Colin Firth is one of those great British actors who has played a variety of momental film roles.
And considering it's his birthday TODAY we thought we'd honour a few of them.
From a fuddy-duddy barrister in Bridget Jones's Diary, to singing ABBA in Mamma Mia! - Let us NOT forget he won an Oscar as George VI with a serious speech impediment in the The King's Speech.
These are just to name a few. So Happy Birthday Colin! And here are some of your best roles:
Colin Firth's 10 best movie roles
![Love Actually (2003)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/f1/21873/5b2d2/3c765/52102/97cc3/c8184/Love-Actually-Collin-Firth-and-Aurelia_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Love Actually (2003)
A dashing Colin in a rom-com, about to kiss the girl...swoon.
![Nanny McPhee (2005)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/92/aa85a/ce9b9/c8ece/0a907/461c2/2209d/nanny-mcphee-2005-11-g_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
As the dapper dad playing alongside Emma Thompson.
![The King's Speech (2010)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/65/e13b7/8c433/4ad82/2dc52/d0a84/0e3a2/kingsspech2_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
The King's Speech (2010)
In his monumental role as King George VI.
![Bridget Jones's Diary (2010)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/e9/50261/da001/587df/f137d/900ba/76ade/bridget-jones-darcy-ftr_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2010)
Totally swoonful. Alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant for this one.
![Mamma Mia! (2008)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/53/8ce9a/b7438/ec59f/a67e4/24b39/2c098/still-of-colin-firth-in-mamma-mia!-(2008)-large-picture_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Colin played Harry in this musical film feature.
![Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/5a/58fdb/cbfc5/a1cff/6721b/1f37a/ef496/mcdking_fe002_h_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Another Harry, but this time Colin is dapper secret agent, Harry Hart.
![A Single Man (2009)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/1f/d04ab/1f7e2/8e5eb/de822/a3f9b/1b3ee/a-single-man-colin-firth1_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
A Single Man (2009)
Colin plays English professor George in this drama set in the 1960s.
![Before I Go To Sleep (2014)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/25/771a1/14e9d/aaa49/05f5d/8c55c/cf426/Before-I-Go-To-Sleep-DI-1_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Before I Go To Sleep (2014)
Ben (Firth) has to wake up every morning to his wife Christine (Nicole Kidman) who has amnesia.
![Gambit (2012)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/20/ede1c/690ab/3e29a/13b18/85b6a/30741/gambit-picture04_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Gambit (2012)
Colin plays a mild-mannered art curator who plans to scam his abusive boss.
![The Railway Man (2013)](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/lifestyle-legacy/0a/44cba/a949e/acc9a/bcf16/44083/09ed9/trm_d024_00044_-_tanroh_ishida_colin_firth_the_railway_man_lg_940x526.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
The Railway Man (2013)
Eric Lomax (Firth), a former British army officer and POW, discovers that the Japanese interpreter who tortured him is still alive.