San) from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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Said, "My interest in tribal peoples goes back many years
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“s fine - as if someone just bumped the back of his Volkswagen.”
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1997· 1 entry
Firth married Italian activist Livia Giuggioli
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1990· 1 entry
Their son, William Joseph Firth, was born in 1990.
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1989· 2 entries
Firth began a relationship with Meg Tilly, his co-star in Valmont
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Played the title role in Miloš Forman's Valmont, based on Les Liaisons dangereuses
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1987· 1 entry
Firth and other up-and-coming British actors such as Tim Roth, Bruce Payne and Paul McGann were dubbed the 'Brit Pack'
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1984· 1 entry
Firth made his film debut as Tommy Judd, Guy Bennett's straight, Marxist school friend in the screen adaptation of the play Another Country (with Rupert Everett as Guy Bennett)
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-09-10.
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1947· 1 entry
England, Firth starred with Julie Walters in The Secret Garden and later in 2020 with Stanley Tucci in Supernova
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