Colin Firth Highlights

  • 2009: Starred as a college professor grappling with solitude after his longtime partner dies in Tom Ford's directorial debut, "A Single Man"
  • 2009: Co-starred in an adaptation of the play by Noël Coward, "Easy Virtue"
  • 2008: Cast as one of the potential fathers in the the film version of the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!"
  • 2008: Cast as Uma Thurman's fiancée in the romantic comedy, "The Accidental Husband"
  • 2008: Featured in Helen Hunt's directorial debut, "Then She Found Me"
  • 2007: Portrayed general Aurelius in "The Last Legion"
  • 2006: Co-starred with Emma Thompson and Angela Lansbury in "Nanny McPhee"; scripted by Emma Thompson
  • 2005: Co-starred with Kevin Bacon as a showbiz duo whose career was ended abruptly amid scandal in "Where the Truth Lies"
  • 2004: Reprised his role as Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
  • 2003: Joined the Richard Curtis ensemble, "Love Actually"
  • 2003: Co-Starred with Scarlett Johansson as painter Johannes Vermeer in "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
  • 2002: Played Jack Worthing in the remake of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
  • 2001: Portrayed the Nazi secretary of state who took part in the Wannsee Conference in the historical drama "Conspiracy" (HBO); received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor
  • 2001: Played Mark Darcy opposite Renee Zellwegger's title character in "Bridget Jones' Diary"
  • 2000: Had featured role in "Relative Values" a film adaptation of a Noel Coward play
  • 2000: First published work "The Department of Nothing" a short story that appeared in Speaking with the Angel
  • 1999: Received raves for his stage performance in the London premiere of "Three Days of Rain" by Richard Greenberg
  • 1998: Played Wessex, the intended groom of Gwyneth Paltrow's Viola, in "Shakespeare in Love"
  • 1997: Portrayed a foul-mouthed soccer player in "Fever Pitch"
  • 1996: Had featured role as Kristin Scott Thomas' husband in Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient"
  • 1995: Played pivotal role of Simon Westward in "Circle of Friends"
  • 1995: Breakthrough role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's classic "Pride and Prejudice"
  • 1993: Co-starred in the HBO TV drama "Hostages"
  • 1989: First starring role, playing the lead in Milos Forman's "Valmont"
  • 1989: Offered a harrowing portrayal of real-life Scottish soldier Robert Lawrence who had been left paralyzed in "Tumbledown"
  • 1988: Played a film buff who takes in a mysterious boarder in "Apartment Zero"
  • 1987: Won critical acclaim for "A Month in the Country"
  • 1986: Cast as an aspiring artist in the British miniseries "Lost Empires" (aired on PBS in 1987)
  • 1984: Film debut, "Another Country"; played Tommy Judd opposite Rupert Everett's Guy Bennett
  • 1984: American TV-movie debut, "Camille" (CBS)
  • 1983: London stage debut, "Another Country"; replaced Rupert Everett in the role of Guy Bennett
  • Trained at the Drama Centre in North London, where he performed his first amateur "Hamlet"
  • Family briefly moved to St Louis, MO when he was in his early teens
  • Joined the National Theater doing odd jobs for the wardrobe department
  • Lived in Nigeria with parents, until the age of four