Colin Firth in his youth

A Briton by birth and a man of peace in his heart - Colin Firth has long earned the love and recognition of thousands of women around the world. He began to learn after the bright roles in the series "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Bridget Jones Diary."

Colin Firth was born in a simple family, and in his childhood traveled a lot in the company of his grandfather and grandmother. When the boy grew up, the whole family moved from Britain to America. Colin's parents bought a house in St. Louis, where the future actor became acquainted with the theater. This happened after local hooligans began to offend Colin at school, and studying for him was not interesting. Therefore, he enrolled in a circle of dramaturgy and realized that he wanted to become an actor.

In his youth, Colin Firth read Marx, played the guitar, smoked with his comrades, and like all true nihilists, he thought about a coup in the country. For further education, he chose the Faculty of English Literature at the College named after Barton Peverila, but did not finish his studies and left to work for the London National Youth Theater, behind the scenes of which he dreamed to appear on stage, so that all views were riveted only to his character.

His career, the young Colin Firth began at the London Drama Center, where he went to study. After the debut as Hamlet, he was seen and invited to participate in other productions, and later in the cinema. Significant films for Colin Firth were: "Another country" - his first film, "Pride and Prejudice", "Shakespeare in Love", "Bridget Jones Diary", "Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Mamma Mia", "Dorian Gray" and , of course, "The King says," for the role in which the actor received an Oscar.

The personal life of the actor

As for Colin Firth's personal life, he, after the example of his parents, has always been an exemplary family man. Perhaps this also played a role in creating the image of a real English gentleman. Even in his youth, Colin Firth married the beautiful colleague Meg Tilly, with whom he worked on the site of the film "Valmont." A little later they moved to live in Canada, and they had a son. However, a few years later the marriage broke up, because without shooting and playing on stage Colin could not live.

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His next wife was Italian Libya Jujolli - scriptwriter and director by profession. Because of this marriage Colin Firth had to live in two countries. His family was in Italy, and work in Britain. Livia gave birth to her husband two beautiful sons. But Colin maintains a good and warm relationship with the older child from his first marriage.