Today is Colin Firth’s 55th birthday! And it is also almost 20 years ago that I instantly fell in love with him as soon as he walked onto my TV screen in the BBC’s “Pride and Prejudice” as Mr. Darcy! I was hooked after the first episode aired at the end of September 1995 and I could hardly wait for each week to see the next episode!
The Darcy role has famously followed him, he played a version of it in “Bridget Jones’s Diary”:
Even in last year’s Woody Allen film “Magic in the Moonlight”, his character has some Darcy traits and he proposed to the girl in a very Darcy-esque way, condescending to marry her despite all objections…
When the man won his Oscar for “The King’s Speech” in 2011, I was thrilled!!
And he loves his wife. I just love that he loves his wife! Here he is helping her get dressed for the Oscars 2011. Awww…
And he’s such a gentleman. Here he is helping Meryl Streep into the shoe she lost while collecting her BAFTA award in 2012. Of course she gratefully kissed him for it. Who wouldn’t? 🙂
Some picures of him taken in May this year, one of them taken when he arrived in Cannes:
And some pictures of him taken this past summer while filming:
And the most recent one of him taken this month with wife Livia, supporting her Eco Age sustainable fashion endeavors:
Happy Birthday, Colin Firth! I have loved you for 20 years – I think I can safely say that my love for you is here to stay!
The Book of Esther 
The first time I saw him – in Bridget Jones, and love him and Bridget, they were great! Happy birthday to a great actor ❤
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This is the first time I wrote a post ahead of time and scheduled it to be published this morning, and it worked! YAY!
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I do this a lot! Fantastic for holidays, preparing some posts for the readers 🙂
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I’m usually not that organized, but maybe it can help me try to be. 😉
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I bet Meryl dropped her shoe just so she could kiss him thanks! 😉
Lovely,lovely man and may we enjoy his films for a loong time.
I woke up with the same news, the wished him happy birthday on the radio while i was getting ready and played the trailer music from Pride and Prejudice :-))
Melvyn Tan http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/350d3c6c-c81c-4ebf-b983-9294cb20c02e
remember this? 🙂 it brought a smile on my face, this and the sun today has put me in a great mood 🙂
I think i need to re-watch it sometimes soon!
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Oh yes, I know the music! I even have the CD somewhere (although right now I wouldn’t for the life of me be able to remember where). 🙂
I was actually re-watching bits of P&P the other day, it remains masterful to me. Just like with North & South I go back to bits and pieces regularly… I don’t think a year goes by that I don’t see some of each of these costume dramas. Both are so very loved.
Yes, sun shining here as well – it’s a good day. 🙂
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https://soundcloud.com/hariclea/pp-1 i had to catch the whole tune 🙂 just makes me smile thinking of the curls, frocks and manners 🙂
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Aw, he is such a doll. Thanks for the great photos 🙂
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