Colin Firth Biography

Colin Firth is an actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2011 for the film The King's Speech.

Born in England in 1960, Colin Firth made his film debut in Another Country in 1984, later taking several roles on television miniseries and movies. In 1996, Firth appeared in Shakespeare in Love, which went on to great acclaim. He starred in several box office successes, including Bridget Jones’ Diary and Love Actually before finding more acclaim in 2009’s A Single Man and winning an Oscar for his role in The King’s Speech.