Age: 65
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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). His portrayal of Mr Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice drew widespread attention. It led to roles in more prominent films such as The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and Love Actually (2003). He starred as Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones film series (2001–2025). Also, he acted in the musical comedy Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel. Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He was previously Oscar-nominated for his role as a grieving gay man in the romantic drama A Single Man (2009), which earned him the BAFTA Award and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He subsequently played secret agent Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its 2017 sequel. He also performed in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), 1917 (2019), The Secret Garden, Supernova (both 2020), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). For his roles on television, he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayals of Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart in the BBC film Conspiracy (2001) and Michael Peterson in the HBO limited series The Staircase (2022). In 2012, he founded the production company Raindog Films, under which he served as a producer for Eye in the Sky (2015) and Loving (2016). His films have grossed more than $3 billion from 42 releases worldwide. Firth has campaigned for the rights of Indigenous people and is a member of Survival International. He has also campaigned on issues such as asylum seekers, refugees' rights, and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on differences in brain structure between people with different political orientations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Firth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Colin Firth
Joshua Rutherford Sherman
for Joshua Rutherford Sherman in The Last Letter
Suggested by jakubduda
It starts in 1860s with man being shot and falls and letter is read. Sarah returns to hometown after years in city to heal from a heartbreak, visits a bar, runs into Jake, her high school love, now a musician performing with old friends, former classmates John, Tim, Ritchie. Old feelings resurface. They revisit places they used to go, think about past, walk through park, laugh, share old stories, lay on grass and look at sky. One day she learns that he is engaged to Emily, it makes a tense emotional rift. After arguement with Emily, relizes feelings for Sarah. Finds her and expresses love. She receives job offer in another city, forcing her to make a tough decision, leaves, believing it’s best for them. He sees her off at a station. They share heartfelt goodbye. Months later, she returns. Jake is performing. Their eyes meet. They talk, realize they still have feelings for each other and decide to dating. Jake and his friends are sent to army. After a month of writing letters are in action of Civil War. After heroic moments, he knows every day could be last and writes a letter to Sarah if he dies. She had married rich Union officer, as her father wanted, but he was killed by Jake in War. Jake is shot and dying, we are back in 1st scene. The letter is sent. She cry. After months Jake appears at her door alive. Talking about how Ritchie saved him and then they were in a shootout but survived and spent long time in military hospital. She is in tears. They hug and kiss.
