Colin Firth's Career

-- Part I:   1983 -- 1994

(In chronological order -- last updated 03 April, 2005)
1983 -- ANOTHER COUNTRY · (Play) as GUY BENNETT (Queen's Theatre, London)
     COACTORS: James Newall (Tommy Judd), Alex Guard (Donald Devenish), Julien Ball (Jim Menzies)
     WRITER: Julian Mitchell; DIRECTOR: Stuart Burge
1983 -- CROWN COURT · (TV) (appeared in an episode) (LWT TV)
1984 -- ANOTHER COUNTRY · (Film) as TOMMY JUDD (Goldcrest Film)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Play) as LOUIS DUBEDAT (Churchill Theatre, Bromley and at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, London)
     WRITER: George Bernard Shaw
1984 -- CAMILLE · (TV drama) as ARMAND DUVAL (Hallmark Hall of Fame, Rosemont Productions Limited )
     COACTORS: Greta Scacchi (Marguerite Gautier), John Gielgud (the Duke), Billie Whitelaw (Prudence), Patrick Ryecart (Gaston), Denholm Elliot (the Count), Ben Kingsley (Duval pere), Ronald Pickup (Jean, the painter)
     WRITER: Blanche Hanalis (adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils); DIRECTOR: Rosemond Davis
1985 -- DUTCH GIRLS · (TV) as NEIL TRUELOVE (LWT TV)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Film) as YOUNG ALEXANDER (BFI, Ch.4 Film)
     COACTORS: Paul Scofield (Alexander Scherbatov ), Maria Schell (Sophie Rubin), Jacqueline Dankworth (Alexander's sister), Clare Higgins (Young Sophie)
     WRITERS: Hugh Brody & Michael Ignatieff; DIRECTOR: Hugh Brody
1985 -- THE LONELY ROAD · (Play) as FELIX (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/Old Vic, London)
     COACTORS: 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 · (TV mini-series) as RICHARD HERNCASTLE (Granada TV)
     COACTORS: 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 (Otto Mergen)
     WRITER: Ian Curteis (adapted from the novel by J.B. Priestley); DIRECTOR: Alan Grint
1986 -- TWO PLANKS & A PASSION · (Radio Play) as RICHARD II (BBC)
     DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella
1987-- TALES FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS: PAT HOBBY TEAMED WITH GENIUS · (USA TV) as RENE WILCOX, A WRITER (*prob. Zenith*)
     COACTOR: Christopher Lloyd (Pat Hobby)
     WRITERS: F. Scott Fitzgerald (stories) and Robert C. Thompson; DIRECTOR: Robert C. Thompson
1987 -- THE SECRET GARDEN · (TV) as ADULT COLIN CRAVEN (Rosemont Prod.Ltd, Viacom, Hallmark Hall of Fame)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Play) as EBEN CABOT (Greenwich Theatre, London)
     COACTORS: 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 · (TV) as NARRATOR (BBC TV)
     Documentary on the work of choreographer David Bintley
     DIRECTOR: Katya Krausova
1987 -- A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY · (Film) as TOM BIRKIN (Channel Four Films, Euston Films, UK)
     COACTORS: Kenneth Branagh (Moon), Natasha Richardson (Mrs Alice Keach), Patrick Malahide (Reverend Keach), Jim Carter (Mr Ellerbeck)
     WRITER: Simon Gray (adapted from the novel by J.L. Carr); DIRECTOR: Pat O'Connor
AWARDS: Best Film, Brussels Film Festival, 1987
1987 -- THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST · (Radio Play) as RUPERT BROOKE (BBC)
     COACTORS: Emma Piper (Ka Cox)
     DIRECTOR: Cherry Cookson
1988 -- APARTMENT ZERO · (Film) as ADRIAN LEDUC (Producer's Rep. Org., Summit Co.)
     COACTORS: 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 · (TV drama) as ROBERT LAWRENCE (BBC TV)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Film) as BRIAN SMITH/NORMAN ELIOT TRIGORIN (Malofilm Grp.)
     COACTORS: Peter O'Toole (Cesar Valentin), Marie Trintignant (Bianca), Andrea Ferreol (Theresa), Walter Gotell (Receptionist)
     WRITERS: Herman Koch, Otakar Votocek; DIRECTOR: Otakar Votocek
     AWARDS: Festival du Film d'Avoriaz (France): Prix Spécial du Jury, Prix de la Critique; Houston International Film festival (USA): Gold Special Jury Award; Viareggio Festival (Italy): Best Art Direction and Best Costumes; Festival du Film D'Angers (France): Prix du Public; WorldFest-Charleston (USA): Special Jury Award
1989 -- VALMONT · (Film) as Vicomte de VALMONT (Burill Prod., Renn Prod., Orion Pictures Corp.)
     COACTORS: 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
     AWARDS: 1990 César Awards for French film-making: Best Costume Design (Meilleurs costumes), Theodor Pistek; Best Production Design (Meilleurs décors); Pierre Guffroy
1991 -- FEMME FATALE (aka Fatal Woman) · (Film) as JOSEPH PRINCE (Republic Pictures Film)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Play) as ASTON (Comedy Theatre, London & Tour)
     COACTORS: Donald Pleasance (Davies), Peter Jowitt (Mick)
     WRITER/DIRECTOR: Harold Pinter
1991 -- OUT OF THE BLUE · (TV) as ALAN (BBC TV)
     COACTORS: Cathy Tyson (Julie), John Lynch (Rudy), Catherine Zeta Jones (Chirsty), Dexter Fletcher (Anthony), Dominique Atkins (Angelique), Wendy Morgan (Liz)
     WRITER: Graham Alborough; DIRECTOR: Nick Hamm
1992 -- COMEBACK · (Audiobook) as NARRATOR (Random Century Audiobooks)
     An Audio Book adaptation of the novel by Dick Francis. Two cassettes. [ISBN 1856860663] No longer available.
1993 -- CHATSKY or: The Importance of Being Stupid · (Play) as CHATSKY (Almeida Theatre, London)
     COACTORS: 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 (aka THE ADVOCATE) · (Film) as RICHARD COURTOIS (Miramax Film)
     COACTORS: 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), Sally and Gwynny (the pigs)
     WRITER/DIRECTOR: Leslie Megahey
1993 -- HOSTAGES · (TV drama) as JOHN McCARTHY (Granada TV/HBO)
     COACTORS: 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 · (Film) as ROSS TALBERT/MICHAEL CONDREN (Playmaker Productions)
     COACTORS: Jennifer Rubin (Jamie), John Getz (Eddie the bartender)
     WRITERS: Darren Block, Kathryn Nemesh, Michael Schroeder, Yuri Zeltser; DIRECTOR: Yuri Zeltser
A Colin Firth History -- Part II: 1994 -- 2005    ·   

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