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