Colin Firth

British actor Colin Firth has starred in a variety of TV and film projects. His performance in A Single Man was nominated for an Oscar in 2010, and his performance in The King's Speech won  him a Golden Globe in 2011. Other work includes his much-celebrated performance in the 1995 BBC miniseries adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. In 2008, he starred alongside Meryl Streep in the big-screen adaptation of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.

Firth's performance as King George VI in Tom Hooper's production, The King's Speech garnered him an Academy Award nomination for the "Actor in a Leading Role" category.  His performance has already won  him the Golden Globe in the "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama" category.http://www.mahalo.com/golden-globe-winners-2011/ In The King's Speech, Firth portrays King George VI opposite Helena Bonham Carter's Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother). Firth's character is plagued by a lack of confidence and a stutter. His brother's abdication from the throne brings him unexpectedly to his ruling position. As King, he consults with speech therapist Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/

Firth studied acting at the Drama Centre in North London and appeared in a variety of plays on the London stage. He started working in film in the late 1980s, including a role in the Milos Forman film Valmont, adapted from the same play as the film Dangerous Liasons. He gained international fame after playing Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, a role which he spoofed in the Bridget Jones films. (The fictional Bridget Jones character is obsessed with Firth's performance as Darcy).

Other notable Firth films include The Importance of Being Earnest, an Oscar Wilde adaptation in which he starred alongside Rupert Everett, ensemble romantic comedy Love Actually and a motion-capture performance in the Robert Zemeckis animated film version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

1988: Apartment Zero http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

1995: Pride and Prejudicehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

1997: Fever Pitchhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

1998: Shakespeare in Lovehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2001: Bridget Jones's Diaryhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2003: Girl with a Pearl Earringhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2003: Love Actuallyhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2004: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reasonhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2005: Nanny McPheehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2008: Mamma Mia!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2008: Genovahttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2008: Easy Virtuehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2009: Dorian Grayhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2009: A Single Manhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2009: A Christmas Carolhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2009: St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Goldhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

2010: The King's Speechhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094667/

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