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Colin Farrell

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Colin Farrell

Born May 31, 1976 in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland62 films

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.

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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.

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The Batman posterFirst watchThe Batman20227.7as Oz / The PenguinIn his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster7.3Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016Minority Report poster7.4Minority Report2002The Gentlemen poster7.7The Gentlemen2020In Bruges poster7.5In Bruges2008The Lobster poster7.0The Lobster2015The Banshees of Inisherin poster7.5The Banshees of Inisherin2022Saving Mr. Banks poster7.3Saving Mr. Banks2013The Killing of a Sacred Deer poster7.0The Killing of a Sacred Deer2017

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. TBABelly of the BeastJack Henry Abbott
  2. TBAOrdainedFather Roy Craig
  3. TBAArtYvan
  4. TBABad Bridgets
  5. 2028The Batman: Part IIOz / The Penguin
  6. 2026Patient Zero
  7. 2025Ballad of a Small PlayerLord Doyle
  8. 2025A Big Bold Beautiful JourneyDavid
  9. 2022The Banshees of InisherinPádraic Súilleabháin
  10. 2022Thirteen LivesJohn Volanthen
  11. 2022After YangJake
  12. 2022The BatmanOz / The Penguin
  13. 2021VoyagersRichard
  14. 2020AvaSimon
  15. 2020Artemis FowlArtemis Fowl I
  16. 2020The GentlemenCoach
  17. 2019DumboHolt Farrier
  18. 2018WidowsJack Mulligan
  19. 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq.George Pierce
  20. 2017The Killing of a Sacred DeerSteven Murphy
  21. 2017The BeguiledCorporal McBurney
  22. 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemGraves
  23. 2015The LobsterDavid
  24. 2015SolaceCharles Ambrose
  25. 2014Miss JulieJohn
  26. 2014Winter's TalePeter Lake
  27. 2013Saving Mr. BanksTravers Robert Goff
  28. 2013EpicRonin (voice)
  29. 2013Dead Man DownVictor
  30. 2012Seven PsychopathsMarty Faranan
  31. 2012Total RecallDouglas Quaid / Hauser
  32. 2011Fright NightJerry Dandrige
  33. 2011Horrible BossesBobby Pellitt
  34. 2010The Way BackValka
  35. 2010London BoulevardHarry Mitchel
  36. 2010OndineSyracuse
  37. 2009Crazy HeartTommy Sweet
  38. 2009TriageMark Walsh
  39. 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusImaginarium Tony 3
  40. 2008Pride and GloryJimmy Eagan
  41. 2008In BrugesRay
  42. 2007Cassandra's DreamTerry Blaine
  43. 2006Miami ViceDet. James 'Sonny' Crockett
  44. 2006Ask the DustArturo Bandini
  45. 2005The New WorldCaptain Smith
  46. 2004AlexanderAlexander
  47. 2004A Home at the End of the WorldBobby Morrow (1982)
  48. 2003IntermissionLehiff
  49. 2003S.W.A.T.Jim Street
  50. 2003Veronica GuerinTattooed Boy
  51. 2003DaredevilBullseye
  52. 2003The RecruitJames Clayton
  53. 2003Phone BoothStu Shepard
  54. 2002Minority ReportDanny Witwer
  55. 2002Hart's WarLt. Thomas W. Hart
  56. 2001American OutlawsJesse James
  57. 2000TigerlandPvt. Roland Bozz
  58. 2000Ordinary Decent CriminalAlec
  59. 1999The War ZoneNick
  60. 1997The Disappearance of FinbarSimon
  61. 1997Drinking CrudeClick
  62. 1995Frankie StarlightYoung Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)