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      • Colin Firth has received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations winning for his performance as King George VI in Tom Hooper 's historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He also received two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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  2. Colin Firth has received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations winning for his performance as King George VI in Tom Hooper 's historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He also received two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards . He received two British Academy Television Award nominations for his roles ...

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    In the fall of 1981, a play opened at a fringe theatre in Greenwich, England that would change Firth’s life forever. The play was Another Country, and in 1983, Firth took over the role of gay high-schooler Guy Bennett. In 1984, the play was adapted to film, where Rupert Everett reprised his original role as Bennett, and Firth played his friend Tomm...

    In 1987, a journalist coined the term “Brit Pack” to describe a young group of British actors who resembled the American “Brat Pack” of the same period. Colin Firth, along with Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman were all members, but aside from achieving success around the same time, they shared little in common wi...

    Colin Firth is not ashamed to admit what makes him cry. According to a People Magazine profile, the thing that really chokes him up is a scene from Disney’s Dumbo.He says that whenever it comes to the scene where Dumbo’s mom is locked in a cage, he tears up every time! Wkimedia.Commons

    With his heartthrob status, it isn’t surprising that Firth is off the market. For the past 21 years, he’s been married to the Italian director Livia Giuggioli and the pair share two sons together. Because of his Italian wife, Firth also maintains an Italian citizenship and he even speaks fluent Italian. Mamma Mia! Wikimedia.Commons

    When BBC was casting the role of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice series, producer Sue Birtwistle really wanted Colin Firth for the role. However, the rest of the execs weren’t convinced and told her that he wasn’t good looking enough. Writer Andrew Davis was also doubtful about Firth because of his “gingerish hair,” and later admi...

    When Firth was first approached for the role of Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, he nearly turned it down. Firth had never read any Jane Austen growing up because of his own prejudice. He largely thought that the books were for girls and was afraid of being labeled a sissy in school. Imagine his surprise when he found out that Darcy was pretty much ev...

    In addition to being a great storyteller on screen, Firth was also quite the storyteller off screen. As a child, he would get up on a soapbox at recess and captivate his peers with his stories. Flickr

    His favorite food isn’t the traditional British fare like bangers and mash or fish and chips. Firth admits to loving a real American hamburger. A barbeque burger with bacon and cheese is his biggest indulgence. He says: “If I’m going to eat a burger, I’m not going to hold back. It’s heaven!” Pixabay

    Colin Firth was just a wee thing when he got bitten by the acting bug. While attending primary school, he delivered a chilly performance as Jack Frost in the school pantomime (a type of British musical/comedy). Lucky for him, he didn’t freeze up on stage! Wikimedia.Commons

    Firth was originally cast to be the voice of Paddington Bear in the film Paddington, but according to director Paul King, the decision was made in post-production to replace him because Paddington “does not have the voice of a very handsome older man, who has the most beautiful voice on the planet." Flickr

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    For his portrayal of "Robert Lawrence" in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for "Mr. Darcy" in the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice (1995).

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  4. Feb 28, 2011 · Colin Firth won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of King George VI in the King's Speech with the movie winning four awards in total. It also won best motion picture, David Seidler won...

  5. Wikipedia. Awards & Nominations. 2 Nominations. Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie - 2022. Nominee. Colin Firth, as Michael Peterson. The Staircase. HBO/HBO Max. A HBO Max and Annapurna Television co-production in association with EMI Pop and What’s Up Films.

  6. Feb 27, 2011 · British actor wins Academy Award for his lead role as stammering wartime monarch King George V1. Colin Firth, who won the best actor Oscar Sunday for his role as the stammering monarch in “The King’s Speech,” has graduated from self-deprecating Englishman to a major Hollywood player.

  7. Dec 2, 2014 · 68 days to go - Kate Winslet presents Colin Firth with his first BAFTA award in 2010. Colin Firth received his first BAFTA in 2010 for his performance in Tom Ford's A Single Man (2009). It was the fourth time lucky for Firth, who had previously been nominated for Tumble Down (1988), Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).