Colin Firth

Age: 49
Height: 6' 1 1/2"

Birth Place: Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Born: Sep. 10th, 1960

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Colin Firth's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Pride and Prejudice (UK)	Mr. Darcy

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born into an academic family - his father is a history lecturer at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's College) in Winchester and his mother is a comparative religions lecturer at the Open University - Colin Firth's first acting experience came in infant's school when he played "Jack Frost" in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre in Chalk Farm where he was "discovered" while playing "Hamlet" during his final term. His first professional role was as "Bennet" in the West End production of "Another Country". From this performance, he was chosen to play the character of "Judd" in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television. For his portrayal of "Robert Lawrence" in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988) (TV), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for "Mr. Darcy" in the 1995 TV version of "Pride and Prejudice" (1995).

TRIVIA:

Co-starred as the character "Mark Darcy" in the film adaptation of _Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)_ (qv), while appears himself as a character in writer 'Helen Fielding' (qv)'s sequel, which was adapted to the big screen as _Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)_ (qv).
On People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list (2001).
Although he usually gets along quite well with other actors, he had a well-publicized verbal feud with 'Rupert Everett' (qv), although the source of this tension is not known.
According to Colin Firth, when he was first offered the role of Darcy, his brother incredulously remarked, "Darcy? But isn't he supposed to be sexy?"
Relationship with 'Meg Tilly' (qv) began while filming 'Milos Forman' (qv)'s _Valmont (1989)_ (qv).
Lived in the US for a year when he was 12.
Considers former girlfriend 'Meg Tilly' (qv)'s children Emily and David (from her first marriage to 'Tim Zinnemann' (qv)) to be his own.
Contributed a short story, "The Department of Nothing", to the collection "Speaking With the Angel", edited by Nick Hornby. Colin Firth starred in the film adaptation of Hornby's semi-autobiographical novel, _Fever Pitch (1997)_ (qv).