Colin Firth turns in gay role in `A Single Man`

　 Actor Colin Firth poses for Reuters in Beverly Hills in this November 5, 2009 file photo. Firth, 49, whose past roles include the awkward but alluring Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones"s Diary" and the diffident Jamie Bennett in "Love Actually", turns in what critics say is an Oscar-worthy role of a lifetime in "A Single Man" as a gay, 1960s British professor grieving over the loss of his lover. Picture taken November 5, 2009. (Reuters Photo)
　
　

　 Actor Colin Firth poses for Reuters in Beverly Hills in this November 5, 2009 file photo. Firth, 49, whose past roles include the awkward but alluring Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones"s Diary" and the diffident Jamie Bennett in "Love Actually", turns in what critics say is an Oscar-worthy role of a lifetime in "A Single Man" as a gay, 1960s British professor grieving over the loss of his lover. Picture taken November 5, 2009.(Reuters Photo)

Actor Colin Firth poses for Reuters in Beverly Hills in this November 5, 2009 file photo. Firth, 49, whose past roles include the awkward but alluring Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones"s Diary" and the diffident Jamie Bennett in "Love Actually", turns in what critics say is an Oscar-worthy role of a lifetime in "A Single Man" as a gay, 1960s British professor grieving over the loss of his lover. Picture taken November 5, 2009.