Colin Firth
Colin Andrew Firth , CBE (born September 10, 1960 in Grayshott ) is a British actor and film producer . In 2011 he was awarded an Oscar for his leading role in the historical film The King's Speech .
Career
Firth was born in 1960 in the English county of Hampshire . After attending the Montgomery of Alamein School in Winchester and Barton Peveril College, he trained as an actor at the Drama Center in London.
In 1984 he starred in Lady with the Camellias ( Camille ), a television film with Greta Scacchi and Ben Kingsley . He played the title role in 1989, directed by Miloš Formans, in Valmont , a film adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos ' epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ( Dangerous Liaisons ) . The six-part BBC TV series Pride and Prejudice ( Pride and Prejudice ) by Jane Austen's eponymous novel, he played Mr. Darcy, the male lead. In reference to this, he played Mark Darcy in the film adaptation of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast (2001, with Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant ). Also in the films A Month in the Country (1987, with Natasha Richardson ), Fever Pitch (1997, as a tragicomic football fan in the British film adaptation of Nick Hornby 's novel of the same name ), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and in Actually ... Love (2003 with Alan Rickman , Emma Thompson , Hugh Grant , Liam Neeson and Laura Linney ) he participated. Also in 2003, Firth was Jan Vermeer for the young Scarlett Johansson in The Girl with a Pearl Earring .
In Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (2004, starring Hugh Grant) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016, with Patrick Dempsey ), he played two more times, the role of Mark Darcy. In 2005 he starred with Emma Thompson and Thomas Sangster in A Magical Nanny (directed by Kirk Jones ). The film version of Isherwood -Stoffes A Single Man 2009 by Tom Ford earned him an Oscar nomination as George Falconer. However, he only received the award the following year in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech for the role of British monarch George VI. trying to overcome his stutter .
He contributed a story to the collection of short stories Speaking with the Angel published by Nick Hornby in 2001 . In 2007 he produced the documentary In Prison My Whole Life , directed by Marc Evans, about the famous death penalty case of African American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal , who has been in prison on death row for over 25 years. Colin Firth is co-authoring a paper on the relationship between structural differences in the brain and political orientation after initiating this research as guest editor on BBC Radio 4's Today broadcast.
Awards
On October 19, 2007, Colin Firth was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Winchester. Firth has received multiple awards for his leading role in the drama A Single Man . In addition to the Coppa Volpi of the Venice Film Festival 2009 and the British BAFTA Award , he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar .
He has received numerous film awards for his role in The King's Speech , including awards from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics' Associations , the British Independent Film Award , the European Film Award , and his first Golden Globe Award and second BAFTA Award . He also received the award in the category “Best Actor” at the 2011 Academy Awards.
In January 2011, Firth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the film category . In June 2011 he was awarded the level of Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II . Colin and Livia Firth received the honorary award of the German Sustainability Award 2014 as credible role models for social and ecological commitment.
engagement
Colin Firth has been committed to the organization Survival International for years and campaigns for the rights of indigenous peoples. In 2009 he contributed to the book We Are One for the organization . He also supports the activists' campaign for the Awá , a threatened people in Brazil . Firth has also been an ambassador for the development aid organization Oxfam since 2002 . He is particularly active in the Oxfam Make Trade Fair campaign for equality for farmers in developing countries. a. Shareholder of the fair trade coffee chain Progreso in London, where he was also behind the counter, and of Eco-Age, a sustainable fashion shop in London-Chiswick, which is run by his brother-in-law Nicola Giuggioli and his wife.
Private
Colin Firth has a sister (* 1962) and a younger brother Jonathan , who is also an actor. As a child, Firth lived in many parts of the world because of the frequent moves of his professorial parents; Among other things, he spent long periods in Nigeria , where his grandparents worked as missionaries , and in the United States.
Firth lives alternately in London and Italy. From 1997 to 2019 he was married to the Italian documentary filmmaker Livia Giuggioli , with whom he has two sons. His eldest son William Joseph Firth (* 1990), who is also an actor, comes from an earlier relationship with actress Meg Tilly . In 2017 Colin Firth also took on the Italian citizenship. His two youngest sons, born in Rome, have dual citizenship.
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1984: Another Country
- 1984: The Lady with the Camellias ( Camille , TV movie)
- 1984: Crown Court (TV series, episode 13x13 Citizens: Part 1 )
- 1985: Dutch Girls (TV movie)
- 1985: Nineteen Nineteen (Nineteen Nineteen)
- 1986: Lost Empires (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1987: A Month in the Country
- 1987: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV movie)
- 1987: The Secret Garden ( The Secret Garden , TV movie)
- 1988: Apartment Zero
- 1989: Thanks from the Fatherland ( Tumbledown , TV movie)
- 1989: Valmont
- 1990: Hotel zur Immortlichkeit (Wings of Fame)
- 1991: Femme Fatale
- 1991: The Play on One (TV series, episode Out of the Blue )
- 1992: Mad at the Moon
- 1992: Lost Years ( Hostages , TV movie)
- 1993: The Hour of the Pig
- 1994: Death Date (Playmaker)
- 1994: Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1994: Master of the Moore
- 1994: performance
- 1995: Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends (Circle of Friends)
- 1995: Pride and Prejudice ( Pride and Prejudice , television series)
- 1995: Performance 2
- 1996: Nostromo - The Treasure in the Mountains ( Nostromo , TV series)
- 1996: The English Patient (The English Patient)
- 1997: Fever Pitch (Fever Pitch)
- 1997: A Thousand Acres (A Thousand Acres)
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: Donovan Quick (TV movie)
- 1999: My Life So Far
- 1999: The Secret Laughter of Women
- 1999: Blackadder Back & Forth (TV series)
- 1999: The Turn of the Screw (TV movie)
- 2000: In "best" company - A family to wean off (Relative Values)
- 2001: Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast (Bridget Jones's Diary)
- 2001: The Wannsee Conference ( Conspiracy , TV film)
- 2001: Love Affairs - Take What You Get (Londinium)
- 2002: Being Earnest (The Importance of Being Earnest)
- 2003: Hope Springs - The Love of Your Life (Hope Springs)
- 2003: What a Girl Wants (What a Girl Wants)
- 2003: Girl with a Pearl Earring (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
- 2003: Actually ... love (Love Actually)
- 2004: Trauma (trauma)
- 2004: Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason
- 2005: Where the Truth Lies (Where the Truth Lies)
- 2005: A Magical Nanny (Nanny McPhee)
- 2006: Celebration (TV movie)
- 2006: Born Equal (TV movie)
- 2007: The Last Legion (The Last Legion)
- 2007: The time that we have left (And When Did You Last See Your Father?)
- 2007: Then She Found Me
- 2008: The Girls of St. Trinian (St. Trinian's)
- 2008: Married by accident (The Accidental Husband)
- 2008: Mamma Mia!
- 2008: Genova
- 2008: Easy Virtue - An Immoral Wife
- 2009: The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Dorian Gray)
- 2009: A Single Man
- 2009: Disney's A Christmas Story ( A Christmas Carol , voice)
- 2009: The Girls of St. Trinian 2 - On a Treasure Hunt (St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)
- 2010: Main Street
- 2010: The King's Speech
- 2010: Steve
- 2011: Queen, King, As, Spy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
- 2012: A Great Life (Arthur Newman)
- 2012: Gambit - The Master Plan (Gambit)
- 2013: The Lady of the Camellias (Camille)
- 2013: Devil's Knot - In the Shadow of Truth (Devil's Knot)
- 2013: The Love of His Life - The Railway Man (The Railway Man)
- 2014: Magic in the Moonlight
- 2014: i. May. Not. Sleep. (Before I Go to Sleep)
- 2014: Kingsman: The Secret Service
- 2016: Genius - The thousand sides of a friendship (Genius)
- 2016: Bridget Jones' Baby (Bridget Jones's Baby)
- 2017: Red Nose Day Actually (short film)
- 2017: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- 2018: The Happy Prince
- 2018: The Sea Before Us (The Mercy)
- 2018: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
- 2018: Mary Poppins' return (Mary Poppins Returns)
- 2018: Kursk
- 2019: 1917
- As a producer
- 2015: Eye in the Sky
- 2016: Loving
- speaker
- 2012: Graham Greene : The End of the Affair
literature
- Colin Firth in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Colin Firth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Colin Firth 24/7 (videos, interviews and much more )
- Colin Firth Career timeline (English)
- Firth.com (The Bucket )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ryota Kanai, Tom Feilden, Colin Firth, Geraint Rees: Political Orientations Are Correlated with Brain Structure in Young Adults . In: Current Biology . Vol. 21, No. 8 , 2011, p. 677-680 , doi : 10.1016 / j.cub.2011.03.017 .
- ^ Colin Firth credited in brain research. In: BBC News. June 5, 2011, accessed August 19, 2013 .
- ↑ https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/1741020.actor-colin-firth-to-receive-honory-degree-from-winchester-university/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13731039
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Survivalinternational.org
- ↑ Colin Firth supports campaign for the Awá
- ↑ Colin Firth and his wife split up
- ↑ The Guardian: Brexit critic Colin Firth opts for Italian passport for 'family reasons' , September 23, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Firth, Colin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firth, Colin Andrew (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Grayshott , Hampshire, England, UK |