
Colin Farrell
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Biography
Colin James Farrell (/ˈfærəl/; 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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Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Golden Globe Awards

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Late Show with James Corden

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Celebrities Uncensored

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Scrubs

HBO First Look

The Oscars

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

The Gentlemen

Horrible Bosses

Widows

True Detective

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Minority Report

The Batman

Crazy Heart

Ava

Voyagers

Daredevil

After Yang

Saving Mr. Banks

Thirteen Lives

Untitled The Batman Sequel

Artemis Fowl

S.W.A.T.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Miami Vice

Dumbo

Dead Man Down

Tigerland

The Banshees of Inisherin

Total Recall

Ask the Dust

In Bruges

Sugar

The Lobster

Phone Booth

Winter's Tale

Epic

The North Water

The Penguin

The Beguiled
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