Colin Firth is a British actor who became known for his role in the 2001 movie Bridget Jones’s Diary. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The King’s Speech.
About Colin Firth
Colin Firth was born on 10 September 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England.
He is best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as King George VI in The King’s Speech.
Before becoming an actor, he studied at the British Drama Academy in London, England.
Firth’s first major role was in the television serial That’ll Be the Day (1985), playing a role as a rebellious schoolboy.
After that, he gained notoriety as Mr Darcy in the 1995 miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice and also as Mark Darcy in the 2001 movie Bridget Jones’ Diary.
He starred in a number of critically acclaimed films such as The English Patient, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Single Man.
Firth won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as King George VI in The King’s Speech (2010).
He won a BAFTA award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a depressed professor in A Single Man (2009).
He also received BAFTA nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his roles in Bridget Jones’s Diary, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and The English Patient (1996).
In 2011, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama.
He has also roles in Love Actually, Supernova.
Nowadays, he starred in Operation Mincemeat (2021), a Netflix movie directed by John Madden.
Colin Firth Quotes
We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you’ve got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.
Colin Firth
My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s.
Colin Firth
