Colin Farrell

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

Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett

Miami Vice

Danny Witwer

Minority Report

James Clayton

The Recruit

Stu Shepard

Phone Booth

Lt. Thomas W. Hart

Hart's War

Alexander

Alexander

Arturo Bandini

Ask the Dust

Pvt. Roland Bozz

Tigerland

Terry Blaine

Cassandra's Dream

Self

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

Captain Smith

The New World

Imaginarium Tony 3

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Ray

In Bruges

Tommy Sweet

Crazy Heart

Bullseye

Daredevil

Jim Street

S.W.A.T.

Mark Walsh

Triage

Jimmy Eagan

Pride and Glory

Jesse James

American Outlaws

Self

Becoming Alexander

Nick

The War Zone

Syracuse

Ondine

Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Total Recall

Lehiff

Intermission

Valka

The Way Back

Harry Mitchel

London Boulevard

Bobby Morrow (1982)

A Home at the End of the World

Bobby Pellitt

Horrible Bosses

Jerry Dandrige

Fright Night

Marty Faranan

Seven Psychopaths

Victor

Dead Man Down

Travers Robert Goff

Saving Mr. Banks

Ronin (voice)

Epic

Peter Lake

Winter's Tale

John

Miss Julie

Narrator

Street Leagues

Jack Henry Abbott

Belly of the Beast

David

The Lobster

Self

Making of Phone Booth

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

David

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Self (archive footage)

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Charles Ambrose

Solace

Percival Graves

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Lord Doyle

Ballad of a Small Player

Steven Murphy

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Corporal McBurney

The Beguiled

Oz / The Penguin

Untitled The Batman Sequel

George Pierce

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Holt Farrier

Dumbo

Jack Mulligan

Widows

Alec

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Tattooed Boy

Veronica Guerin

Narrator (Voice)

It's Not Yet Dark

Narrator (Voice)

Burma Soldier

Simon

The Disappearance of Finbar

Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)

Frankie Starlight

Click

Drinking Crude

Narrator (voice)

Kicking It

Simon

Ava

Coach

The Gentlemen

Jake

After Yang

(English dubbing)

Gloomy Eyes

Oz / The Penguin

The Batman

Pádraic Súilleabháin

The Banshees of Inisherin

Artemis Fowl I

Artemis Fowl

Richard

Voyagers

John Volanthen

Thirteen Lives

Self (archive footage)

Biography: Val Kilmer

Sgt. Franklin John Rock

Sgt. Rock

Himself

Muide Éire

Father Roy Craig

Ordained