Colin Firth was in Pride & Prejudice.
Colin Firth . Identified in the late 1980s with the `` Brit Pack '' of rising , young British actors , it was not until Firth 's portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice that he received more widespread attention . Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama , adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen 's 1813 novel of the same name .