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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Movies (77)
The Batman: Part II
2028 · Oz / The Penguin
Bloodline
2026 · Producer
The Slightest Touch
2026 · Self, Producer
Maldita suerte
2025 · Lord Doyle
El gran viaje de tu vida
2025 · David
From that Small Island
2025 · Narrator
El juego bonito
2024 · Producer
Room Taken
2023 · Executive Producer
On the Red Carpet presenta: Los espíritus de la isla
2023 · Self
Los espíritus de la isla
2022 · Pádraic Súilleabháin
13 Vidas
2022 · John Volanthen
The Batman: Unpacking the Icons
2022 · Himself
Despidiendo a Yang
2022 · Jake
Batman
2022 · Oz / The Penguin
Viajeros
2021 · Richard
Street Leagues
2020 · Narrator
Ava
2020 · Simon
Artemis Fowl: El mundo subterráneo
2020 · Artemis Fowl I
Los Caballeros
2020 · Coach
Dumbo
2019 · Holt Farrier
Viudas
2018 · Jack Mulligan
An Impossible Conundrum
2018 · Self
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Un hombre con principios
2017 · George Pierce
El sacrificio del ciervo sagrado
2017 · Steven Murphy
El seductor
2017 · Corporal McBurney
Animales fantásticos: Y dónde encontrarlos
2016 · Graves
It's Not Yet Dark
2016 · Narrator (Voice)
La Langosta
2015 · David
En la mente del asesino
2015 · Charles Ambrose
Miss Julie
2014 · John
Un cuento de invierno
2014 · Peter Lake
El sueño de Walt
2013 · Travers Robert Goff
El Reino Secreto
2013 · Ronin (voice)
Marcado por la muerte
2013 · Victor
Siete Psicópatas
2012 · Marty Faranan
El vengador del futuro
2012 · Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Muide Éire
2011 · Self
Noche de miedo
2011 · Jerry Dandrige
Quiero matar a mi jefe
2011 · Bobby Pellitt
Camino a la libertad
2010 · Valka
El Guardaespaldas 2
2010 · Harry Mitchel
Burma Soldier
2010 · Narrator (Voice)
La mujer que vino del mar
2010 · Syracuse
Loco Corazón
2009 · Tommy Sweet
Triage
2009 · Mark Walsh, Executive Producer
El imaginario mundo del Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Imaginarium Tony 3
Código de familia
2008 · Jimmy Eagan
Kicking It
2008 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Escondidos en Brujas
2008 · Ray
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Terry Blaine
Miami Vice
2006 · Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Ask the Dust
2006 · Arturo Bandini
Becoming Alexander
2005 · Self
El Nuevo Mundo
2005 · Captain Smith
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Alejandro Magno
2004 · Alexander
A Home at the End of the World
2004 · Bobby Morrow (1982)
Intermission
2003 · Lehiff
S.W.A.T.
2003 · Jim Street
Veronica Guerin
2003 · Tattooed Boy
Making of Phone Booth
2003 · Self
Daredevil: El Hombre sin Miedo
2003 · Bullseye
El Discipulo
2003 · James Clayton
Enlace Mortal
2003 · Stu Shepard
Minority report: Sentencia previa
2002 · Danny Witwer
En defensa del honor
2002 · Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Forajidos
2001 · Jesse James
Tigerland
2000 · Pvt. Roland Bozz
Criminal y decente
2000 · Alec
The War Zone
1999 · Nick
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997 · Simon
Drinking Crude
1997 · Click
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Belly of the Beast
· Jack Henry Abbott, Producer
Ordained
· Father Roy Craig, Producer
Art
· Yvan
Bad Bridgets
TV shows (41)
After Hours with James Corden
2026 · Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · Self
From that Small Island
2025 · Narrator
The Penguin
2024 · Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb, Executive Producer
Sugar
2024 · John Sugar, Executive Producer
The North Water
2021 · Henry Drax
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
True Detective
2014 · Ray Velcoro
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
The Meaning of Life
2009 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004 · self - segment
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
Scrubs
2001 · Billy
Love in the 21st Century
1999 · Mattie
Falling for a Dancer
1998 · Daniel McCarthey
The View
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Ballykissangel
1996 · Danny Byrne
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
HBO First Look
1992 · Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self - Presenter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Late Show
1962 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter