Colin Firth Biography

Colin Andrew Firth is an award winning actor best known for portraying King George VI in ‘The King’s Speech’ which won him an Academy Award along with several other honours. Blessed with broad shoulders, square face and an air of quiet dignity, Firth seems to the perfect man to play the leading male in period dramas. He loved acting from childhood and attended drama workshops from the time he was ten. By the time he was a teenager, he just knew that he had to pursue acting as a profession. Deciding not to pursue academic studies, he joined the National Youth Theatre where he made several acquaintances who would help him in his future career. In spite of his good looks and talent, success did not come easy to him. He started acting in stage productions and television during the 1980s though it would be years before he became a famous name. He finally got his breakthrough when he was selected to play Mr. Darcy in the television adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. The show was a big hit both in the U.S. and U.K. and established him as a television star. Films like ‘The English Patient’ and ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ made him an acclaimed film star as well.