¬ Announcement: ShareTV is now streaming full-length episodes of TV Shows from ABC & ABC Family

Colin Firth

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

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

+ Add to My Celebs

Colin Firth's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Pride and Prejudice (UK)	Mr. Darcy
Breakfast with the Arts	Colin Firth

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:

Attended Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh. His film teacher still teaches there (as of November 2008).
Has twice lost his screen wife to a member of the Fiennes family - to Ralph in _The English Patient (1996)_ (qv) and to Joseph in _Shakespeare in Love (1998)_ (qv).
Relationship with 'Meg Tilly' (qv) began while filming 'Milos Forman' (qv)'s _Valmont (1989)_ (qv).
Had a relationship with 'Jennifer Ehle' (qv), whom he met while filming _"Pride and Prejudice" (1995)_ (qv)
Has played a Mr Darcy on three occasions. Once in _"Pride and Prejudice" (1995)_ (qv), in _Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)_ (qv) and again in _Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)_ (qv).
Has one child with actress 'Meg Tilly' (qv), 'William Joseph Firth' (qv) (born 1990) and 2 sons with 'Livia Giuggioli' (qv) named Luca Firth (born March 29, 2001, in Rome) and Mateo Firth (born in August 2003).
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).
Considers former girlfriend 'Meg Tilly' (qv)'s children Emily and David (from her first marriage to 'Tim Zinnemann' (qv)) to be his own.