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.
Filmography (114)
The Batman: Part II
2027
The Slightest Touch
2026
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
From that Small Island
2025
From that Small Island
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
The Penguin
2024
Sugar
2024
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
After Yang
2022
The Batman
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
Thirteen Lives
2022
Voyagers
2021
The North Water
2021
Street Leagues
2020
Ava
2020
The Gentlemen
2020
Artemis Fowl
2020
Dumbo
2019
Gloomy Eyes
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Widows
2018
An Impossible Conundrum
2018
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
The Beguiled
2017
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
It's Not Yet Dark
2016
The Lobster
2015
Solace
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hot Ones
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Winter's Tale
2014
Miss Julie
2014
True Detective
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Dead Man Down
2013
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Epic
2013
Total Recall
2012
Seven Psychopaths
2012
Horrible Bosses
2011
Fright Night
2011
Muide Éire
2011
Ondine
2010
The Way Back
2010
London Boulevard
2010
Burma Soldier
2010
Conan
2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
Crazy Heart
2009
Triage
2009
Live from Studio Five
2009
The Meaning of Life
2009
In Bruges
2008
Pride and Glory
2008
Kicking It
2008
Cassandra's Dream
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Miami Vice
2006
Ask the Dust
2006
The New World
2005
Becoming Alexander
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Alexander
2004
A Home at the End of the World
2004
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004
The Recruit
2003
Phone Booth
2003
Daredevil
2003
S.W.A.T.
2003
Intermission
2003
Making of Phone Booth
2003
Veronica Guerin
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Minority Report
2002
Hart's War
2002
American Outlaws
2001
Scrubs
2001
Tigerland
2000
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
The War Zone
1999
Love in the 21st Century
1999
Falling for a Dancer
1998
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997
Drinking Crude
1997
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Ballykissangel
1996
Frankie Starlight
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
HBO First Look
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Goldene Kamera
1984
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show
1962
The Oscars
1953
The Emmy Awards
1949
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Belly of the Beast
Sgt. Rock
Ordained
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