In Bridget Jones's Diary, Mr. Darcy’s first name is Mark. Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy, the reserved barrister who becomes Bridget Jones’s romantic interest in the 2001 film.
The character is a modern adaptation of Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones novel was itself inspired by Austen’s story, but it relocates the social comedy to contemporary London and turns the heroine into a single woman navigating work, friendships, dating, and self-doubt.
The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver, creating a romantic triangle between Bridget, Darcy, and Cleaver. Firth’s casting adds another Austen connection: he had previously played Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Readers sometimes remember the character only by his surname, but the film explicitly establishes the first name Mark.