Colin Farrell

Biography

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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Scrubs

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (73)

• The Batman: Part II2027 · as Oz / The Penguin
• The Slightest Touch2026 · as Self
• Ballad of a Small Player2025 · as Lord Doyle
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey2025 · as David
• From that Small Island2025 · as Narrator
• On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin2023 · as Self
• The Banshees of Inisherin2022 · as Pádraic Súilleabháin
• Thirteen Lives2022 · as John Volanthen
• After Yang2022 · as Jake
• The Batman2022 · as Oz / The Penguin
• Voyagers2021 · as Richard
• Street Leagues2020 · as Narrator
• Ava2020 · as Simon
• Artemis Fowl2020 · as Artemis Fowl I
• The Gentlemen2020 · as Coach
• Dumbo2019 · as Holt Farrier
• Gloomy Eyes2019 · as (English dubbing)
• Widows2018 · as Jack Mulligan
• An Impossible Conundrum2018 · as Self
• Roman J. Israel, Esq.2017 · as George Pierce
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer2017 · as Steven Murphy
• The Beguiled2017 · as Corporal McBurney
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016 · as Percival Graves
• It's Not Yet Dark2016 · as Narrator (Voice)
• The Lobster2015 · as David
• Solace2015 · as Charles Ambrose
• Miss Julie2014 · as John
• Winter's Tale2014 · as Peter Lake
• Saving Mr. Banks2013 · as Travers Robert Goff
• Epic2013 · as Ronin (voice)
• Dead Man Down2013 · as Victor
• Seven Psychopaths2012 · as Marty Faranan
• Total Recall2012 · as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
• Muide Éire2011 · as Self
• Fright Night2011 · as Jerry Dandrige
• Horrible Bosses2011 · as Bobby Pellitt
• The Way Back2010 · as Valka
• London Boulevard2010 · as Harry Mitchel
• Burma Soldier2010 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Ondine2010 · as Syracuse
• Crazy Heart2009 · as Tommy Sweet
• Triage2009 · as Mark Walsh
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009 · as Imaginarium Tony 3
• Pride and Glory2008 · as Jimmy Eagan
• Kicking It2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• In Bruges2008 · as Ray
• Cassandra's Dream2007 · as Terry Blaine
• Miami Vice2006 · as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
• Ask the Dust2006 · as Arturo Bandini
• Becoming Alexander2005 · as Self
• The New World2005 · as Captain Smith
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Alexander2004 · as Alexander
• A Home at the End of the World2004 · as Bobby Morrow (1982)
• Intermission2003 · as Lehiff
• S.W.A.T.2003 · as Jim Street
• Veronica Guerin2003 · as Tattooed Boy
• Making of Phone Booth2003 · as Self
• Daredevil2003 · as Bullseye
• The Recruit2003 · as James Clayton
• Phone Booth2003 · as Stu Shepard
• Minority Report2002 · as Danny Witwer
• Hart's War2002 · as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
• American Outlaws2001 · as Jesse James
• Tigerland2000 · as Pvt. Roland Bozz
• Ordinary Decent Criminal2000 · as Alec
• The War Zone1999 · as Nick
• The Disappearance of Finbar1997 · as Simon
• Drinking Crude1997 · as Click
• Frankie Starlight1995 · as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
• Belly of the Beast— · as Jack Henry Abbott
• Ordained— · as Father Roy Craig
• Art— · as Yvan

All TV Shows (47)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• From that Small Island2025 · as Narrator
• The Penguin2024 · as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
• Sugar2024 · as John Sugar
• The North Water2021 · as Henry Drax
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• True Detective2014 · as Ray Velcoro
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• The Meaning of Life2009 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Sarah Kuttner – Die Show2004 · as self - segment
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Scrubs2001 · as Billy
• Love in the 21st Century1999 · as Mattie
• Falling for a Dancer1998 · as Daniel McCarthey
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Ballykissangel1996 · as Danny Byrne
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• HBO First Look1992 · as Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Late Late Show1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter