Born: September 10, 1960. Grayshott. British actor. Full name: Colin Andrew Firth. Entered the London Drama Centre in 1980. Debuted in the stage production of Another Country in 1983. Appeared in a different role in the film adaptation of the same work in 1984. After that, he steadily gained experience, and in 1988, he received high praise for his role in the TV drama Tumbledown. His breakthrough role was the TV drama Pride and Prejudice (1995), based on a Jane Austen novel. He also appeared in The English Patient (1996) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2001, he gave a great performance in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary. He has also demonstrated his artistic range through a variety of productions, including Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), in which he played the 17th century painter Jan Vermeer, the family film Nanny McPhee (2005), and the musical film Mamma Mia! (2008). In The King's Speech (2010), he gave a moving performance as King George VI, a man who had overcome his stuttering, and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA, and others, for his performance as King George VI. Firth |
[生]1960.9.10. グレイショット イギリスの俳優。フルネーム Colin Andrew Firth。1980年にロンドン・ドラマセンターに入学。1983年,舞台版『アナザー・カントリー』Another Countryでデビュー。翌 1984年に同作品の映画版に別の役柄で出演した。その後は着実に実績を積み,1988年,テレビドラマ『タンブルダウン』Tumbledownで高い評価を受ける。ジェーン・オースティン原作のテレビドラマ『高慢と偏見』Pride and Prejudice(1995。→自負と偏見)は出世作となった。『イングリッシュ・ペイシェント』The English Patient(1996),『恋におちたシェイクスピア』Shakespeare in Love(1998)などのアカデミー賞作品賞を受賞した秀作にも出演。2001年にはコメディ『ブリジット・ジョーンズの日記』Bridget Jones's Diaryで好演。さらに 17世紀の画家ヤン・フェルメールを演じた『真珠の耳飾りの少女』Girl with a Pearl Earring(2003)や家族向け作品『ナニー・マクフィーの魔法のステッキ』Nanny McPhee(2005),あるいはミュージカル映画『マンマ・ミーア!』Mamma Mia!(2008)など,多様な作品で芸域の広さを証明している。『英国王のスピーチ』The King's Speech(2010)では,吃音を克服したのちのイギリス国王ジョージ6世を感動的に演じ,アカデミー賞,イギリス・アカデミー賞 BAFTAをはじめ数々の賞で主演男優賞に輝いた。 ファース
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