Colin Firth Trivia: 11 Facts about the Most Famous Mr. Darcy Colin Firth
EducationColin Firth Trivia: 11 Facts about the Most Famous Mr. Darcy Colin Firth
1. Colin Firth was born in Hampshire, in 1960.
2. He stands at 6' 1½" (1.87 m).
3. His dating record includes actresses Meg Tilly and Jennifer Ehle.
4. His wife is an Italian named Livia Giuggioli. They got married in 1997 and have 2 kids together.
5. He worked with numerous actors multiple times, including Emma Thompson, Tom Wilkinson, Hugh Grant, Ben Barnes, Renee Zellweger, Stephen Fry, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rupert Everett.
6. Colin Firth worked both of the Fiennes brothers: He co-starred with Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient and with Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love.
7. He was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in A Single Man in 2010, a movie directed by Tom Ford and co-starring Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode. The Oscar went to Jeff Bridges for his role in Crazy Heart.
8. His many awards and nominations include BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy.
9. He is most popular for his roles as Mr. Darcy. He got to play 2 different Mr. Darcys, one in the British series Pride and Prejudice, adaptation of Jane Austen’s famous novel in 1995. Later, he played a Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones movies- a storyline that can be considered the modern version of Bride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice image via dailymail.
10. He worked with all three leading actors of the drama/thriller film Chloe. The movie stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried. He worked with Liam Neeson on Love Actually, Julianne Moore on A Single Man and Amanda Seyfried on Mamma Mia.
11. His co-stars include Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche, Naveen Andrews (The English Patient), Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel (Easy Virtue), Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice TV series), Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Uma Thurman (The Accidental Husband), Hart Bochner (Apartment Zero), Rupert Everett, Mischa Barton (St. Trinian’s), Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode (A Single Man), Mena Suvari (Trauma), Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones’ Diary, Bridget Jones Edge of Reason), Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley (Love Actually), Ben Kingsley (The Last Legion), Ben Barnes, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin (Dorian Gray), Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgard (Mamma Mia), Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick (Then She Found Me), Amanda Bynes, Kelly Preston (What a Girl Wants), Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, France O’ Connor, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson (The Importance of Being Earnest), Julie Andrews, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stephen Fry, William Baldwin (Relative Values), Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare in Love) and Scarlett Johansson (Girl with a Pearl Earring).