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    Colin Farrell

    1976-05-31 (48 years old) in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland

    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.

    Movies

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    On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
    20 %|Jan 14, 2023
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Street Leagues
    0 %|Sep 25, 2020
    Documentary
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    Miss Julie
    56 %|Sep 7, 2014
    Drama, Romance
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    Winter's Tale
    63 %|Feb 13, 2014
    Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
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    Saving Mr. Banks
    73.48 %|Nov 29, 2013
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    Epic
    65.25 %|May 15, 2013
    Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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    Dead Man Down
    61.580000000000005 %|Mar 8, 2013
    Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
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    Seven Psychopaths
    68.17 %|Oct 12, 2012
    Comedy, Crime
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    Total Recall
    60 %|Aug 2, 2012
    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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    Fright Night
    62 %|Aug 18, 2011
    Horror, Comedy
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    Horrible Bosses
    65.73 %|Jul 8, 2011
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Way Back
    70.06 %|Nov 22, 2010
    Drama, Adventure, History
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    London Boulevard
    59 %|Nov 10, 2010
    Drama, Crime
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    Ondine
    62.980000000000004 %|Mar 5, 2010
    Drama, Romance
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    Crazy Heart
    69 %|Dec 16, 2009
    Drama, Music, Romance
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    Triage
    60.129999999999995 %|Nov 13, 2009
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    64 %|Oct 1, 2009
    Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
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    Pride and Glory
    64 %|Sep 9, 2008
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    In Bruges
    74.93 %|Feb 8, 2008
    Comedy, Drama, Crime
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    Cassandra's Dream
    63 %|Oct 31, 2007
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Miami Vice
    60 %|Jul 27, 2006
    Action, Crime, Thriller
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    Ask the Dust
    53 %|Feb 2, 2006
    Romance, Drama
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    Becoming Alexander
    0 %|Dec 31, 2005
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    The New World
    65 %|Dec 25, 2005
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Alexander
    59 %|Nov 21, 2004
    War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
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    A Home at the End of the World
    65 %|Jul 23, 2004
    Drama, Romance
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    Intermission
    62 %|Aug 29, 2003
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    S.W.A.T.
    61.589999999999996 %|Aug 8, 2003
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Phone Booth
    69 %|Apr 4, 2003
    Thriller, Crime
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    Daredevil
    53 %|Feb 14, 2003
    Fantasy, Action
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    The Recruit
    63.66 %|Jan 31, 2003
    Action, Thriller
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    Minority Report
    73.5 %|Jun 20, 2002
    Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
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    Hart's War
    64 %|Feb 15, 2002
    Drama, War
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    American Outlaws
    60 %|Aug 17, 2001
    Western, Action
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    Tigerland
    66 %|Oct 6, 2000
    Drama, War
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    The War Zone
    69 %|Jun 11, 1999
    Drama
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    Belly of the Beast
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    The Batman - Part II
    0 %|Oct 1, 2026
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
    0 %|May 8, 2025
    Drama
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    The Spaceman
    90 %|Jan 1, 2024
    Drama, Fantasy, Family
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    The Banshees of Inisherin
    74.56 %|Oct 20, 2022
    Drama, Comedy
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    Thirteen Lives
    78.97 %|Jul 18, 2022
    Drama, Thriller
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    Vengeance in the Making
    70 %|May 24, 2022
    Documentary
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    After Yang
    64 %|Mar 4, 2022
    Science Fiction, Drama
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    The Batman
    76.65 %|Mar 1, 2022
    Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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    Voyagers
    60 %|Apr 8, 2021
    Science Fiction, Thriller
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    Ava
    58 %|Jul 2, 2020
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Artemis Fowl
    56 %|May 29, 2020
    Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Family, Action
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    The Gentlemen
    76.8 %|Jan 1, 2020
    Action, Crime, Comedy
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    Dumbo
    66 %|Mar 27, 2019
    Family, Fantasy, Adventure
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    Gloomy Eyes
    63 %|Jan 18, 2019
    Animation
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    Widows
    65 %|Nov 6, 2018
    Crime, Thriller
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    Roman J. Israel, Esq.
    63.46 %|Nov 17, 2017
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    70 %|Oct 20, 2017
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    The Beguiled
    59.15 %|Jun 23, 2017
    Drama
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    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    73.2 %|Nov 16, 2016
    Fantasy, Adventure
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    It's Not Yet Dark
    74 %|Jul 9, 2016
    Documentary
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    The Lobster
    70 %|Oct 15, 2015
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Solace
    64 %|Sep 3, 2015
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Burma Soldier
    0 %|Nov 1, 2010
    Documentary, History
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    Kicking It
    77 %|Jun 13, 2008
    Documentary
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    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
    0 %|Mar 1, 2005
    Documentary
    actor
    Making of Phone Booth
    80 %|Mar 25, 2003
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    The Ballad of a Small Player
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    Veronica Guerin
    66 %|Jul 11, 2003
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    Ordinary Decent Criminal
    61 %|Jan 7, 2000
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Falling for a Dancer
    70 %|Sep 13, 1998
    Romance, TV Movie
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    The Disappearance of Finbar
    68 %|Jul 25, 1997
    Drama
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    Drinking Crude
    0 %|Jan 1, 1997
    Drama
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    Frankie Starlight
    53 %|Nov 22, 1995
    Drama, Romance, War

    Series

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    The Penguin
    85 %|Sep 19, 2024
    Drama, Crime
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    Sugar
    73 %|Apr 4, 2024
    Drama, Mystery
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    The North Water
    73.89 %|Jul 14, 2021
    Drama, Mystery
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    The Kelly Clarkson Show
    62 %|Sep 9, 2019
    Talk
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    66 %|Sep 8, 2015
    Comedy, Talk
    poster
    Hot Ones
    74 %|Mar 12, 2015
    Talk, Comedy
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers
    55 %|Feb 25, 2014
    Talk, Comedy
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
    58 %|Feb 17, 2014
    Comedy, Talk
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    True Detective
    83 %|Jan 12, 2014
    Drama, Mystery
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    Conan
    70.36 %|Nov 8, 2010
    Talk, Comedy, News
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    Live from Studio Five
    33 %|Sep 14, 2009
    Talk
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    The Graham Norton Show
    72 %|Feb 22, 2007
    Comedy, Talk
    actor
    Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
    70 %|Aug 2, 2004
    Talk
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    58 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    Celebrities Uncensored
    25 %|Jun 4, 2003
    News, Documentary
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    55 %|Jan 26, 2003
    Talk, Comedy
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    Scrubs
    80 %|Oct 2, 2001
    Comedy
    actor
    Love in the 21st Century
    55 %|Jul 21, 1999
    Drama, Documentary
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    The View
    44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    The Daily Show
    64 %|Jul 22, 1996
    News, Comedy
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    Ballykissangel
    69 %|Feb 11, 1996
    Comedy, Drama
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    Inside the Actors Studio
    74.42999999999999 %|Aug 14, 1994
    Talk
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien
    71.22 %|Sep 13, 1993
    Comedy, Talk
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    HBO First Look
    49 %|Jun 12, 1992
    Documentary
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    MTV Movie & TV Awards
    77 %|Jun 10, 1992
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    54 %|May 25, 1992
    Talk, Comedy
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark
    52 %|Sep 5, 1988
    Talk
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    Wetten, dass..?
    55 %|Feb 14, 1981
    Drama, Reality, Comedy, Talk
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
    actor
    Goldene Kamera Verleihung
    35 %|Jan 25, 1966
    News
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    The Late Late Show
    50 %|Jul 6, 1962
    Talk
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk