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Washington Post - Found 14 hours ago ... by: Nosy_Parker | November 21, 2008 1:13 PM 1. Hugh Jackman 2. Colin Firth (how is he not on here yet? Where are the Firth-ites?) 3. Bono (i... |
Coming attractions: More 'Mamma Mia!' on DVD
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USA Today - Found Nov. 20, 2008 ? A featurette presenting Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard and Colin Firth during the Waterloo finale. Coming attractions: More 'Mamma Mia!' on DVD - USA Today Behind the scenes on 'Mamma Mia!' - Hello! Explore All |
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Oxfam launches Global Ambassadors program, with Scarlett Johansson, ...
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Oxfam International - Found Nov. 19, 2008 ... group of international A-listers and global statespeople including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Colin Firth, Gael Garcia Bernal, Coldplay, Annie... |
A criminal waste of Colin Firth
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The Times - Found Nov. 10, 2008 Outrage has simmered and stewed at the criminal waste of Colin Firth arguably the most charming man in British cinema in a role that requires... |
Uma Thurman honors women who help their communities
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USA Today - Found Nov. 10, 2008 ... constantly being moved around and juggled,' said the star, who spent the weekend promoting The Accidental Husband with Colin Firth in Berlin. |
New on DVD
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Irish News - Found 10 hours ago Starring: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard. |
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Mac Video Pro - Found 7 hours ago Joining Streep and Brosnan onscreen are Amanda Seyfried ('Big Love'), Colin Firth ('Love Actually'), Stellan Skarsgard ('Pirates of the... Chat with 'Hellboy II' director via Blu-ray - USA Today DVD reviews: ?Hancock,? ?24: Redemption? - MSNBC F Word [Blu-ray] - MovieWeb 'Hancock' tops week's DVD list - Shreveport Times Explore All |
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Contenders
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Variety - Found 6 hours ago Helmer: Phyllida Lloyd Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Amanda Seyfried Studio: Universal Global B.O.: $562... |
Mamma Mia!, what fun we had! The hit film's director picks her ...
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Mail Online UK - Found 7 hours ago DREAM BOAT This is the scene where Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgaard take a boat out with Donna's daughter, Sophie, in order... |
Two New Out-And-Out Musical Blockbusters
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Coastweek - Found 20 hours ago ... star cast that comprises Award winning actor Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters... |
Colin Firth Biography
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Colin Firth
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Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television and stage actor. Firth first gained wide public attention, especially in Britian, for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the highly acclaimed 1995 television adaption of Pride and Prejudice. He subsequently achieved film stardom with the international box-office success of Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), where he co-starred with Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger.
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Biography
Early life
Firth was born in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, the son of Shirley Jean (née Rolles), a comparative religion lecturer, and David Norman Lewis Firth, a history lecturer and education officer for the Nigerian Government.123 Firth has a sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Jonathan, who is now also an actor. Firth's parents were born and raised in India,4 because his maternal grandparents, Congregationalist ministers, and his paternal grandfather, an Anglican minister, performed missionary work abroad.5678 Firth's name is pronounced very similarly to the Old English word collenferhð, meaning pride.9 Firth spent part of his childhood in Nigeria, where his father was teaching. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri when he was 11. He later attended the Montgomery of Alamein Secondary School, a state comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire, and then Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh, Hampshire. His acting training took place at the Drama Centre in North London.
Film career
In 1983, Firth starred as Guy Bennett in the award-winning London stage production of Another Country. In 1984, he made his film debut in the screen adaptation of the play, taking the role of Tommy Judd (opposite Rupert Everett as Bennett). In 1986 starred in Lost Empires with Sir Laurence Olivier, a TV adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel, then in 1987, he appeared alongside Kenneth Branagh in the film version of J. L. Carr's novel, A Month in the Country. In 1989, he played the title role in the film Valmont.
Following these earlier roles, it was in the 1995 BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice that Firth gained wider renown. The serial was a major international success, and Firth became known as a heartthrob because of his role as Fitzwilliam Darcy. This performance also made him the object of affection for fictional journalist Bridget Jones (created by Helen Fielding), an interest which carried on into the two novels featuring the Jones character. In the second novel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the character even meets Firth in Rome. As something of an in-joke, when the novels were adapted for the cinema, Firth was cast as Jones's love interest, Mark Darcy. Continuing this in-joke there was a dog called Mr Darcy in the film St. Trinian's which Colin's character accidentally kills.
Firth had a supporting role in The English Patient (1996) and since then has starred in films such as Fever Pitch (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Love Actually (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), "Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)" (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Last Legion with Aishwarya Rai (2007), the film adaptation of Mamma Mia! (2008) and most recently Easy Virtue (2008 film) which has just screen at the Rome Film Festival to excellent reviews 10.
He has also appeared in recent television productions, including Donovan Quick (an updated version of Don Quixote) (1999) and Conspiracy (2001), for which he received an Emmy nomination. Colin Firth's most recent role is in the Toronto International Film Festival debuted film, Genova,11.
Firth is also a Jury Member for the ongoing Filmaka amateur short film contest.
Writer
Firth's first published work, "The Department of Nothing", appeared in Speaking with the Angel (2000).12 This collection of short stories was edited by Nick Hornby13 and was published to benefit the TreeHouse Trust,14 in aid of autistic children. Firth had previously met Hornby during the filming of the original Fever Pitch.1516
In Mamma Mia Firth played Harry, one of Sophie's three possible fathers.
Personal life
In 1989, Firth entered into a romantic relationship with actress Meg Tilly his co-star in Valmont. In 1990, she gave birth to a son, Will Firth. In 1994, Firth was involved with actress Jennifer Ehle, his co-star in Pride and Prejudice. Firth lives in both London and Italy and is currently married to Italian film producer/director Livia Giuggioli.17 They have two sons, Luca (born March 2001) and Matteo (born August 2003).
Recently, Firth has been involved in a campaign to stop the deportation of a group of asylum seekers, because he believes that they may be murdered on their return to the Democratic Republic of Congo.18 Firth has argued that "To me it's just basic civilisation to help people. I find this incredibly painful to see how we dismiss the most desperate people in our society. It's easily done. It plays to the tabloids, to the Middle-England xenophobes. It just makes me furious. And all from a government we once had such high hopes for".19 As a result of the campaign, a Congolese nurse was given a last-minute reprieve from deportation.20
Firth has also been a long-standing supporter of Survival International, a charity which defends the rights of tribal peoples.21 Speaking in 2001, he said, "My interest in tribal peoples goes back many years... and I have supported [Survival] ever since."22
In a 2006 interview with French magazine Madame Figaro,23 Firth was asked "Quelles sont les femmes de votre vie?" (Who are the women in your life?). Firth replied: "Ma mère, ma femme et Jane Austen" (My mother, my wife and Jane Austen). He was awarded an honorary degree on 19 October 2007 from the University of Winchester.
Singing career
Colin has performed songs in many of his films- the most recent being Mamma Mia! (2008 film). He also performs along side Rupert Everett in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film). He also has one song in St. Trinian's with Rupert Everett which appeared in the credits, It is an adaptation of 'Love is in the air'.
Filmography
Further reading
- Teeman, Tim (2007-09-20). "Colin Firth's Darcy Dilemma", The Times. Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
References
- ^ Actor Colin Firth is perhaps bes
- ^ Colin Firth's Lineage
- ^ Colin Firth Biography (1979-)and is married to donald dell
- ^ Real Magazine interview with Colin Firth (Aug 2002)
- ^ Colin Firth - Fresh Air interview 2001
- ^ Colin Firth: Bridget Jones' Sweetie Would Rather Play Bad Guys
- ^ British Actor Colin Firth : NPR
- ^ Globe and Mail - The Other Face of Colin Firth (May 18, 2002)
- ^ Clark Hall, J. R. "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. University of Toronto Press, 1894
- ^ "Easy Virtue brings British humour to Rome Film Festival". www.reuters.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-27.
- ^ Colin Firth, Genova Interview. AOL Entertainment Canada
- ^ Colin Firth Career Timeline: Department of Nothing
- ^ Nick Hornby
- ^ Nick Hornby
- ^ Colin Firth Biography
- ^ Fever Pitch (1997)
- ^ Steiner, Susie (March 31, 2001). "Twice Shy". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ Colin Firth, We must stop a deportation that is likely to end in murder, The Independent, 26 February 2007, accessed 27 February 2007
- ^ Andrew Johnson, Colin Firth makes plea for nurse 'facing murder' in Congo, The Independent, 26 February 2007, accessed 27 February 2007
- ^ Firth's intervention saves nurse from deportation, The Independent, 27 February 2007, accessed 27 February 2007
- ^ 'Love Actually' star Colin Firth condemns Bushman evictions - News from Survival International
- ^ Audio - Survival International
- ^ In Private with Colin Firth
External links
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