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Name: Colin Firth
Birthplace: Grayshott, Hampshire, England
Birthdate: September 10, 1960
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 6'1½"

Best Known as: Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones' Diary

Born into an academic family - his father is a history lecturer at Winchester University 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 in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre in Chalk Farm where he was "discovered" while playing Hamlet during his final term. His first professional role was as Bennet in the West End production of Another Country. From this performance he was chosen to play the character of Judd in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television.

Filmography:
Gambit (2006) (announced) Harry Dean
The Dead Wait (2005) (announced) Franz 'Papa' Louw
Toyer (2005) (announced) Toyer
Nanny McPhee (2005) (completed) Mr. Brown
Where the Truth Lies (2005) Vince Collins
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Mark Darcy
Trauma (2004/I) Ben
Love Actually (2003) Jamie Bennett
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Johannes Vermeer
What a Girl Wants (2003) Henry Dashwood
Hope Springs (2003) Colin
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) Jack
Londinium (2001) Allen Portland
... aka Fourplay (UK) (USA)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV) Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Mark Darcy
Relative Values (2000) Peter Ingleton
The Turn of the Screw (1999) (TV) The Master
Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) William Shakespeare
The Secret Laughter of Women (1999) Matthew Field
My Life So Far (1999) Edward Pettigrew
Donovan Quick (1999) (TV) Donovan Quick
Shakespeare in Love (1998) Lord Wessex
A Thousand Acres (1997) Jess Clark
Fever Pitch (1997) Paul Ashworth
"Nostromo" (1997) (mini) TV Series Charles Gould
The English Patient (1996) Geoffrey Clifton
"Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini) TV Series Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
Circle of Friends (1995) Simon Westward
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) (TV) Charles Holroyd
Master of the Moor (1994) (TV) Stephen Whalby
Playmaker (1994) Ross Talbert/Michael Condren
The Deep Blue Sea (1994) (TV) Freddie Page
The Hour of the Pig (1993) Richard Courtois
... aka The Advocate
Hostages (1993) (TV) John McCarthy
Out of the Blue (1991/I) (TV) Alan
Femme Fatale (1991) Joseph Prince
Wings of Fame (1990) Brian Smith
Valmont (1989) Valmont
Tumbledown (1989) (TV) Robert Lawrence
Apartment Zero (1988) Adrian LeDuc
The Secret Garden (1987) (TV) Adult Colin Craven
A Month in the Country (1987) Tom Birkin
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (1987) (TV) Rene Wilcox
"Lost Empires" (1986) (mini) TV Series Richard Herncastle
1919 (1985) Young Alexander
Dutch Girls (1985) Neil Truelove
Camille (1984) (TV) Armand Duval
Another Country (1984) Tommy Judd

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