Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times' named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and had his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he had his breakthrough with Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), and further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a rookie hitman in Martin McDonagh's comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. 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 black comedy Seven Psychopaths (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), the gothic thriller The Beguiled (2017), and the fantasy film Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell has also played Percival Graves in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022). Also in 2022, Farrell 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 naive 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.
Miami Vice
(Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett)
Minority Report
(Agent Danny Witwer [FBI])
The Recruit
(James Clayton)
Phone Booth
(Stu Shepard)
Hart's War
(Lt. Thomas W. Hart)
Alexander
(Alexander)
Ask the Dust
(Arturo Bandini)
Tigerland
(Pvt. Roland Bozz)
Cassandra's Dream
(Terry Blaine)
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
(Self)
The New World
(Captain Smith)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
(Imaginarium Tony 3)
In Bruges
(Ray)
Crazy Heart
(Tommy Sweet)
Daredevil
(Lester / Bullseye)
S.W.A.T.
(Jim Street)
Triage
(Mark Walsh)
Pride and Glory
(Jimmy Eagan)
American Outlaws
(Jesse James)
Becoming Alexander
(Self)
The War Zone
(Nick)
Ondine
(Syracuse)
Total Recall
(Douglas Quaid / Hauser)
Intermission
(Lehiff)
The Way Back
(Valka)
London Boulevard
(Harry Mitchel)
A Home at the End of the World
(Bobby Morrow (1982))
Horrible Bosses
(Bobby Pellitt)
Fright Night
(Jerry Dandrige)
Seven Psychopaths
(Marty Faranan)
Dead Man Down
(Victor)
Saving Mr. Banks
(Travers Robert Goff)
Epic
(Ronin (voice))
Winter's Tale
(Peter Lake)
Miss Julie
(John)
Street Leagues
(Narrator)
Belly of the Beast
(Jack Henry Abbott)
The Lobster
(David)
Making of Phone Booth
(Self)
The Spaceman
(The Spaceman)
Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(David)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(Self)
Solace
(Charles Ambrose)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(Percival Graves)
The Ballad of a Small Player
Vengeance in the Making
(Self)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
(Steven Murphy)
The Beguiled
(Corporal McBurney)
The Batman - Part II
(Oz / The Penguin)
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
(George Pierce)
Dumbo
(Holt Farrier)
Widows
(Jack Mulligan)
Falling for a Dancer
(Daniel McCarthey)
Ordinary Decent Criminal
(Alec)
Veronica Guerin
(Tattooed Boy)
It's Not Yet Dark
(Narrator (Voice))
Burma Soldier
(Narrator (Voice))
The Disappearance of Finbar
(Simon)
Frankie Starlight
(Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited))
Drinking Crude
(Click)
Kicking It
(Narrator (voice))
Ava
(Simon)
The Gentlemen
(Coach)
After Yang
(Jake)
Gloomy Eyes
((English dubbing))
The Batman
(Oz / The Penguin)
The Banshees of Inisherin
(Pádraic Súilleabháin)
Artemis Fowl
(Artemis Fowl I)
Voyagers
(Richard)
Thirteen Lives
(John Volanthen)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Ballykissangel
(Danny Byrne)
Scrubs
(Billy)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Celebrities Uncensored
(Self)
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Oscars
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Love in the 21st Century
(Mattie)
True Detective
(Ray Velcoro)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
MTV Movie & TV Awards
(Self - Presenter)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
The Penguin
(Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb)
Conan
(Self - Guest)
Hot Ones
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Sugar
(John Sugar)
The North Water
(Henry Drax)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
HBO First Look
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
(self - segment)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)