Colin Farrell
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Sugar
John Sugar
2024
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
True Detective
Ray Velcoro
2014
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Scrubs
Billy
2001
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Film
The Batman
Oz / The Penguin
2022
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Penguin
Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
2024
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Film
The Gentlemen
Coach
2020
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Minority Report
Danny Witwer
2002
Film
Daredevil
Bullseye
2003
Film
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Graves
2016
Film
Total Recall
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
2012
Film
The Lobster
David
2015
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Horrible Bosses
Bobby Pellitt
2011
Film
Alexander
Alexander
2004
Film
Epic
Ronin (voice)
2013
Film
In Bruges
Ray
2008
Film
The Banshees of Inisherin
Pádraic Súilleabháin
2022
Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Series
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Film
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Steven Murphy
2017
Series
The North Water
Henry Drax
2021
Film
Ballad of a Small Player
Lord Doyle
2025
Series
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Film
The Beguiled
Corporal McBurney
2017
Series
Ballykissangel
Danny Byrne
1996
Film
Dumbo
Holt Farrier
2019
Film
Widows
Jack Mulligan
2018
Film
Thirteen Lives
John Volanthen
2022
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
self - segment
2004
Series
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
Film
S.W.A.T.
Jim Street
2003
Film
Ava
Simon
2020
Film
Phone Booth
Stu Shepard
2003
Film
Winter's Tale
Peter Lake
2014
Film
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl I
2020
Film
Fright Night
Jerry Dandrige
2011
Film
Miami Vice
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
2006
Film
Seven Psychopaths
Marty Faranan
2012
Film
The New World
Captain Smith
2005
Film
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
David
2025
Film
Saving Mr. Banks
Travers Robert Goff
2013
Film
Dead Man Down
Victor
2013
Film
The Way Back
Valka
2010
Film
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium Tony 3
2009
Film
Solace
Charles Ambrose
2015
Film
Pride and Glory
Jimmy Eagan
2008
Film
The Recruit
James Clayton
2003
Film
The Batman: Part II
Oz / The Penguin
2028
Film
After Yang
Jake
2022
Film
American Outlaws
Jesse James
2001
Film
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
George Pierce
2017
Series
After Hours with James Corden
Self
2026
Film
Voyagers
Richard
2021
Film
Hart's War
Lt. Thomas W. Hart
2002
Film
Crazy Heart
Tommy Sweet
2009
Film
Veronica Guerin
Tattooed Boy
2003
Film
Cassandra's Dream
Terry Blaine
2007
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
The War Zone
Nick
1999
Film
London Boulevard
Harry Mitchel
2010
Series
Falling for a Dancer
Daniel McCarthey
1998
Film
Tigerland
Pvt. Roland Bozz
2000
Film
Miss Julie
John
2014
Film
Ask the Dust
Arturo Bandini
2006
Film
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Alec
2000
Film
Ondine
Syracuse
2010
Love in the 21st Century
Mattie
1999
Film
Triage
Mark Walsh
2009
Film
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
2023
Film
A Home at the End of the World
Bobby Morrow (1982)
2004
Film
Intermission
Lehiff
2003
Film
Frankie Starlight
Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
1995
Film
Kicking It
Narrator (voice)
2008
Series
From that Small Island
Narrator
2025
Film
Burma Soldier
Narrator (Voice)
2010
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Slightest Touch
Self
2026
Bad Bridgets
Film
Drinking Crude
Click
1997
Making of Phone Booth
Self
2003
Film
The Disappearance of Finbar
Simon
1997
Film
Street Leagues
Narrator
2020
Film
Becoming Alexander
Self
2005
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
Art
Yvan
An Impossible Conundrum
Self
2018
Film
Muide Éire
Self
2011
Belly of the Beast
Jack Henry Abbott
Ordained
Father Roy Craig
Film
Gloomy Eyes
(English dubbing)
2019
Film
From that Small Island
Narrator
2025
Film
It's Not Yet Dark
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003