Colin Farrell
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1976-05-31 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Colin James 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.
Known For
TV Shows (41)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self / Self - Guest
True Detective
2014
as Ray Velcoro
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Scrubs
2001
as Billy
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Sugar
2024
as John Sugar
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
The Penguin
2024
as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004
as self - segment
Ballykissangel
1996
as Danny Byrne
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
as Self
The Late Late Show
1962
as Self
The North Water
2021
as Henry Drax
After Hours with James Corden
2026
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
The Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
Falling for a Dancer
1998
as Daniel McCarthey
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Love in the 21st Century
1999
as Mattie
From that Small Island
2025
as Narrator
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (74)
The Batman
2022
as Oz / The Penguin
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Percival Graves
Total Recall
2012
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Epic
2013
as Ronin (voice)
The Batman: Part II
2028
as Oz / The Penguin
The Lobster
2015
as David
Minority Report
2002
as Danny Witwer
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Bobby Pellitt
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
as Steven Murphy
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025
as David
Thirteen Lives
2022
as John Volanthen
The Gentlemen
2020
as Coach
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Alexander
2004
as Alexander
Dead Man Down
2013
as Victor
Fright Night
2011
as Jerry Dandrige
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Lord Doyle
Daredevil
2003
as Bullseye
Winter's Tale
2014
as Peter Lake
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Marty Faranan
In Bruges
2008
as Ray
Voyagers
2021
as Richard
Phone Booth
2003
as Stu Shepard
S.W.A.T.
2003
as Jim Street
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
as George Pierce
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Artemis Fowl I
Miami Vice
2006
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
The Beguiled
2017
as Corporal McBurney
Dumbo
2019
as Holt Farrier
The Way Back
2010
as Valka
Widows
2018
as Jack Mulligan
Solace
2015
as Charles Ambrose
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Travers Robert Goff
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Imaginarium Tony 3
Ava
2020
as Simon
The Recruit
2003
as James Clayton
After Yang
2022
as Jake
The New World
2005
as Captain Smith
Veronica Guerin
2003
as Tattooed Boy
Crazy Heart
2009
as Tommy Sweet
Pride and Glory
2008
as Jimmy Eagan
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Belly of the Beast
as Jack Henry Abbott
The War Zone
1999
as Nick
Drinking Crude
1997
as Click
Miss Julie
2014
as John
American Outlaws
2001
as Jesse James
Hart's War
2002
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
The Slightest Touch
2026
as Self
Burma Soldier
2010
as Narrator (Voice)
Cassandra's Dream
2007
as Terry Blaine
London Boulevard
2010
as Harry Mitchel
Art
as Yvan
Tigerland
2000
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
Ordained
as Father Roy Craig
Bad Bridgets
An Impossible Conundrum
2018
as Self
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as Alec
Becoming Alexander
2005
as Self
Ask the Dust
2006
as Arturo Bandini
Triage
2009
as Mark Walsh
Ondine
2010
as Syracuse
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
A Home at the End of the World
2004
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
Intermission
2003
as Lehiff
Kicking It
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997
as Simon
Making of Phone Booth
2003
as Self
It's Not Yet Dark
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
Street Leagues
2020
as Narrator
Muide Éire
2011
as Self
From that Small Island
2025
as Narrator
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
as Self
Gloomy Eyes
2019
as (English dubbing)
About Colin 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 wa… With 115 credits spanning from 1944 to 2028, Colin Farrell has appeared in 74 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Colin Farrell Movies
- The Batman (2022) — as Oz / The Penguin
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) — as Percival Graves
- Total Recall (2012) — as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
- Epic (2013) — as Ronin (voice)
- The Batman: Part II (2028) — as Oz / The Penguin
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