Colin Firth is an English actor who was born in the Hampshire village of Grayshott to David Norman Lewis Firth and Shirley Firth who are both academics and teachers.
Colin Firth’s mother Shirley Jean was a comparative religion lecturer at King Alfred’s College (now the University of Winchester), and his father David Norman Lewis Firth was a history lecturer at King Alfred’s and a Nigerian government education officer.
Colin Firth is the eldest of three children; his sister Kate is a voice coach and actress, and his brother Jonathan is also an actor.
His paternal grandfather was an Anglican priest, and his maternal grandparents were Congregationalist ministers. They did missionary work in other countries, and both of his parents were born and spent part of their childhoods in India.
Colin Firth spent several years in Nigeria as a child as a result of his parents’ work. He also lived in St. Louis, Missouri when he was 11, which he has described as “a difficult time”
Colin Firth began attending drama workshops at the age of ten and decided to become a professional actor by the age of fourteen.
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