Colin Firth is a British actor who has had an extensive career both on stage and screen, having received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Volpi Cup. Firth's films have grossed more than $4 billion from over 50 releases worldwide.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Crown Court | PC Franklin | Gareth Morgan | Television (UK); episode: "Citizens: Part 1" |
| Camille | Armand Duval | Desmond Davis | Television film | |
| 1985 | Dutch Girls | Neil Truelove | Giles Foster | Television film |
| 1986 | Lost Empires | Richard Herncastle | Alan Grint | TV mini-series |
| 1987 | Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius | Rene Wilcox | Rob Thompson | PBS Shorts Special |
| The Secret Garden | Adult Colin Craven | Alan Grint | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1988 | Tumbledown | Robert Lawrence | Richard Eyre | Television film |
| 1991 | Out of the Blue | Alan | Nick Hamm | Play for television |
| 1992 | Hostages | John McCarthy | David Wheatley | Television – HBO |
| 1994 | Master of the Moor | Stephen Whalby | Marc Evans | Television film – UK |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Freddie Page | Karel Reisz | Play for television – UK | |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Fitzwilliam Darcy | Simon Langton | Television mini-series |
| The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd | Charles Holroyd | Katie Mitchell | Play for television – UK | |
| 1997 | Nostromo | Charles Gould | Alastair Reid | Television mini-series |
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | William Shakespeare | Richard Curtis | Television short |
| The Turn of the Screw | The Master | Ben Bolt | Masterpiece Theatre | |
| 2000 | Donovan Quick | Donovan Quick/Daniel Quinn | David Blair | Television film |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Wilhelm Stuckart | Frank Pierson | Television film – HBO |
| We Know Where You Live | Himself | Declan Lowney | Benefit for Amnesty International | |
| Fourplay | Allen Portland | Mike Binder | Television film – HBO, also known as Londinium | |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Television series | |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Mark Armitage | Dominic Savage | Television film – UK |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Jamie | Richard Curtis Mat Whitecross | Television short film |
| 2022 | The Staircase | Michael Peterson | Antonio Campos | Miniseries |
| TBA | Lockerbie | Jim Swire | Otto Bathurst | Miniseries [3] |
| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Another Country | Guy Bennett | Julian Mitchell | Queen's Theatre, West End |
| 1984 | The Doctor's Dilemma | Louis Dubedat | George Bernard Shaw | Churchill Theatre, Bromley |
| 1985 | The Lonely Road | Felix | Arthur Schnitzler | The Old Vic, London |
| 1987 | Desire Under the Elms | Eben | Eugene O'Neill | Greenwich Theatre, London |
| 1991 | The Caretaker | Aston | Harold Pinter | Comedy Theatre, West End |
| 1993 | Chatsky | Chatsky | Alexander Griboyedov | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 1999 | Three Days of Rain | Walker/Ned | Richard Greenberg | Donmar Warehouse, London |
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