Colin Firth - Biography

Last Editor: EphMountsMom075				Colin Firth Biography -   Name : Colin Firth Birth Date : September 10, 1960 Birth Place : Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK Heigth : 6'1 Education : The Drama Centre, London, England Nationality : British Profession : Actor

Colin Firth Trivia -

Desperately hopes the new PRIDE AND PREJUDICE movie will help him shed his image as Jane Austen heartthrob Mr Darcy. (November 24, 2004) Said he'd seriously consider taking over the James Bond franchise from Pierce Brosnan, despite not being offered the part. (November 22, 2004) Claims he is bemused at the attention his co-star Renee Zellweger has received following her weight changes for the BRIDGET JONES films. Is planning to take some time off when he has finished filming the sequel to BRIDGET JONES. (December 8, 2003) Firth only agreed to star in the BRIDGET JONES' DIARY sequel after British film-maker Richard Curtis stepped in to rewrite the script. (September 15, 2003) Firth and Rupert Everett have fallen out again just a year after filming THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST -- Firth has revealed he still dislikes Everett, saying, I've never been able to stand Rupert but on set we managed to get on really very well. Rupert and I hate each other because we are very different. I find him a frightfully sophisticated person. He thought I was too serious. We didn't take to each other but this is a story I would never have revealed to the public if he hadn't done so during the promotion of our film. (May 8, 2003) Firth and Kelly Preston are rebelling against plans to stage the premiere of their new movie WHAT A GIRL WANTS during wartime by pulling out of press junkets for the film. (March 29, 2003) Firth finds his first name a burden - because it's boring. Usually shies away from celebrity parties, Firth couldn't resist the invitation to join his current AMERICAN GIRL costar Kelly Preston and Britain's Queen Elizabeth at a gala polo match on Sunday, July 28th In Pride and Prejudice (1995) (mini), Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY had both the character of Fitzwilliam Darcy from this production and the Colin Firth in mind when she created the character Mark Darcy in BRIDGET JONES. Colin Firth played Mark Darcy in the BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY movie. Firth plays Lord Wessex, who is severely opposed to the writings of William Shakespeare in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998). In BLACK ADDER BACK AND FORTH (2000), Firth plays William Shakespeare. He attempts to kill Joseph Fiennes' character for sleeping with his fiancee in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Similarly, in THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996), Colin Firth's character attempts to kill Ralph Fiennes' character (Joseph's brother) for sleeping with his wife. Coincidentally, both films won the Best Picture Oscar. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is the fourth time that Colin Firth and Jim Carter (I) have been in together. They previously worked together in Lost Empires, A Monthe In the Country and Hour of the Pig (the Advocate).

Colin Firth Detailed Biography -

Colin Firth was born on 10th September 1960 in Grayshott, a small town in the region of Hampshire, in the south of England. His grandparents were English missionaries working in India and his parents are academic teachers: father David is a lecturer in American studies; mother Shirley is a doctor of comparative religion. Colin spent part of his childhood abroad, in Africa and USA, where his parents worked. On return to Hampshire, Colin was not very happy at school and rebelled against learning things which he considered of no interest to him. He failed his school exams and did not continue beyond his compulsory education. He had his first taste of acting as a child when he appeared in a school play. He soon discovered that he enjoyed acting, which seemed to be the only thing for which he was praised - according to his own recollection. As a result, from the age of 14 he was determined to become an actor. Colin Firth made his London stage debut in Julian Mitchell's "Another Country", replacing Rupert Everett in the leading role of upper class spy-in-the-making Guy Bennett and went on to make his screen debut in the 1984 film version of the play as Tommy Judd, the Communist schoolmate of Guy who also appears to be the only student with no gay inclinations. Firth has been heralded as one of the best actors of his generation in Britain, but has rarely been able to prove himself able to carry a film as the unequivocal lead. In "A Month in the Country (1987), he gave a strong portrayal of a haunted World War I veteran who romances a vicar's wife. Milos Forman's "Valmont" (1989) saw Firth in the title role of the rich and too clever count, but the film was overshadowed by Stephen Frears' lavish "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988). Nonetheless, the handsome actor acquitted himself ably. Firth has played key roles in subsequent features, notably as the lonely and sheltered film lover whose life is changed when he takes in a mysterious American boarder (Hart Bochner) in "Apartment Zero" (1988) and as Simon Westward, the cold Protestant land baron whose dalliance with a college girl almost leads Minnie Driver to lose Chris O'Donnell in "Circle of Friends" (1995). He next appeared as Kristin Scott Thomas' husband in "The English Patient" (1996) and earned critical kudos and a host of new fans as the darkly brooding Mr. Darcy in the BBC/A&E adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" (also 1996). Firth also offered a deftly comic turn as the impoverished Earl of Wessex seeking a wealthy wife in "Shakespeare in Love".