Colin Andrew Firth CBE is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, undertaking a series of challenging roles, including leading roles in A Month in the Country, Tumbledown and Valmont. His portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice led to widespread attention, and to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, The Importance of Being Earnest, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Love Actually, co-starring as Mark Darcy in the romantic comedy films Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Bridget Jones's Baby, and Harry Bright in the musical comedy films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!.
In 2009, Firth received international acclaim for his performance in Tom Ford's A Single Man, for which he won a BAFTA Award and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and received his first Academy Award nomination. In 2010, his portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.