
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.
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Acting History
2027
Untitled The Batman Sequel as Oz / The Penguin
2025Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
2025Ballad of a Small Player as Lord Doyle
2025A Big Bold Beautiful Journey as David
2025From that Small Island as Narrator
2024The Penguin as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
2024Sugar as John Sugar
2023On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
2022The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
2022Thirteen Lives as John Volanthen
2022After Yang as Jake
2022The Batman as Oz / The Penguin
2021The North Water as Henry Drax
2021Voyagers as Richard
2020Street Leagues as Narrator
2020Ava as Simon
2020Artemis Fowl as Artemis Fowl I
2020The Gentlemen as Coach
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Dumbo as Holt Farrier
2019Gloomy Eyes as (English dubbing)
2018Widows as Jack Mulligan
2017Roman J. Israel, Esq. as George Pierce
2017The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Steven Murphy
2017The Beguiled as Corporal McBurney
2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Percival Graves
2016It's Not Yet Dark as Narrator (Voice)
2015The Lobster as David
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
2015Solace as Charles Ambrose
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Miss Julie as John
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2014Winter's Tale as Peter Lake
2014True Detective as Ray Velcoro
2013Saving Mr. Banks as Travers Robert Goff
2013Epic as Ronin (voice)
2013Dead Man Down as Victor
2012Seven Psychopaths as Marty Faranan
2012Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
2011Muide Éire as Himself
2011Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige
2011Horrible Bosses as Bobby Pellitt
2010The Way Back as Valka
2010London Boulevard as Harry Mitchel
2010Conan as Self - Guest
2010Burma Soldier as Narrator (Voice)
2010Ondine as Syracuse
2009Crazy Heart as Tommy Sweet
2009Triage as Mark Walsh
2009The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 3
2009Live from Studio Five as Self
2008Pride and Glory as Jimmy Eagan
2008Kicking It as Narrator (voice)
2008In Bruges as Ray
2007Cassandra's Dream as Terry Blaine
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006Miami Vice as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
2006Ask the Dust as Arturo Bandini
2005Becoming Alexander as Self
2005The New World as Captain Smith
2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2004Alexander as Alexander
2004Biography: Val Kilmer as Self (archive footage)
2004Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - segment
2004A Home at the End of the World as Bobby Morrow (1982)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Intermission as Lehiff
2003S.W.A.T. as Jim Street
2003Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003Veronica Guerin as Tattooed Boy
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003Making of Phone Booth as Self
2003Daredevil as Bullseye
2003The Recruit as James Clayton
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Phone Booth as Stu Shepard
2002Minority Report as Danny Witwer
2002Hart's War as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
2001Scrubs as Billy
2001American Outlaws as Jesse James
2000Tigerland as Pvt. Roland Bozz
2000Ordinary Decent Criminal as Alec
1999Love in the 21st Century as Mattie
1999The War Zone as Nick
1998Falling for a Dancer as Daniel McCarthey
1997The View as Self - Guest
1997The Disappearance of Finbar as Simon
1997Drinking Crude as Click
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Ballykissangel as Danny Byrne
1995Frankie Starlight as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992HBO First Look as Self
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1984Goldene Kamera as Self
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1962The Late Late Show as Self
1953The Oscars as Self
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
—Sgt. Rock as Sgt. Franklin John Rock
—Ordained as Father Roy Craig
—Belly of the Beast as Jack Henry Abbott








