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Colin Farrell
Biography
Life and career
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.
Filmography
52 films

Ballad of a Small Player
2025as Lord Doyle

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025as David

The Beautiful Game
2024Producer

The Banshees of Inisherin
2022as Pádraic Súilleabháin

Thirteen Lives
2022as John Volanthen

After Yang
2022as Jake

The Batman
2022as Oz / The Penguin

Voyagers
2021as Richard

Ava
2020as Simon

Artemis Fowl
2020as Artemis Fowl I

The Gentlemen
2020as Coach

Dumbo
2019as Holt Farrier

Widows
2018as Jack Mulligan

Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017as George Pierce

The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017as Steven Murphy

The Beguiled
2017as Corporal McBurney

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016as Percival Graves

The Lobster
2015as David

Solace
2015as Charles Ambrose

Winter's Tale
2014as Peter Lake

Saving Mr. Banks
2013as Travers Robert Goff

Epic
2013as Ronin (voice)

Dead Man Down
2013as Victor

Seven Psychopaths
2012as Marty Faranan

Total Recall
2012as Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Fright Night
2011as Jerry Dandrige

Horrible Bosses
2011as Bobby Pellitt

The Way Back
2010as Valka

London Boulevard
2010as Harry Mitchel

Ondine
2010as Syracuse

Crazy Heart
2009as Tommy Sweet

Triage
2009as Mark WalshExecutive Producer

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009as Imaginarium Tony 3

Pride and Glory
2008as Jimmy Eagan

In Bruges
2008as Ray

Cassandra's Dream
2007as Terry Blaine

Miami Vice
2006as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett

Ask the Dust
2006as Arturo Bandini

The New World
2005as Captain Smith

Alexander
2004as Alexander

Intermission
2003as Lehiff

S.W.A.T.
2003as Jim Street

Veronica Guerin
2003as Tattooed Boy

Daredevil
2003as Bullseye

The Recruit
2003as James Clayton

Phone Booth
2003as Stu Shepard

Minority Report
2002as Danny Witwer

Hart's War
2002as Lt. Thomas W. Hart

American Outlaws
2001as Jesse James

Tigerland
2000as Pvt. Roland Bozz

Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000as Alec

The War Zone
1999as Nick