1976-05-31 ( 48 years old ) in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Colin James Farrell (/ˈfærəl/; 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.
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Movies
Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027-09-30
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025-09-18
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022-10-20
Thirteen Lives
2022-07-18
After Yang
2022-03-04
The Batman
2022-03-01
Voyagers
2021-04-08
Street Leagues
2020-09-25
Ava
2020-07-02
Artemis Fowl
2020-05-29
The Gentlemen
2020-01-01
Dumbo
2019-03-27
Gloomy Eyes
2019-01-18
Widows
2018-11-06
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017-11-17
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017-10-20
The Beguiled
2017-06-23
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016-11-16
It's Not Yet Dark
2016-07-09
The Lobster
2015-10-15
Solace
2015-09-03
Miss Julie
2014-09-07
Winter's Tale
2014-02-13
Saving Mr. Banks
2013-11-29
Epic
2013-05-15
Dead Man Down
2013-03-08
Seven Psychopaths
2012-10-12
Total Recall
2012-08-02
Fright Night
2011-08-18
Horrible Bosses
2011-07-08
The Way Back
2010-11-22
London Boulevard
2010-11-10
Burma Soldier
2010-11-01
Ondine
2010-03-05
Crazy Heart
2009-12-16
Triage
2009-11-13
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009-10-01
Pride and Glory
2008-09-09
Kicking It
2008-06-13
In Bruges
2008-02-08
Cassandra's Dream
2007-10-31
Miami Vice
2006-07-27
Ask the Dust
2006-02-02
Becoming Alexander
2005-12-31
The New World
2005-12-25
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005-03-01
Alexander
2004-11-21
A Home at the End of the World
2004-07-23
Intermission
2003-08-29
S.W.A.T.
2003-08-08
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003-07-29
Veronica Guerin
2003-07-11
Phone Booth
2003-04-04
Making of Phone Booth
2003-03-25
Daredevil
2003-02-14
The Recruit
2003-01-31
Minority Report
2002-06-20
Hart's War
2002-02-15
American Outlaws
2001-08-17
Tigerland
2000-10-06
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000-01-07
The War Zone
1999-06-11
Falling for a Dancer
1998-09-13
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997-07-25
Drinking Crude
1997-01-01
Frankie Starlight
1995-11-22
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