Well-regarded British actor who has starred in such movies as Valmont (1989) and Apartment Zero (1988). Firth became more familiar to American audiences after playing Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC's television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1995). He was also seen in Circle of Friends (1995), The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Relative Values (2000).