Acting
Colin Farrell
EN, PT cinema · 77 credits
Born
31 May 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Also known as Colin James Farrell
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
Filmography
Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast
as Jack Henry Abbott, Producer
Ordained
Ordained
as Father Roy Craig, Producer
Art
as Yvan
The Batman: Part II
as Oz / The Penguin
The Slightest Touch
as Self, Producer
Bloodline
Producer
Ballad of a Small Player
as Lord Doyle
From that Small Island
as Narrator
The Beautiful Game
Producer
Room Taken
Executive Producer
After Yang
as Jake
The Batman
as Oz / The Penguin
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Thirteen Lives
as John Volanthen
Voyagers
as Richard
Street Leagues
as Narrator
Ava
as Simon
The Gentlemen
as Coach
Artemis Fowl
as Artemis Fowl I
Dumbo
as Holt Farrier
Widows
as Jack Mulligan
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Steven Murphy
The Beguiled
as Corporal McBurney
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as George Pierce
It's Not Yet Dark
as Narrator (Voice)
The Lobster
as David
Solace
as Charles Ambrose
Winter's Tale
as Peter Lake
Miss Julie
as John
Dead Man Down
as Victor
Saving Mr. Banks
as Travers Robert Goff
Epic
as Ronin (voice)
Total Recall
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Seven Psychopaths
as Marty Faranan
Horrible Bosses
as Bobby Pellitt
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
Muide Éire
as Self
Ondine
as Syracuse
The Way Back
as Valka
London Boulevard
as Harry Mitchel
Burma Soldier
as Narrator (Voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 3
Crazy Heart
as Tommy Sweet
Triage
as Mark Walsh, Executive Producer
In Bruges
as Ray
Pride and Glory
as Jimmy Eagan
Kicking It
as Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Cassandra's Dream
as Terry Blaine
Miami Vice
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Ask the Dust
as Arturo Bandini
The New World
as Captain Smith
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Alexander
as Alexander
A Home at the End of the World
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
The Recruit
as James Clayton
Phone Booth
as Stu Shepard
Daredevil
as Bullseye
S.W.A.T.
as Jim Street
Intermission
as Lehiff
Veronica Guerin
as Tattooed Boy
Minority Report
as Danny Witwer
Hart's War
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
American Outlaws
as Jesse James
Tigerland
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
The War Zone
as Nick
Drinking Crude
as Click
Frankie Starlight
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)