Colin Firth is a celebrated name among the innumerable male actors of Hollywood. The full name of the celebrated actor is Colin Andrew Firth. This great Hollywood personality was born on 10th September in the year 1960. Apart from acting in several Hollywood movies, this man performed in many of the television programs. Apart from this, Colin Firth also made stage performances.
Colin Firth, whose parents were lecturers, was born in Grayshott of Hampshire in England. Most of the childhood days of Firth were spent in Nigeria because Firth's father was a teacher there. Firth passed his days at St. Louis in Missouri at the age of eleven. He was a student of the school called Montgomery of Alamein Secondary School. After that, Collin Firth attended the Barton Peveril College situated at Eastleigh in Hampshire. In order to train himself up in the field of acting, Colin Firth joined the Drama Centre in North London.
As far as the film career of Colin Firth is concerned, he acted in a gamut of films. He exhibited a great performance as the Earl of Wessex in the movie entitled “Shakespeare in Love” released in 1998.
He performed with Kenneth Branagh in the movie version of the celebrated novel “A Month in the Country”. This novel was written by J.L Carr. Besides this, he played the lead role in the movie”Valmont”.
Colin Firth is an ever admired personality in the world of cinema. But, it has to be pointed out that his fame as an actor came with the “Pride and Prejudice” that was adapted by the BBC television. In the television adaptation of this Jane Austin's novel, Firth played the role of Fitzwilliam Darcy. This role made Firth the heartthrob of numerous girls.
|
|
As a supporting character, Colin Firth performed well in the movie “The English Patient”. “The English Patient”, another movie by this actor, was released in the year 1996. Other films in which Firth performed include “Fever Pitch”, “Bridget Jones's Diary”, “Love Actually”, “The Importance of Being Earnest”. “Bridget Jones”, The Edge of Reason”, and “What a Girl Wants”. The television productions which Colin Firth acted include Conspiracy and Donovan Quick. Donovan Quick is Don Quixote's updated version. In 2007, Colin Firth acted in “The Last Legion”. The beautiful Indian actress Aishwarya Rai also acted in this film.
For more information on Popular Hollywood Male Actors, browse through our site hollywoodzing.com.
|
