10 September 1960,
Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK
Born into an academic family - his father is a history lecturer at King
Alfred's College in Winchester and his mother is a comparative religions
lecturer at the Open University--Colin Firth's first acting experience came in
infant's school when he played Jack Frost in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his
four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood
in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive
school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre in Chalk Farm where
he was "discovered" while playing Hamlet during his final term. His
first professional role was as Bennet in the West End production of Another
Country. From this performance he was chosen to play the character of Judd in
the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both
film and television. For his portrayal of Robert Lawrence in the 1989 TV
production Tumbledown, 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. - info from IMDB.com
"Nostromo" (1996)
(mini) TV Series .... Charles Gould
... aka "Joseph Conrad's Nostromo" (1996) (mini)
... aka "Nostromo - Der Schatz in den Bergen" (1996) (mini)
(Germany)
