February 2, 2010...
Firth is nominated for the Best Actor Award for his performance in A SINGLE MAN.

Colin Firth was born on September 10, 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England.

Colin Firth's first acting experience came in infant's school when he played Jack Frost in a Christmas play.

During the early to mid 1980s Colin Firth's stage credits include such works as HAMLET and KING LEAR. In 1989 for his portrayal of Robert Lawrence the TV production TUMBLEDOWN, Colin Firth received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination.

Colin Firth has played a Mr Darcy on three occasions. Once in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, and again in BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON. In 1995 Firth received a BAFTA nomination for Mr. Darcy in the TV version of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

Firth is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, England.

In 2001 Colin Firth made People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list.

Colin has lost his screen wife two times to a member of the Fiennes family - to Ralph in THE ENGLISH PATIENT and to Joseph in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

Colin Firth's other notable credits include...

DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009)
MAMMA MIA! (2008)

THE ACCIDENT HUSBAND (2008)

ST. TRINIAN'S (2007)

THEN SHE FOUND ME (2007)

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOU FATHER (2007)

THE LAST LEGION (2007)

NANNY MCPHEE (2005)

WHERE THE TRUTH LIES (2005)

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (2004)

WHAT A GIRL WANTS (2003)

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (2003)

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2001)

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)

THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996)

APARTMENT ZERO (1988)
ANOTHER COUNTRY (1984)

Colin Firth in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY

Colin Firth in GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (2003)