Colin Firth

Colin Firth has a younger brother, Jonathan, who is also an actor, but is not related to Peter Firth or Julian Firth. They have one son, Jason Gould. 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. He was married to Barbra Streisand from 1963 to 1971. 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). He also co-starred in the popular "caper" film Ocean's 11 (2001) and its sequel Ocean's 12 (2004). Despite widespread admiration for his performances, it was only with Pride and Prejudice that Firth's career really took off. Gould recieved critical praise for his role as an aging mobster in Warren Beatty's 1991 film Bugsy.

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. He appeared in an episode of the popular television series Touched By An Angel where he played a concentration camp survivor. In 1989, he took the lead in the film Valmont, playing opposite Meg Tilly, with whom he had a well-publicised relationship. His career slowed down after a series of critical and commercial flops in the mid to late 70's, but he has remained steadily employed in supporting and character roles in television and movies, including a recurring guest role on Friends. Carr's novel, A Month in the Country. Also in 1980, Gould filmed two movies for Walt Disney studios The Last Flight Of Noah's Ark and The Devil And Max Devlin, in this he co-starred with Bill Cosby. L. He hosted Saturday Night Live six times through the 1980 season premiere, although he has not done so since (in the late 80's he had a cameo role in a sketch about a secret club for people who had hosted 5 or more times).

In 1987, he played alongside Kenneth Branagh in the film version of J. Gould joined such distinguished company as Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum when he played legendary shamus Phillip Marlowe in the 1973 film The Long Goodbye. His first film and television appearances were made in 1984. Other notable film roles include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, A Bridge Too Far, Capricorn One and, The Lady Vanishes. He starred in the award-winning 1981 London stage production of Another Country. Time magazine put him on its cover in 1970, when he was at the brief height of his long career, calling him a "star for an uptight age.". Firth was born in Hampshire, England, and spent part of his childhood in Nigeria where his family were missionaries. Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938), born Elliott Goldstein, was one of the most prominent American film actors in the early '70s, best known for playing Trapper John in the satirical 1970 film M*A*S*H.

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.