Colin Andrew Firth CBE , född 10 september 1960 i Grayshott i Hampshire , är en brittisk skådespelare och producent. Firth erhöll en Oscar för bästa manliga huvudroll för sitt porträtt av Georg VI i Tom Hoopers film The King's Speech 2010. Han har även mottagit en Golden Globe Award , två BAFTA Awards och tre Screen Actors Guild Awards .
Firth tillhörde i slutet av 1980-talet "Brit Pack ", en grupp unga lovande brittiska skådespelare, men det var inte förrän han 1995 gestaltade Mr. Darcy i BBC:s dramatisering av Jane Austens roman Stolthet och fördom som han fick mer utbredd uppmärksamhet. Detta ledde till roller i filmer som Den engelske patienten (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones dagbok (2001), för vilken han nominerades till en BAFTA Award och Love Actually (2003). 2009 hyllades Colin Firth för sin roll i En enda man , för vilken han mottog sin första Oscarsnominering och även vann ett BAFTA Award. Firth porträtterade 2014 den hemliga agenten Harry Hart i filmen Kingsman: The Secret Service , en roll han repriserade i uppföljaren Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
Sedan genombrottet med Stolthet och fördom 1995 är en av hans mest kända roller den som Mark Darcy i filmatiseringen av Bridget Jones dagbok , På spaning med Bridget Jones och Bridget Jones' Baby han spelar mot Renée Zellweger .[ 1]
Firth belönades 2011 med en Oscar för sin roll som kung Georg VI av Storbritannien i filmen The King's Speech .
Colin Firth är äldre bror till skådespelaren Jonathan Firth . Han har en son, född 1990, tillsammans med skådespelaren Meg Tilly . Han har även två söner födda 2001 och 2003 med sin hustru sedan 1997, den italienska dokumentärfilmaren Livia Giuggioli .[ 2]
År
Titel
Roll
Noter
1984
Ett annat land
Tommy Judd
Camille
Armand Duval
TV-film
1985
1919
Alexander Scherbatov (som ung)
Dutch Girls
Neil Truelove
TV-film
1986
Lost Empires
Richard Herncastle
Miniserie
1987
En månad på landet
Tom Birkin
Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius
Rene Wilcox
PBS Shorts Special
Den hemliga trädgården
Colin Craven som vuxen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1988
Tumbledown
Robert Lawrence
TV-filmRoyal Television Society Award for Best Actor Nominerad — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
1989
Apartment Zero
Adrian LeDuc
Valmont
Valmont
1990
Femme Fatale
Joseph Prince
Wings of Fame
Brian Smith
1991
Out of the Blue
Alan
TV-pjäs
1993
Hostages
John McCarthy
TV – HBO
Hour of the Pig, The The Hour of the Pig
Richard Courtois
Även känd som The Advocate
1994
Master of the Moor
Stephen Whalby
TV-film
Playmaker
Michael Condron/Ross Talbert
The Deep Blue Sea
Freddie Page
TV-pjäs
1995
Circle of Friends
Simon Westward
Stolthet och fördom
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Miniserie Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor Nominerad — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Nominerad — National Television Award for Most Popular Male
Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, The The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Charles Holroyd
TV-pjäs
1996
Den engelske patienten
Geoffrey Clifton
Nominerad — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1997
Thousand Acres, A A Thousand Acres
Jess Clark
Fever Pitch - en i laget
Paul Ashworth
Nostromo
Charles Gould
Miniserie
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Lord Wessex
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999
Blackadder: Back and Forth
William Shakespeare
Kortfilm
Donovan Quick
Donovan Quick/Daniel Quinn
TV-film
My Life So Far
Edward Pettigrew
Secret Laughter of Women, The The Secret Laughter of Women
Matthew Field
Turn of the Screw, The The Turn of the Screw
The Master
Masterpiece Theatre
2000
Relative Values
Peter Ingleton
2001
Bridget Jones dagbok
Mark Darcy
European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor Nominerad — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominerad — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Konspirationen
Wilhelm Stuckart
TV-film – HBO Nominerad — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominerad — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
We Know Where You Live
Sig själv
Benefit for Amnesty International
Life After Sex
Allen Portland
TV-film – HBO, även känd som Londinium
2002
Mister Ernest
Jack Worthing
2003
Flicka med pärlörhänge
Johannes Vermeer
Nominerad—European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor
Hope Springs
Colin Ware
Love Actually
Jamie Bennett
Nominerad — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Allt en tjej vill ha
Henry Dashwood
2004
På spaning med Bridget Jones
Mark Darcy
Trauma
Ben Slater
2005
Nanny McPhee
Cedric Brown
Sanna lögner
Vince Collins
2006
Born Equal
Mark Armitage
TV-film
2007
Last Legion, The The Last Legion
Aurelius Antonius
Tillbaka till Yorkshire
Blake Morrison
Nominerad — British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Then She Found Me
Frank
St. Trinian's
Geoffrey Thwaites
In Prison My Whole Life
Sig själv
Endast producent
2008
Accidental Husband, The The Accidental Husband
Richard Bratton
Mamma Mia!
Harry Bright
Nominerad — National Movie Award for Best Performance Male
Små skandaler
Jim Whittaker
Genova
Joe
2009
En julsaga
Fred
Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
En enda man
George Falconer
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorItalian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award for Best Foreign ActorLondon Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the YearSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Outstanding Performance of the YearVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Volpipokalen Nominerad — Oscar för bästa manliga huvudroll Nominerad — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominerad — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male Nominerad — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominerad — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominerad — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Geoffrey Thwaites
2010
King's Speech, The The King's Speech
Kung Georg VI
Oscar för bästa manliga huvudroll Alliance of Women Film Journalists Eda Award for Best ActorAustin Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role British Independent Film Award for Best ActorBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorEuropean Film Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Iowa Film Critics Award for Best ActorItalian Online Movie Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleItalian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award for Best Foreign ActorItalian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award for Best Foreign CastKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the YearLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Movie Award for Performance of the YearNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor North Texas Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad – Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominerad — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominerad — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Main Street
Gus LeRoy
Steve
Steve
2011
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Bill Haydon
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast YouMovie Award for Best Cast Nominerad — Italian Online Movie Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominerad – YouMovie Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominerad – YouMovie Award for Best Villain Italian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award for Best Foreign Cast
2012
Stars in Shorts
Steve
Gambit
Harry Deane
2013
Arthur Newman
Arthur Newman/Wallace Avery
The Railway Man
Eric Lomax
Devil's Knot
Ron Lax
2014
Magic in the Moonlight
Stanley/Wei Ling Soo
Before I Go to Sleep
Ben Lucas
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Harry Hart
2015
Eye in the Sky
Endast producent
2016
Genius
Maxwell Perkins
Bridget Jones's Baby
Mark Darcy
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Jamie
Kortfilm, uppföljare till Love Actually
The Mercy
Donald Crowhurst
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Harry Hart
2018
Mary Poppins kommer tillbaka
William Weatherall Wilkins
År
Titel
Roll
Noter
1983
Another Country
Guy Bennett
1984
The Doctor's Dilemma
Louis Dubedat
1985
The Lonely Road
Felix
1987
Desire Under the Elms
Eben
1991
The Caretaker
1993
Chatsky
Chatsky
1999
Three Days of Rain
Walker / Ned