Colin Firth
Colin Firth
Age: 51
Height: 6' 1½"
Birth place: Grayshott, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television, and stage actor. Firth first gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Firth has received two Academy Award Nominations for his roles in A Single Man and The King's Speech, 5 BAFTA Nominations, winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as George Falconer in A Single Man. Firth won the 2010 Golden Globe A - en.wikipedia.org
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 - www.imdb.com
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… See full bio on IMDb » - www.tmz.com
To many Jane Austen lovers, Colin Firth is Mr. Darcy. Though he had been acting for years before, Firth became famous "overnight," when he starred in the BBC television mini-series Pride and Prejudice.Born September 10, 1960, in Grayshott, Hampshire, UK, Firth lived in Nigeria with his parents until he was four years old. He studied drama in London, and made his professional stage debut in 1983 replacing Rupert Everett as Guy Bennett in Another Country. He went on to make the film of that play, this time pl - www.answers.com