A Darcy Before I Die - satirical poem by Ronnie Taheny (c) 2008
Colin Firth
CBE |
Firth in 2009 |
| Born |
Colin Andrew Firth
(1960-09-10) 10 September 1960 (age 51)
Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Years active |
1983–present |
| Spouse |
Livia Giuggioli (1997–present; 2 children) |
| Partner |
Meg Tilly (1989–1994; 1 child) |
| Children |
3 |
| Relatives |
Kate Firth (sister)
Jonathan Firth (brother) |
Colin Andrew Firth, CBE (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In 2011, Firth received an Academy Award for his portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech, a performance that also earned him the Golden Globe, BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, amongst others. The previous year, he received his first Academy Award nomination, for his leading role in A Single Man, a performance that won him a BAFTA Award. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.
Firth was born in England. His mother, Shirley Jean (née Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at King Alfred's College Winchester (now the University of Winchester), and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, was a history lecturer (also at King Alfred's) and education officer for the Nigerian Government.[1][2][3] Firth has a sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Jonathan, who is also an actor. Firth's parents were raised in India,[4] because his maternal grandparents, Congregationalist ministers, and his paternal grandfather, an Anglican priest, performed missionary work abroad.[5][6][7][8] Firth spent part of his childhood in Nigeria, where his father was teaching.[9]
He lived in St. Louis, Missouri when he was 11. He later attended the Montgomery of Alamein Secondary School (now Kings' School), a state comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire. Reflecting on his time at Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh, he said "My two years at Barton Peveril were among the two happiest years of my life".[10]
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, he starred with Sir Laurence Olivier in Lost Empires, 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 A Month in the Country. In 1989, he played the title role in the film Valmont, and was co-lead in the film Apartment Zero. Firth and other young British actors who were becoming established film actors such as Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Bruce Payne and Paul McGann were dubbed the 'Brit Pack'.[11]
It was through the 1995 BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that Firth gained wider renown. The serial was a major international success, and Firth gained heartthrob status[citation needed] because of his role as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, in which he emerged in a wet shirt after a swim.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Continuing this in-joke, there was a dog called Mr Darcy in the film St. Trinian's, which Firth's character accidentally kills.[citation needed]
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), Relative Values (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Love Actually (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Hope Springs (2003), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Then She Found Me (2007) with Helen Hunt, The Last Legion (2007) with Aishwarya Rai, And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008), the film adaptation of Mamma Mia! (2008), and Easy Virtue, which screened at the Rome Film Festival to excellent reviews.[12] In 2009, he starred in A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, using the performance capture procedure, playing Scrooge's optimistic nephew Fred.
He has also appeared in several television productions, including Donovan Quick (an updated version of Don Quixote) (1999) and Conspiracy (2001), for which he received an Emmy nomination.[13] Colin Firth's most recent role is in the Toronto International Film Festival debuted film, Genova.[14]
At the 66th Venice International Film Festival in 2009, Colin Firth was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role in Tom Ford's A Single Man as a college professor grappling with solitude after his longtime partner dies. Fashion designer Tom Ford made his director's debut with this movie. This role has earned Firth career best reviews and Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and BFCA nominations; he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in February 2010.[15]
Firth starred in the 2010 film The King's Speech as Prince Albert, Duke of York/King George VI. The film details him working to overcome his speech impediment while becoming monarch of the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II. At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF),[16] the film was met with a standing ovation. The TIFF release of The King's Speech fell on Colin's 50th birthday and was called the "best 50th birthday gift".[17] On 16 January 2011, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in The King's Speech in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. The Screen Actors Guild recognised Firth with the award for Best Male Actor for The King's Speech on 30 January 2011.[18] In February 2011, he won the best actor award at the 2011 BAFTA awards.[19] He received an Academy Award for Best Actor in a motion picture for The King's Speech on 27 February 2011.[20]
Firth appeared in the 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson, also starring Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy.[21] In May 2011, Firth began filming Gambit – a remake of a previous film – written by Joel and Ethan Coen and directed by Michael Hoffman, co-starring Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman
In 2011, Firth collaborated with colleagues at the University College London to conduct a study probing differences in the volume of various brain regions in conservatives and liberals,[22][23] with the results suggesting that conservatives have greater amygdala volume and liberals have greater volume in their anterior cingulate cortex.
In 2012, Firth's audiobook performance of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair was released at Audible.com.[24]
Firth's first published work, "The Department of Nothing", appeared in Speaking with the Angel (2000).[25] This collection of short stories was edited by Nick Hornby[26] and was published to benefit the TreeHouse Trust,[27] in aid of autistic children. Firth had previously met Hornby during the filming of the original Fever Pitch.[28][29] Colin Firth contributed with his writing for the book, We Are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples, released in 2009.[30] The book explores the culture of peoples around the world, portraying both its diversity and facing threats. It counts with the contributions of many western writers, such as Laurens van der Post, Noam Chomsky, Claude Lévi-Strauss; and also indigenous peoples, such as Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and Roy Sesana. The royalties from the sale of this book go to the indigenous rights organisation, Survival International.
Firth resides in Chiswick, London. In 1989, he entered into a romantic relationship with actress Meg Tilly, his co-star in Valmont. In 1990, she gave birth to a son, William "Will" Joseph Firth, and they made their home near the Lower Mainland of B.C., Canada. Firth remains in contact with Will and with Tilly's two other children. In 1994, after he and Tilly had separated, Firth became involved with actress Jennifer Ehle, his co-star in Pride and Prejudice; however, the two broke up and in 1997 Firth married Italian film producer/director Livia Giuggioli, and now lives in both London and Italy.[31] They have two sons, Luca (born March 2001) and Matteo (born August 2003).[citation needed] Firth started to learn Italian when he and Giuggioli began to date and he now is fluent in the language. Firth is a supporter of Southampton F.C..
On 13 January 2011, he was presented with the 2,429th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[32]
In April 2011, Time magazine included Firth in its list of the world's 100 Most Influential People.[33]
Firth was made a Freeman of the City of London on 8 March 2012.[34]
Firth has been a long-standing supporter of Survival International, a non-governmental organisation that defends the rights of tribal peoples.[35] Speaking in 2001, he said, "My interest in tribal peoples goes back many years... and I have supported [Survival] ever since."[36] In 2003, during the promotion of the movie Love Actually, he spoke in defense of the tribal people of Botswana, condemning the Botswana government's eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. He says of the Bushmen, "These people are not the remnants of a past era who need to be brought up to date. Those who are able to continue to live on the land that is rightfully theirs are facing the 21st century with a confidence that many of us in the so-called developed world can only envy."[35] He has also backed a Survival International campaign to press the Brazilian government to take more decisive action in defence of the Awá-Guajá people, whose land and livelihood is critically threatened by the actions of loggers.[37]
Firth has been involved in a campaign to stop the deportation of a group of asylum seekers, because he believed that they might be murdered on their return to the Democratic Republic of Congo.[38] Firth 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".[39] As a result of the campaign, a Congolese nurse was given a last-minute reprieve from deportation.[40]
Firth has also been involved in the Oxfam[41] global campaign Make Trade Fair,[42] in which several other celebrities participated as well in order to bring more attention to the issues involved.[43] The campaign has focused on several trade practices seen as unfair to third world producers especially, including dumping, high import tariffs, and labour rights such as fair wages. Firth remains deeply committed to this cause, making efforts such as supporting fair trade coffee in his daily life, as he believes "[i]f you're going to sustain commitment to any of this, ... [y]ou've got to get involved on an ordinary every day basis."[44] He has further contributed to this cause by opening (with a few collaborators) an eco-friendly shop in West London, Eco.[45] The shop offers fair trade and eco-friendly goods, as well as expert advice on making spaces more energy efficient.
He was awarded an honorary degree on 19 October 2007 from the University of Winchester.[citation needed] In October 2009 at the London Film Festival, Firth launched a film and political activism website, Brightwide, along with his wife Livia.[46][47]
During to the 2010 General Election Firth announced his support for the Liberal Democrats, having previously been a Labour supporter, citing asylum and refugees' rights as a key reason for his change in affiliation.[48] In December 2010, Firth publicly dropped his support of the Liberal Democrats, citing their U-turn on tuition fees as one of the key reasons for his disillusionment. He also said that while he no longer supports the Liberal Democrats, he is currently without an affiliation.[49] Firth appeared in literature to support changing the British electoral system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote for electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the unsuccessful Alternative Vote referendum in 2011.[50]
Colin is also committed to protecting the environment; in 2009 he joined the 10:10 project to support the movement calling for people to reduce their carbon footprint.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[51][52]
List of film and television credits
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1984 |
Another Country |
Tommy Judd |
|
| 1984 |
Camille |
Armand Duval |
Television film |
| 1985 |
1919 |
(young) Alexander Scherbatov |
|
| 1985 |
Dutch Girls |
Neil Truelove |
Television film |
| 1986 |
Lost Empires |
Richard Herncastle |
TV mini-series, with Sir Laurence Olivier |
| 1987 |
Month in the Country, AA Month in the Country |
Tom Birkin |
|
| 1987 |
Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius |
Rene Wilcox |
PBS Shorts Special |
| 1987 |
Secret Garden, TheThe Secret Garden |
adult Colin Craven |
Hallmark Hall of Fame |
| 1988 |
Tumbledown |
Robert Lawrence |
Television film
Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor |
| 1989 |
Apartment Zero |
Adrian LeDuc |
|
| 1989 |
Valmont |
Valmont |
|
| 1990 |
Femme Fatale |
Joseph Prince |
|
| 1990 |
Wings of Fame |
Brian Smith |
|
| 1991 |
Out of the Blue |
Alan |
Play for television |
| 1993 |
Hostages |
John McCarthy |
Television – HBO |
| 1993 |
Hour of the Pig, TheThe Hour of the Pig |
Richard Courtois |
Also known as The Advocate |
| 1994 |
Master of the Moor |
Stephen Whalby |
Television film – UK |
| 1994 |
Playmaker |
Michael Condron/Ross Talbert |
|
| 1994 |
Deep Blue Sea, TheThe Deep Blue Sea |
Freddie Page |
Play for television – UK |
| 1995 |
Circle of Friends |
Simon Westward |
|
| 1995 |
Pride and Prejudice |
Fitzwilliam Darcy |
Television mini-series
Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor
Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
Nominated — National Television Award for Most Popular Male |
| 1995 |
Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, TheThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd |
Charles Holroyd |
Play for television – UK |
| 1996 |
English Patient, TheThe English Patient |
Geoffrey Clifton |
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1996 |
Nostromo |
Charles Gould |
|
| 1997 |
Thousand Acres, AA Thousand Acres |
Jess Clark |
|
| 1997 |
Fever Pitch |
Paul Ashworth |
|
| 1997 |
Nostromo |
Charles Gould |
Television mini-series |
| 1998 |
Shakespeare in Love |
Lord Wessex |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1999 |
Blackadder: Back & Forth |
William Shakespeare |
Short film |
| 1999 |
Donovan Quick |
Donovan Quick/Daniel Quinn |
Television film – UK |
| 1999 |
My Life So Far |
Edward Pettigrew |
|
| 1999 |
Secret Laughter of Women, TheThe Secret Laughter of Women |
Matthew Field |
|
| 1999 |
Turn of the Screw, TheThe Turn of the Screw |
The Master |
Masterpiece Theater |
| 2000 |
Relative Values |
Peter Ingleton |
|
| 2001 |
Bridget Jones's Diary |
Mark Darcy |
European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 2001 |
Conspiracy |
Wilhelm Stuckart |
Television film – HBO
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2001 |
We Know Where You Live |
Himself |
Benefit for Amnesty International |
| 2001 |
Fourplay |
Allen Portland |
Television film – HBO, also known as Londinium |
| 2002 |
Importance of Being Earnest, TheThe Importance of Being Earnest |
Jack Worthing |
|
| 2003 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring |
Johannes Vermeer |
Nominated—European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor |
| 2003 |
Hope Springs |
Colin Ware |
|
| 2003 |
Love Actually |
Jamie Bennett |
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |
| 2003 |
What a Girl Wants |
Henry Dashwood |
|
| 2004 |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason |
Mark Darcy |
|
| 2004 |
Trauma |
Ben Slater |
|
| 2005 |
Nanny McPhee |
Cedric Brown |
|
| 2005 |
Where the Truth Lies |
Vince Collins |
|
| 2006 |
Born Equal |
Mark Armitage |
Television film – UK |
| 2007 |
Last Legion, TheThe Last Legion |
Aurelius Antonius |
|
| 2007 |
And When Did You Last See Your Father? |
Blake Morrison |
Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2007 |
Then She Found Me |
Frank |
|
| 2007 |
St Trinian's |
Geoffrey Thwaites |
|
| 2007 |
In Prison My Whole Life |
Himself |
|
| 2008 |
Accidental Husband, TheThe Accidental Husband |
Richard Bratton |
|
| 2008 |
Mamma Mia! |
Harry Bright |
Nominated — National Movie Award for Best Performance Male |
| 2008 |
Easy Virtue |
Jim Whittaker |
|
| 2008 |
Genova |
Joe |
|
| 2009 |
Christmas Carol, AA Christmas Carol |
Fred |
|
| 2009 |
Dorian Gray |
Lord Henry Wotton |
|
| 2009 |
Single Man, AA Single Man |
George Falconer |
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Outstanding Performance of the Year
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Volpi Cup
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor |
| 2009 |
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold |
Geoffrey Thwaites |
|
| 2010 |
King's Speech, TheThe King's Speech |
King George VI |
Academy Award for Best Actor
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Eda Award for Best Actor
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
European Film Award for Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Italian Online Movie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
National Movie Award for Performance of the Year
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
North Texas Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| 2010 |
Main Street |
Gus LeRoy |
|
| 2010 |
Steve |
Steve |
with Keira Knightley |
| 2011 |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Bill Haydon |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Italian Online Movie Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2012 |
Gambit |
Harry Deane |
in production |
| 2013 |
The Railway Man |
Eric Lomax |
filming |
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- ^ Dawtrey, Adam (22 September 2009). "The Rebirth of Colin Firth". London: guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/sep/22/colin-firth-oscars. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ Backers, Celebrity (16 March 2010). "Colin Firth on why he's stopped voting Labour and now supports the Lib Dems". Libdemvoice.org. http://www.libdemvoice.org/colin-firth-18389.html. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (14 December 2010). "Colin Firth: I no longer support the Liberal Democrats". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/14/colin-firth-no-longer-support-liberal-democrats.
- ^ "Benjamin Zephaniah 'airbrushed from Yes to AV leaflets'". BBC News. 3 April 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12950712.
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- ^ "Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients". BBC News UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/11_06_11honours_mainlist.pdf. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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Awards for Colin Firth
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- The Full Monty (1997) : Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Woof
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) : Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton
- Traffic (2000) : Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins, Jr., Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzmán, Amy Irving, Tomás Milián, D. W. Moffett, Dennis Quaid, Peter Riegert, Jacob Vargas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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- Gosford Park (2001): Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby
- Chicago (2002): Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood
- Crash (2005): Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Menochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke
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| Persondata |
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Firth, Colin |
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| Short description |
British actor |
| Date of birth |
10 September 1960 |
| Place of birth |
Grayshott, Hampshire, UK |
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