COLIN FIRTH'S CAREER

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1983 ANOTHER COUNTRY GUY BENNETT (Queen's Theatre, London)

Writer: Julian Mitchell; Director: Stuart Burge


1983 CROWN COURT (appeared in an episode) (LWT TV)
1984 ANOTHER COUNTRY TOMMY JUDD (Goldcrest Film)

Co-stars: Rupert Everett (Guy Bennett), Michael Jenn (Barclay), Robert Addie (Delahay), Cary Elwes (Harcourt) Adrian Ross-Magenty (Wharton), Anna Massey (Imogen Bennett)

Writer: Julian Mitchell (adapted from his play); Director: Marek Kanievska


1984 THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA LOUIS DUBEDAT (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)

Writer: George Bernard Shaw


1984 CAMILLE ARMAND DUVAL (Eddie Entertainment Film/TV)

Co-stars: Greta Scacchi, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliot, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Ryecart

(adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas); Director: Rosemond Davis


1985 DUTCH GIRLS NEIL TRUELOVE (LWT TV)

Co-stars: Timothy Spall (Lyndon Baines Jellicoe), Bill Paterson (Mr Mole), James Wilby (Dundine), Adrian Lukis (Murray), Gusta Gerrtisen (Romelia), Silvia Millecam (Greetje), Anne Wil Blankers (Mrs Van Der Merwe), Erik Plooyer (Mr Van Der Merwe), Richard Torn (Kees Van Der Merwe), Stephanie Verwijmeren (Anna Van Der Merwe)

Writer: William Boyd; Director: Giles Foster


1985 1919 YOUNG ALEXANDER (Film)

Co-stars: Paul Scofield (Alexander), Maria Schell

Writers: Hugh Brody & Michael Ignatieff; Director: Hugh Brody


1985 THE LONELY ROAD FELIX (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/Old Vic, London)

Co-stars: Anthony Hopkins (Julian Fichtner),Samantha Eggar (Irene Herms), Alan Dobie (Stephan von Sala); Rupert Frazer (Dr Franz Reumann)

Writer: Arthur Schnitzler (translated by Ronald Adam & Christopher Fettes); Director: Christopher Fettes


1986 LOST EMPIRES RICHARD HERNCASTLE (Granada TV Series)

Co-stars: Laurence Olivier (Harry Burrard), John Castle (Nick "Ganga Dun" Ollerton), Beatie Edney (Nancy Ellis), Carmen du Sautoy (Julie Blane), Brian Glover (Tommy Beamish), Gillian Bevan (Cissie Mapes), Jim Carter (Inspector Crabbe), Pamela Stephenson (Lily Farris), Alfred Marks

Writer: Ian Curteis (adapted from the novel by J.B. Priestley); Director: Alan Grint


1986 TWO PLANKS & A PASSION RICHARD II (Radio)

Director: Anthony Minghella


1987? TALES FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS A WRITER (USA TV)
1987 THE SECRET GARDEN ADULT COLIN CRAVEN (TV)

Co-stars: Gennie James (Mary Lennox), Barret Oliver (Colin Craven), Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern (Ben Weatherstaff), Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi (Archibald Craven), Lucy Gutteridge, Julian Glover, Irina Brook (Adult Mary Lennox), Cassie Stewart (Martha), Carmel McSharry (Mrs Gordy), Edward Tudor-Pole (John the Footman)

Writer: Blanche Hanalis (adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Director: Alan Grint


1987 DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS EBEN CABOT (Greenwich Theatre, London)

Co-stars: Carmen du Sautoy (Abbie Cabot), Tom Hickey (Ephraim Cabot), Sam Douglas (Simeon Cabot), Richard Cordery (Peter Cabot)

Writer; Eugene O'Neill; Director: Patrick Mason


1987 BINTLEY'S MOZART NARRATOR (BBC TV)

Documentary on the work of choreographer David Bintley

Director: Katya Krausova


1987 A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY TOM BIRKIN (Film)

Co-stars: Kenneth Branagh (Moon), Natasha Richardson (Mrs Alice Keach), Patrick Malahide (Reverend Keach), Mr Ellerbeck (Jim Carter)

Writer: Simon Gray (adapted from the novel by J.L. Carr); Director: Pat O'Connor


1987 THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST RUPERT BROOKE (BBC Radio)

Co-stars: Emma Piper (Ka Cox)

Director: Cherry Cookson


1988 APARTMENT ZERO ADRIAN LEDUC (Film)

Co-stars: Hart Bochner (Jack Carney), Dora Bryan (Margaret McKinnery) Liz Smith (Mary Louise McKinnery), Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Carlos Sanchez-Verne), James Telfer (Vanessa), Mirella D'Angelo (Laura Werpachowsky), Juan Vitali (Alberto Werpachowsy), Francesca D'Aloja (Claudia), Elvia Andreoli (Adrian's Mother)

Writers: Martin Donovan & David Koepp; Director: Martin Donovan

AWARDS: Best Actor Seattle Film Festival; Best Actor Washington DC Film Festival


1988 TUMBLEDOWN ROBERT LAWRENCE (BBC TV)

Co-stars: Paul Rhys (Hugh Mackessac), David Calder (John Lawrence), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Jean Lawrence), Sophie Martin-Wells (Emma Harbour), Rupert Baker (Nick Lawrence), Jack Fortune (Chrsitopher Lawrence), Roddy Maude-Roxby (George Stubbs), Ann Bell (Helen Stubbs), Sophie Thompson (Louise Stubbs), Dan Hildebrand (Prothero), Tam Dean Burn (Sergeant Brodick), Mark Williams (Lumpy), Ian Michie (Fraser), Paul Higgins (Saltemarsh), Mark Wing-Davey (Adjutant Stewart-Inglis),

Writer: Charles Wood (based on the Falklands War experiences of Robert Lawrence); Director: Richard Eyre

AWARDS: Best Actor, Royal Society Television Awards; nominated for BAFTA as best actor (Ray McAnally won for A Very British Coup); Tumbledown won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama


1989 WINGS OF FAME BRIAN SMITH/NORMAN ELIOT TRIGORIN (Film)

Co-stars: Peter O'Toole (Cesar Valentin), Marie Trintignant (Bianca), Andrea Ferreol, Walter Gotell

Director: Otakar Votocek


1989 VALMONT Vicomte de VALMONT (Orion Film)

Co-stars: Annette Bening (Madame de Merteuil), Meg Tilly (Madame de Tourvel), Henry Thomas (Danceny), Fairuza Balk (Cecile Volanges), Sian Philips (Madame de Volanges), Jeffrey Jones (Gercourt), Fabia Drake (Madame de Rosemonde)

Writer: Jean-Claude Carriere (adapted from the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos); Director: Milos Forman


1991 FEMME FATALE (aka Fatal Woman) JOSEPH PRINCE (Republic Pictures Film)

Co-stars: Lisa Zane (Cynthia etc) Billy Zane (Elijah), Scott Wilson (Dr Beaumont), Lisa Blount (Jenny)

Writers: Michael Ferris & John D. Brancato; Director: Andre Guttfreund


1991 THE CARETAKER ASTON (Comedy Theatre, London & Tour)

Co-stars: Donald Pleasance (Davies), Peter Jowitt (Mick)

Writer/director: Harold Pinter


1991 OUT OF THE BLUE ALAN (BBC TV)

Co-stars: Cathy Tyson (Julie), John Lynch (Rudy), Catherine Zeta Jones (Chirsty), Dexter Fletcher (Anthony), Dominique Atkins (Angelique), Wendy Morgan (Liz)

Director: Nick Hamm


1992 COMEBACK NARRATOR

An Audio Book adaptation of the novel by Dick Francis


1993 CHATSKY or: The Importance of Being Stupid CHATSKY (Almeida Theatre, London)

Co-stars: Jemma Redgrave (Sophie), Minnie Driver (Liza), Dinsdale Landen (Famusov), David O'Hara (Repetilov), Jonathan Cullen (Molchalin)

Writer: Alexander Griboyedov; translated by Anthony Burgess; Director: Jonathan Kent


1993 THE HOUR OF THE PIG RICHARD COURTOIS (Miramax Film)

aka THE ADVOCATE

Co-stars: Donald Pleasance (Prosecutor Pincheon), Michael Gough (Magistrate), Nicol Williamson (The Seigneur) Ian Holm (Father Albertus), Amina Annabi (Samira), Lysette Anthony (Fillette), Harriet Walter (Jeanine), Jim Carter (Matthieu), Sophie Dix (Maria), Elizabeth Spriggs (Madame)

Writer/ Director: Leslie Megahey


1993 HOSTAGES JOHN McCARTHY (Granada TV/HBO)

Co-stars: Ciaran Hinds (Brian Keenan), Kathy Bates (Peggy Say), Natasha Richardson (Jill Morrell), Josef Sommer (Tom Sutherland), Harry Dean Stanton (Frank Reed), Jay O. Sanders (Terry Anderson), Stephen Dillane (Chris Pearson), Juliano Merr (Ali), Sami Samir (Ahmad), Dan Turgeman (Mahmoud)

Writer: Bernard MacLaverty; Director: David Wheatley


1994 PLAYMAKER ROSS TALBERT/MICHAEL CONDREN (Film)

Co-stars: Jennifer Rubin (Jamie), John Getz (Eddie the bartender)

Writer/Director: Yuri Zeltser


1994 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SIMON WESTWARD (Savoy Pictures Film)

Co-stars: Minnie Driver (Benny), Chris O'Donnell (Jack Foley), Alan Cumming (Sean), Saffron Burrows (Nan), Geraldine O'Rawe (Eve)

Writer: Andrew Davies (adapted from the novel by Maeve Binchy); Director: Pat O'Connor


1994 MASTER OF THE MOOR STEPHEN WHALBY (LWT TV Series)

Co-stars: Robert Urquhart (Dadda Whalby), George Costigan (Det. Insp. Manciple), Emma Croft (Lyn Whalby), John Michie (Nick)

Writer: Trevor Preston (adapted from the novel by Ruth Rendall); Director: Marc Evans


1994 THE DEEP BLUE SEA FREDDIE PAGE (BBC TV)

Co-stars: Penelope Wilton (Hester Collyer), Ian Holm (Sir William Collyer), Wojtek Pszoniak (Mr Miller), Stephen Tompkinson (Philip Welch), Edward Tudor-Pole (Jackie Jackson), Carmel McSharry (Mrs Elton)

Writer: Terence Rattigan; Director: Karel Reisz


1995 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE MR DARCY (BBC TV Series)

Co-stars: Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet), Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet), Alison Steadman (Mrs Bennet), Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr Bingley), Benjamin Whitrow (Mr Bennet), Adrian Lukis (Wickham), Anna Chancellor (Miss Bingley), Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet), Davis Bamber (Mr Collins), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Lady Catherine De Bourgh)

Writer: Andrew Davies, adapted from Jane Austen's novel; director: Simon Langton

AWARDS: Nominated for best actor BAFTA (lost to Robbie Coltrane for Cracker); BBC TV Best/favourite actor award at 60th Anniversary celebrations


1995 THE WIDOWING OF MRS HOLROYD CHARLIE HOLROYD (BBC TV)

Co-stars: Zoe Wanamaker (Mrs Holroyd), Stephen Dillane (Blackmore), Brenda Bruce (Grandmother), Wayne Foskett (Rigby)

Writer: D.H. Lawrence; Director: Katie Mitchell


1996 THE ENGLISH PATIENT GEOFFREY CLIFTON ( Miramax Film)

Co -stars: Ralph Fiennes (Count Laslo Almasy), Kristin Scott-Thomas (Katharine Clifton), Juliet Binoche (Hana), Willem Dafoe (Caravaggio), Naveen Andrews (Kip), Julian Wadham (Madox)

Writer/Director: Anthony Minghella (adapted from the novel by Michael Ondaatje)


1996 NOSTROMO CHARLES GOULD (BBC TV Series)

Co-stars: Serena Scott-Thomas (Emilia Gould), Albert Finney (Dr Monyghan), Claudio Amendola (Nostromo), Claudia Cardinale, Brian Dennehy (Joshua Holroyd), Lothaire Bluteau (Martin Decoud)

Writer: John Hale (adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad); Director: Alastair Reid


1997 FEVER PITCH PAUL ASHWORTH (Channel Four Film)

Co-stars: Ruth Gemmell (Sarah), Mark Strong (Steve), Holly Aird (Jo), Neil Pearson (Paul's Dad),Stephen Rea (Ray the Governor)

Writer: Nick Hornby (adapted from his book); Director David Evans


1997 A THOUSAND ACRES JESS CLARK (Touchstone Pictures)

Co-stars: Jessica Lange (Ginny), Michelle Pfeiffer (Rose), Jason Robards (Larry Cook), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Caroline Cook), Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson

Writer: Laura Jones (adapted from the novel by Jane Smiley); Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse


1997 THE WORLD OF MOSS ADAM FORMAN (Miramax Film/Enigma)

Co-stars: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Irene Jacob (?)

Writer: Simon Donald (adapted from the autobiography Son of Adam by Sir Denis Forman);

Director: Hugh Hudson


This page last updated 20 July 1997

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