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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.

Filmography

2027
Untitled The Batman Sequel

as Oz / The Penguin

Movie
2025
Ballad of a Small Player

as Lord Doyle

Movie
2025
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

as David

Movie
2022
Thirteen Lives

as John Volanthen

Movie
2022
After Yang

as Jake

Movie
2022
The Batman

as Oz / The Penguin

Movie
2020
The Gentlemen

as Coach

Movie
2019
Dumbo

as Holt Farrier

Movie
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as Percival Graves

Movie
2012
Total Recall

as Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Movie
2011
Horrible Bosses

as Bobby Pellitt

Movie
2009
Crazy Heart

as Tommy Sweet

Movie
2008
In Bruges

as Ray

Movie
2004
Alexander

as Alexander

Movie
2003
Daredevil

as Bullseye

Movie
2003
The Recruit

as James Clayton

Movie
2003
Phone Booth

as Stu Shepard

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Danny Witwer

Movie
2014
True Detective

as Ray Velcoro

TV Show