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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