Cast
Colin Farrell
Acting
Cast
Colin Farrell
Known for
Acting
Born
1976-05-31
From
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.
The Batman
as Oz / The Penguin
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Percival Graves
Minority Report
as Danny Witwer
Daredevil
as Bullseye
The Gentlemen
as Coach
Epic
as Ronin (voice)
Alexander
as Alexander
Total Recall
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
The Lobster
as David
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Horrible Bosses
as Bobby Pellitt
In Bruges
as Ray
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Steven Murphy
Seven Psychopaths
as Marty Faranan
Dumbo
as Holt Farrier
Miami Vice
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
as David
Solace
as Charles Ambrose
Ava
as Simon
The Way Back
as Valka
Voyagers
as Richard
Widows
as Jack Mulligan
Phone Booth
as Stu Shepard
S.W.A.T.
as Jim Street
The Beguiled
as Corporal McBurney
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as George Pierce
The New World
as Captain Smith
Thirteen Lives
as John Volanthen
American Outlaws
as Jesse James
Winter's Tale
as Peter Lake
The Recruit
as James Clayton
Crazy Heart
as Tommy Sweet
Untitled The Batman Sequel
as Oz / The Penguin
Artemis Fowl
as Artemis Fowl I
Hart's War
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Ballad of a Small Player
as Lord Doyle
Dead Man Down
as Victor
After Yang
as Jake
Saving Mr. Banks
as Travers Robert Goff
Pride and Glory
as Jimmy Eagan
Tigerland
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
The War Zone
as Nick
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Veronica Guerin
as Tattooed Boy
London Boulevard
as Harry Mitchel
Miss Julie
as John
Triage
as Mark Walsh
Ask the Dust
as Arturo Bandini
Cassandra's Dream
as Terry Blaine
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as Alec
Intermission
as Lehiff
Ondine
as Syracuse
A Home at the End of the World
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
The Slightest Touch
as Self
Gloomy Eyes
as (English dubbing)
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
Drinking Crude
as Click
Belly of the Beast
as Jack Henry Abbott
Frankie Starlight
as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
Becoming Alexander
as Self
Muide Éire
as Self
The Disappearance of Finbar
as Simon
Sgt. Rock
as Sgt. Franklin John Rock
Ordained
as Father Roy Craig
An Impossible Conundrum
as Self
Burma Soldier
as Narrator (Voice)
Kicking It
as Narrator (voice)
Making of Phone Booth
as Self
It's Not Yet Dark
as Narrator (Voice)
Art
as Yvan
Street Leagues
as Narrator
From that Small Island
as Narrator