Colin Farrell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-05-31 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Colin Farrell
Biography
Colin James Farrell (/ˈfærəl/; 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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Known For
Acting
The Ballad of a Small Player
as Lord Doyle
Sgt. Rock
as Sgt. Franklin John Rock
Belly of the Beast
as Jack Henry Abbott
(2027)
Untitled The Batman Sequel
as Oz / The Penguin
(2025)
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
as David
(2023)
(2022)
The Batman
as Oz / The Penguin
(2022)
Thirteen Lives
as John Volanthen
(2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
(2022)
After Yang
as Jake
(2021)
Voyagers
as Richard
(2020)
The Gentlemen
as Coach
(2020)
Ava
as Simon
(2020)
Artemis Fowl
as Artemis Fowl I
(2020)
Street Leagues
as Narrator
(2019)
Dumbo
as Holt Farrier
(2019)
Gloomy Eyes
as (English dubbing)
(2018)
Widows
as Jack Mulligan
(2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Steven Murphy
(2017)
The Beguiled
as Corporal McBurney
(2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as George Pierce
(2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Percival Graves
(2016)
It's Not Yet Dark
as Narrator (Voice)
(2015)
The Lobster
as David
(2015)
Solace
as Charles Ambrose
(2014)
Winter's Tale
as Peter Lake
(2014)
Miss Julie
as John
(2013)
Epic
as Ronin (voice)
(2013)
Dead Man Down
as Victor
(2013)
Saving Mr. Banks
as Travers Robert Goff
(2012)
Total Recall
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
(2012)
Seven Psychopaths
as Marty Faranan
(2011)
Horrible Bosses
as Bobby Pellitt
(2011)
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
(2010)
The Way Back
as Valka
(2010)
London Boulevard
as Harry Mitchel
(2010)
Ondine
as Syracuse
(2010)
Burma Soldier
as Narrator (Voice)
(2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 3
(2009)
Crazy Heart
as Tommy Sweet
(2009)
Triage
as Mark Walsh
(2008)
In Bruges
as Ray
(2008)
Pride and Glory
as Jimmy Eagan
(2008)
Kicking It
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
Cassandra's Dream
as Terry Blaine
(2006)
Miami Vice
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
(2006)
Ask the Dust
as Arturo Bandini
(2005)
The New World
as Captain Smith
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
Becoming Alexander
as Self
(2004)
Alexander
as Alexander
(2004)
A Home at the End of the World
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
(2003)
S.W.A.T.
as Jim Street
(2003)
Daredevil
as Bullseye
(2003)
Phone Booth
as Stu Shepard
(2003)
The Recruit
as James Clayton
(2003)
Veronica Guerin
as Tattooed Boy
(2003)
Intermission
as Lehiff
(2003)
(2003)
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
(2002)
Minority Report
as Agent Danny Witwer [FBI]
(2002)
Hart's War
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
(2001)
American Outlaws
as Jesse James
(2000)
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as Alec
(2000)
Tigerland
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
(1999)
The War Zone
as Nick
(1998)
Falling for a Dancer
as Daniel McCarthey
(1997)
Drinking Crude
as Click
(1997)
The Disappearance of Finbar
as Simon
(1995)
Frankie Starlight
as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
Crew
Belly of the Beast
Producer
(2009)
Triage
Executive Producer
(2008)
Kicking It
Executive Producer