Colin Firth

Colin Firth has a younger brother, Jonathan, who is also an actor, but is not related to Peter Firth or Julian Firth. George Grossmith died in Folkestone, Kent. He also starred in the 2002 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest in which he played Jack Worthing. George Grossmith wrote numerous humourous pieces for the magazine Punch, as well as three books, The Reminiscences of a Society Clown (1888), Diary of a Nobody (co-written with his brother Weedon Grossmith, 1892), and Piano & I (1910). Since then, he has starred in films such as Fever Pitch (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Love Actually (2003), as well as TV productions including Donovan Quick (an updated version of Don Quixote) (1999) and Conspiracy (2001). Grossmith first retired from the stage in 1891, returned from 1894 - 1897, and made two more short stage appearances before his final retirement in 1900. Despite widespread admiration for his performances, it was only with Pride and Prejudice that Firth's career really took off. He also toured with the D'Oyly Carte Company around Great Britain and the United States of America.

His first major TV role came in the same year, when he played the lead in the play, Tumbledown, a drama based on real events in the Falklands War. George Grossmith became a regular member of Richard D'Oyly Carte's Savoy Theatre company, and created most of the lead comic light baritone roles in Gilbert & Sullivan's famous operettas. In 1989, he took the lead in the film Valmont, playing opposite Meg Tilly, with whom he had a well-publicised relationship. He was noted for his ability to get laughs, often improvising comic business in roles-- although he sometimes tended to do this too often, even at the expense of portions of productions that were supposed to be serious, and the main critisim often directed at Grossmith was that he seemed unable to content himself with playing any scene straight. Carr's novel, A Month in the Country. He soon became well known in London as a comedian. L. After working some time as a legal reporter and a journalist with no great success, Grossmith took to the stage in 1870.

In 1987, he played alongside Kenneth Branagh in the film version of J. George Grossmith was born in London, the son of a lecturer of the same name. His first film and television appearances were made in 1984. George Grossmith (December 7, 1847 - March 1, 1912) was an English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. He starred in the award-winning 1981 London stage production of Another Country. Firth was born in Hampshire, England, and spent part of his childhood in Nigeria where his family were missionaries.

Darcy in the BBC's 1995 dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice, Firth has become known as a heart-throb, but in reality he is a talented and versatile actor, equally at home on stage or screen. Since taking the starring role of Mr. Colin Firth (born September 10, 1960) is a popular British actor.