
Colin Farrell
Born: 1976-05-31
Place of Birth: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Biography
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.
Known For

The Batman

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The Gentlemen

Minority Report

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Total Recall

The Lobster

Alexander

Horrible Bosses

S.W.A.T.

Daredevil

American Outlaws

The Banshees of Inisherin

Epic

In Bruges

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Widows

Dumbo

Ava

Ballad of a Small Player

Untitled The Batman Sequel

Veronica Guerin

The Way Back

Thirteen Lives

Seven Psychopaths

Intermission

Tigerland

Fright Night

Solace

Phone Booth

Dead Man Down

Hart's War

The Recruit

Miami Vice

The New World

Voyagers

Saving Mr. Banks

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Muide Éire

Frankie Starlight

The Masque of the Red Death

Triage

Ask the Dust

The Beguiled

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Artemis Fowl

Winter's Tale

Ondine

The War Zone

Crazy Heart

Drinking Crude

Pride and Glory

After Yang

London Boulevard

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Becoming Alexander

Cassandra's Dream

Miss Julie

It's Not Yet Dark

Burma Soldier

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

A Home at the End of the World

Kicking It

Ordained

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

Street Leagues

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

The Disappearance of Finbar
