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 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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Full Filmography
All Credits (111)
Art
as Yvan
Bad Bridgets
as Unknown
The Batman: Part II
as Oz / The Penguin
Patient Zero
as Unknown
After Hours with James Corden
as Self
The Slightest Touch
as Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
Ballad of a Small Player
as Lord Doyle
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
as David
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
as Self
From that Small Island
as Narrator
From that Small Island
as Narrator
The Penguin
as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
Sugar
as John Sugar
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Thirteen Lives
as John Volanthen
After Yang
as Jake
The Batman
as Oz / The Penguin
The North Water
as Henry Drax
Voyagers
as Richard
Street Leagues
as Narrator
Ava
as Simon
Artemis Fowl
as Artemis Fowl I
The Gentlemen
as Coach
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
Dumbo
as Holt Farrier
Widows
as Jack Mulligan
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as George Pierce
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Steven Murphy
The Beguiled
as Corporal McBurney
It's Not Yet Dark
as Narrator (Voice)
The Lobster
as David
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Solace
as Charles Ambrose
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Miss Julie
as John
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Winter's Tale
as Peter Lake
True Detective
as Ray Velcoro
Saving Mr. Banks
as Travers Robert Goff
Epic
as Ronin (voice)
Dead Man Down
as Victor
Seven Psychopaths
as Marty Faranan
Total Recall
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Muide Éire
as Self
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
Horrible Bosses
as Bobby Pellitt
The Way Back
as Valka
London Boulevard
as Harry Mitchel
Conan
as Self - Guest
Burma Soldier
as Narrator (Voice)
Ondine
as Syracuse
Crazy Heart
as Tommy Sweet
Triage
as Mark Walsh
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 3
Live from Studio Five
as Self
The Meaning of Life
as Self
Pride and Glory
as Jimmy Eagan
Kicking It
as Narrator (voice)
In Bruges
as Ray
Cassandra's Dream
as Terry Blaine
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Miami Vice
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Ask the Dust
as Arturo Bandini
Becoming Alexander
as Self
The New World
as Captain Smith
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Alexander
as Alexander
A Home at the End of the World
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Intermission
as Lehiff
S.W.A.T.
as Jim Street
Veronica Guerin
as Tattooed Boy
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
The Recruit
as James Clayton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Phone Booth
as Stu Shepard
Hart's War
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Scrubs
as Billy
American Outlaws
as Jesse James
Tigerland
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as Alec
The War Zone
as Nick
Falling for a Dancer
as Daniel McCarthey
The View
as Self
The Disappearance of Finbar
as Simon
Drinking Crude
as Click
The Daily Show
as Self
Ballykissangel
as Danny Byrne
Frankie Starlight
as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
HBO First Look
as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Unknown
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Late Show
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
The Emmy Awards
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter