Colin Firth's films

Colin Firth received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his portrayal of King George VI in "The King's Speech." He's seen here with co-star Geoffrey Rush who played the king's speech therapist.

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Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth are seen in "Mamma Mia!" the movie based on the Broadway smash hit.

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Firth plays opposite Uma Thurman in the 2008 romantic comedy "The Accidental Husband."

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In 2001's "Bridget Jones's Diary," Firth plays the eventual love interest of Renee Zellweger's character.

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Colin Firth and Jessica Biel in the 2008 film "Easy Virtue" about a British man who marries a glamorous American.

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In the 2004 movie, "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," Firth reprises his role as the dashing Mark Darcy, now Renee Zellweger's character's boyfriend.

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Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas in the 1996 blockbuster "The English Patient."

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In "A Summer in Genoa," Firth plays a father who moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives.

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In "Girl with a Pearl Earring," Firth played the master painter Johannes Vermeer. Scarlett Johansson played Griet, the subject of the famous painting.

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Firth, seen here with Minnie Driver, plays a boyfriend jilted by his fiance in the 2003 movie, "Hope Springs."

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In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," Firth joined an all-star ensemble cast of Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon and Frances O'Connor.

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In 2007's "The Last Legion," Firth plays Aurelius in an adventure story about Caesar's offspring fleeing Rome for British shores.

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Colin Firth is seen here with Nancy Ellis in the 1986 seven-part miniseries "Lost Empires." Firth plays Richard Herncastle, a shy, 18-year-old who signs on to work for his demanding uncle, a successful magician performing on the music hall circuit. As he crisscrosses England with his uncle and a group of fellow vaudevillians, Richard comes of age, learning lessons both painful and pleasant.

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Firth plays a man who comes to a small Southern city to revitalize the area in the 2010 movie "Main Street."

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The 1995 miniseries "Pride and Prejudice" has been called Colin Firth's breakout role. Firth played the aloof Mr. Darcy in a sweeping telling of the Jane Austen novel.

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In the 2006 movie, "Nanny McPhee," Firth played Mr. Brown, a father looking for a nanny solution in Emma Thompson's character.

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Firth was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "A Single Man," a story that centers on an English professor who, one year after the sudden death of his partner, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

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In the 1998 hit "Shakespeare in Love," Firth played Lord Wessex, a nobleman in search of a rich wife. Firth is seen here with Judi Dench who played Queen Elizabeth I.

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In "Then She Found Me," a 2007 drama, Firth plays the love interest of Helen Hunt, a New York schoolteacher with a midlife crisis.

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In the 1997 movie "A Thousand Acres," Firth plays in an adaptation of "King Lear" set on a farm in Iowa. He's seen here with Keith Carradine and Jessica Lange.

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The 2011 thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" set Firth in the bleak days of the Cold War.

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In the 2003 film, "What a Girl Wants," Firth plays a father running for office in Britain who discovers he has an American teenager, played by Amanda Bynes.

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In the 2007 movie "When Did You Last See Your Father?" Firth plays Blake, a man dealing with conflicting memories of his dying father.

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In Firth's thread of "Love Actually," his character Jamie Bennett falls in love with his housekeeper Aurelia, played by Lucia Moniz.

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