Colin Farrell

Born: 1976-05-31 in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland

Known For: Acting

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

2028

The Batman: Part II as Oz / The Penguin

2026

2025

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey as David
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
Ballad of a Small Player as Lord Doyle
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards as Self
From that Small Island as Narrator
From that Small Island as Narrator

2024

Sugar as John Sugar
The Penguin as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
The Beautiful Game ... (Producer)

2023

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
Room Taken ... (Executive Producer)

2022

The Batman as Oz / The Penguin
The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
After Yang as Jake
Thirteen Lives as John Volanthen
The Batman: Unpacking the Icons as Himself

2021

The North Water as Henry Drax
Voyagers as Richard

2020

The Gentlemen as Coach
Artemis Fowl as Artemis Fowl I
Ava as Simon
Street Leagues as Narrator

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
Dumbo as Holt Farrier

2018

Widows as Jack Mulligan
An Impossible Conundrum as Self

2017

The Beguiled as Corporal McBurney
Roman J. Israel, Esq. as George Pierce
The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Steven Murphy

2013

Epic as Ronin (voice)
Saving Mr. Banks as Travers Robert Goff
Dead Man Down as Victor

2012

Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Seven Psychopaths as Marty Faranan

2011

Horrible Bosses as Bobby Pellitt
Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige
Muide Éire as Self

2010

Conan as Self - Guest
The Way Back as Valka
London Boulevard as Harry Mitchel
Ondine as Syracuse
Burma Soldier as Narrator (Voice)

2009

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 3
The Meaning of Life as Self
Crazy Heart as Tommy Sweet
Triage as Mark Walsh
Live from Studio Five as Self

2008

In Bruges as Ray
Pride and Glory as Jimmy Eagan
Kicking It as Narrator (voice)

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
Cassandra's Dream as Terry Blaine

2006

Miami Vice as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Ask the Dust as Arturo Bandini

2005

The New World as Captain Smith
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Alexander as Self

2004

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - segment
Alexander as Alexander
A Home at the End of the World as Bobby Morrow (1982)

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Daredevil as Bullseye
S.W.A.T. as Jim Street
Phone Booth as Stu Shepard
The Recruit as James Clayton
Veronica Guerin as Tattooed Boy
Intermission as Lehiff
Making of Phone Booth as Self
Celebrities Uncensored as Self

2002

Minority Report as Danny Witwer
Hart's War as Lt. Thomas W. Hart

2001

Scrubs as Billy
American Outlaws as Jesse James

2000

Tigerland as Pvt. Roland Bozz
Ordinary Decent Criminal as Alec

1999

Love in the 21st Century as Mattie
The War Zone as Nick

1998

Falling for a Dancer as Daniel McCarthey

1997

The View as Self
The Disappearance of Finbar as Simon
Drinking Crude as Click

1996

The Daily Show as Self
Ballykissangel as Danny Byrne

1995

Frankie Starlight as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)

1994

Inside the Actors Studio as Self

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
HBO First Look as Self

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self

1984

Goldene Kamera as Self

1981

Wetten, dass..? as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1962

The Late Late Show as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

1949

The Emmy Awards as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee