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Colin Firth

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Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, he had leading roles in A Month in the Country (1987), Tumbledown (1988) and Valmont (1989). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Firth is the 335th most popular actor (down from 265th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 357th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Actor.

Colin Firth is most famous for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Colin Firth ranks 335 out of 13,578. Before him are Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, William Holden, Tony Lip, Martin Landau, James Caan, and Rudolph Valentino. After him are Olivia Hussey, Reese Witherspoon, Doris Day, Robert Hossein, Sylvia Kristel, and O Yeong-su.

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Among people born in 1960, Colin Firth ranks 24. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Joachim Löw, Hugh Grant, Tilda Swinton, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Samia Suluhu Hassan. After him are Roland Ratzenberger, Franco Baresi, Isaac Herzog, Rudi Völler, Kenneth Branagh, and Stanley Tucci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Firth ranks 518 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wesley (1703), William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), Glenn Hughes (1951), Christopher Hogwood (1941), and John Michell (1724). After him are Alan Parker (1944), Frederick Forsyth (1938), Richard Hughes (1975), Richard Owen (1804), John Donne (1572), and Thomas Gainsborough (1727).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Colin Firth ranks 56. Before him are Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Niven (1910), Emma Thompson (1959), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Angela Lansbury (1925), and Malcolm McDowell (1943). After him are Kenny Baker (1934), Ian Holm (1931), Patrick Stewart (1940), Sam Neill (1947), John Cleese (1939), and Tim Curry (1946).

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