Editing Colin Firth (section)

==Acting credits and accolades==
{{main|List of Colin Firth performances|List of awards and nominations received by Colin Firth}}
[[File:Colin Firth figure at Madame Tussauds London.jpg|thumb|upright|Wax statue of Firth at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]
Firth has received numerous awards, including an [[Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]], [[British Academy Film Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for his performance as [[King George VI]] in [[Tom Hooper]]'s historical drama ''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010).

He received an [[honorary doctorate]] on 19 October 2007 from the [[University of Winchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Firth Receives Honorary Degree|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/26/colin_firth_receives_honorary_degree_|work=starpulse|date=26 October 2007|access-date=6 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205930/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/26/colin_firth_receives_honorary_degree_|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Firth – Honorary speech 2007 Graduation at University of Winchester|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU9tbErYcoY| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727075423/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU9tbErYcoY| archive-date=27 July 2013|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> On 13 January 2011, he was presented with the 2,429th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=Colin Firth wins a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame|date=14 January 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/14/colin-firth-star-walk-of-fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031061056/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/14/colin-firth-star-walk-of-fame|archive-date=31 October 2013|location=London|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2011, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included him in its list of the World's 100 Most Influential People.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066448,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425094004/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066448,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2011|title=The 2011 Time 100|date=21 April 2011|magazine=Time|access-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> He was made a [[Freedom of the City#Freedom of the City of London|Freeman]] of the [[City of London]] on 8 March 2012,<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/news_2012/colin_firth_freeman.htm "Colin Firth becomes Freeman of the City of London"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313022625/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/news_2012/colin_firth_freeman.htm |date=13 March 2012 }} 1 March 2012, News release at City of London website</ref> and was awarded an [[honorary fellowship]] by the [[University of the Arts London]] in 2012.<ref>[https://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends/stories/celebrating-ten Celebrating Ten] – website of the [[University of the Arts London]]</ref>

Firth was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2011 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/11_06_11honours_mainlist.pdf|publisher=BBC News UK|access-date=11 June 2011}}</ref>