Who is Colin Firth?

Colin Andrew Firth CBE (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor. In 2010, his portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

He was identified in the mid 1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, undertaking a challenging series of roles, including leading roles in "A Month in the Country" (1987), "Tumbledown" (1988) and "Valmont" (1989). His portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" led to widespread attention, and to roles in more prominent films such as "The English Patient" (1996); "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), "Conspiracy" (2001), "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002), "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2003), Richard Curtis's romantic comedy ensemble film "Love Actually" (2003), and the musical comedy "Mamma Mia!" (2008) and its sequel, "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!" (2018).

Firth was born in the village of Grayshott, Hampshire to parents who were academics and teachers. His mother, Shirley Jean (née Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at King Alfred's College (now the University of Winchester); and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, was a history lecturer at King Alfred's and education officer for the Nigerian Government. Firth is the eldest of three children; his sister Kate is an actress and voice coach, and his brother Jonathan is also an actor.