Colin Farrell
Acting
Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.
Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007).
Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015).
Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Colin Farrell
Oz / The Penguin
... 2027
Lord Doyle
... 2025
... 2025
... 2023
Pádraic Súilleabháin
... 2022
John Volanthen
... 2022
Jake
... 2022
Oz / The Penguin
... 2022
Richard
... 2021
Narrator
... 2020
Simon
... 2020
Artemis Fowl I
... 2020
Coach
... 2020
Holt Farrier
... 2019
(English dubbing)
... 2019
Jack Mulligan
... 2018
George Pierce
... 2017
Steven Murphy
... 2017
Corporal McBurney
... 2017
Percival Graves
... 2016
Narrator (Voice)
... 2016
David
... 2015
Charles Ambrose
... 2015
John
... 2014
Peter Lake
... 2014
Travers Robert Goff
... 2013
Ronin (voice)
... 2013
Victor
... 2013
Marty Faranan
... 2012
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
... 2012
Jerry Dandrige
... 2011
Bobby Pellitt
... 2011
Valka
... 2010
Harry Mitchel
... 2010
Narrator (Voice)
... 2010
Syracuse
... 2010
Tommy Sweet
... 2009
Mark Walsh
... 2009
Imaginarium Tony 3
... 2009
Jimmy Eagan
... 2008
Narrator (voice)
... 2008
Ray
... 2008
Terry Blaine
... 2007
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
... 2006
Arturo Bandini
... 2006
Self
... 2005
Captain Smith
... 2005
... 2005
Alexander
... 2004
Self (archive footage)
... 2004
Bobby Morrow (1982)
... 2004
Lehiff
... 2003
Jim Street
... 2003
Tattooed Boy
... 2003
... 2003
Bullseye
... 2003
James Clayton
... 2003
Stu Shepard
... 2003
Danny Witwer
... 2002
Lt. Thomas W. Hart
... 2002
Jesse James
... 2001
Pvt. Roland Bozz
... 2000
... 2000
Nick
... 1999
Daniel McCarthey
... 1998
... 1997
Click
... 1997
Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
... 1995
Jack Henry Abbott
Sgt. Franklin John Rock