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