Claim: Colin Firth was in Pride & Prejudice.
Evidence: 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.