Colin Farrell

Actor

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.

Known For

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Not in library

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

The Batman Not in library

The Batman

2022

Minority Report Not in library

Minority Report

2002

The Lobster Not in library

The Lobster

2015

Horrible Bosses Not in library

Horrible Bosses

2011

The Gentlemen Not in library

The Gentlemen

2020

Total Recall Not in library

Total Recall

2012

In Bruges Not in library

In Bruges

2008

Daredevil Not in library

Daredevil

2003

Dumbo Not in library

Dumbo

2019

Acting

2027 Untitled The Batman Sequel as Oz / The Penguin
2026 The Slightest Touch as Self
2025 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey as David In Library
2025 Ballad of a Small Player as Lord Doyle
2025 From that Small Island as Narrator (4 episodes)
2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2024 The Penguin as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb (8 episodes)
2024 Sugar as John Sugar (16 episodes)
2023 On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
2022 After Yang as Jake
2022 The Batman as Oz / The Penguin
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
2022 Thirteen Lives as John Volanthen
2021 Voyagers as Richard
2021 The North Water as Henry Drax (5 episodes)
2020 Street Leagues as Narrator
2020 Ava as Simon
2020 The Gentlemen as Coach
2020 Artemis Fowl as Artemis Fowl I
2019 Dumbo as Holt Farrier
2019 Gloomy Eyes as (English dubbing)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2018 Widows as Jack Mulligan
2018 An Impossible Conundrum as Self
2017 The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Steven Murphy
2017 The Beguiled as Corporal McBurney
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. as George Pierce
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Percival Graves
2016 It's Not Yet Dark as Narrator (Voice)
2015 The Lobster as David
2015 Solace as Charles Ambrose
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015 Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2014 Winter's Tale as Peter Lake
2014 Miss Julie as John
2014 True Detective as Ray Velcoro (8 episodes)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (3 episodes)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2013 Dead Man Down as Victor
2013 Saving Mr. Banks as Travers Robert Goff
2013 Epic as Ronin (voice)
2012 Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
2012 Seven Psychopaths as Marty Faranan
2011 Horrible Bosses as Bobby Pellitt
2011 Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige
2011 Muide Éire as Self
2010 Ondine as Syracuse
2010 The Way Back as Valka
2010 London Boulevard as Harry Mitchel
2010 Burma Soldier as Narrator (Voice)
2010 Conan as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 3
2009 Crazy Heart as Tommy Sweet
2009 Triage as Mark Walsh
2009 Live from Studio Five as Self (1 episode)
2008 In Bruges as Ray
2008 Pride and Glory as Jimmy Eagan
2008 Kicking It as Narrator (voice)
2007 Cassandra's Dream as Terry Blaine
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (7 episodes)
2006 Miami Vice as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
2006 Ask the Dust as Arturo Bandini
2005 The New World as Captain Smith
2005 Becoming Alexander as Self
2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2004 Alexander as Alexander
2004 A Home at the End of the World as Bobby Morrow (1982)
2004 Biography: Val Kilmer as Self (archive footage)
2004 Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - segment (1 episode)
2003 The Recruit as James Clayton
2003 Phone Booth as Stu Shepard
2003 Daredevil as Bullseye
2003 S.W.A.T. as Jim Street
2003 Intermission as Lehiff
2003 Making of Phone Booth as Self
2003 Veronica Guerin as Tattooed Boy
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (3 episodes)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2003 Celebrities Uncensored as Self (3 episodes)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2002 Minority Report as Danny Witwer
2002 Hart's War as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
2001 American Outlaws as Jesse James
2001 Scrubs as Billy (1 episode)
2000 Tigerland as Pvt. Roland Bozz
2000 Ordinary Decent Criminal as Alec
1999 The War Zone as Nick
1999 Love in the 21st Century as Mattie (1 episode)
1998 Falling for a Dancer as Daniel McCarthey (4 episodes)
1997 The Disappearance of Finbar as Simon
1997 Drinking Crude as Click
1997 The View as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1996 The Daily Show as Self (3 episodes)
1996 Ballykissangel as Danny Byrne (24 episodes)
1995 Frankie Starlight as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
1994 Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1992 HBO First Look as Self (1 episode)
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self (1 episode)
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1984 Goldene Kamera as Self (1 episode)
1981 Wetten, dass..? as Self (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1962 The Late Late Show as Self (1 episode)
1953 The Oscars as Self (3 episodes)
1949 The Emmy Awards as Self (1 episode)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter (3 episodes)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter (1 episode)
— Belly of the Beast as Jack Henry Abbott
— Sgt. Rock as Sgt. Franklin John Rock
— Ordained as Father Roy Craig

Production

2026 The Slightest Touch Producer
2024 The Beautiful Game Producer
2024 The Penguin Executive Producer
2024 Sugar Executive Producer
2023 Room Taken Executive Producer
2009 Triage Executive Producer
2008 Kicking It Executive Producer
— Belly of the Beast Producer
— Ordained Producer