Colin Farrell
Acting • Born 1976-05-31
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.
Filmography
118 credits
Miami Vice
Movie • 2006
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Danny Witwer
The Recruit
Movie • 2003
James Clayton
Phone Booth
Movie • 2003
Stu Shepard
Hart's War
Movie • 2002
Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Ask the Dust
Movie • 2006
Arturo Bandini
Alexander
Movie • 2004
Alexander
Tigerland
Movie • 2000
Pvt. Roland Bozz
Cassandra's Dream
Movie • 2007
Terry Blaine
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Movie • 2023
Self
The New World
Movie • 2005
Captain Smith
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Movie • 2009
Imaginarium Tony 3
In Bruges
Movie • 2008
Ray
Crazy Heart
Movie • 2009
Tommy Sweet
Daredevil
Movie • 2003
Bullseye
S.W.A.T.
Movie • 2003
Jim Street
Triage
Movie • 2009
Mark Walsh
Pride and Glory
Movie • 2008
Jimmy Eagan
American Outlaws
Movie • 2001
Jesse James
Becoming Alexander
Movie • 2005
Self
The War Zone
Movie • 1999
Nick
Ondine
Movie • 2010
Syracuse
Total Recall
Movie • 2012
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Intermission
Movie • 2003
Lehiff
The Way Back
Movie • 2010
Valka
London Boulevard
Movie • 2010
Harry Mitchel
A Home at the End of the World
Movie • 2004
Bobby Morrow (1982)
Horrible Bosses
Movie • 2011
Bobby Pellitt
Fright Night
Movie • 2011
Jerry Dandrige
Seven Psychopaths
Movie • 2012
Marty Faranan
Dead Man Down
Movie • 2013
Victor
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie • 2013
Travers Robert Goff
Epic
Movie • 2013
Ronin (voice)
Winter's Tale
Movie • 2014
Peter Lake
Miss Julie
Movie • 2014
John
Street Leagues
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Belly of the Beast
Movie
Jack Henry Abbott
The Lobster
Movie • 2015
David
Making of Phone Booth
Movie • 2003
Self
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Movie • 2025
David
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Solace
Movie • 2015
Charles Ambrose
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie • 2016
Percival Graves
Ballad of a Small Player
Movie • 2025
Lord Doyle
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Movie • 2017
Steven Murphy
The Beguiled
Movie • 2017
Corporal McBurney
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Movie • 2027
Oz / The Penguin
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Movie • 2017
George Pierce
Dumbo
Movie • 2019
Holt Farrier
Widows
Movie • 2018
Jack Mulligan
Veronica Guerin
Movie • 2003
Tattooed Boy
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Movie • 2000
Alec
Burma Soldier
Movie • 2010
Narrator (Voice)
It's Not Yet Dark
Movie • 2016
Narrator (Voice)
The Disappearance of Finbar
Movie • 1997
Simon
Frankie Starlight
Movie • 1995
Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
Kicking It
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
Drinking Crude
Movie • 1997
Click
Ava
Movie • 2020
Simon
The Gentlemen
Movie • 2020
Coach
After Yang
Movie • 2022
Jake
Gloomy Eyes
Movie • 2019
(English dubbing)
The Batman
Movie • 2022
Oz / The Penguin
The Banshees of Inisherin
Movie • 2022
Pádraic Súilleabháin
Artemis Fowl
Movie • 2020
Artemis Fowl I
Voyagers
Movie • 2021
Richard
Thirteen Lives
Movie • 2022
John Volanthen
Biography: Val Kilmer
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Sgt. Rock
Movie
Sgt. Franklin John Rock
Muide Éire
Movie • 2011
Himself
Ordained
Movie
Father Roy Craig
An Impossible Conundrum
Movie • 2018
Self
The Slightest Touch
Movie • 2026
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Ballykissangel
TV • 1996
Danny Byrne
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Love in the 21st Century
TV • 1999
Mattie
True Detective
TV • 2014
Ray Velcoro
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Penguin
TV • 2024
Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
Conan
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Sugar
TV • 2024
John Sugar
The North Water
TV • 2021
Henry Drax
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
TV • 2004
self - segment
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Late Late Show
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
From that Small Island
TV • 2025
Narrator
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Falling for a Dancer
TV • 1998
Daniel McCarthey
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV • 2025
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Billy