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Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell’s screen credits include Oz / The Penguin in The Batman, Coach in The Gentlemen, and Graves in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Born May 31, 1976 Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland7 movies on MoviHero
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About Colin Farrell
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). …
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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.
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- 2028The Batman: Part IICrime · DramaOz / The PenguinUpcoming
- 2022The Batman2h 57m · Crime · MysteryOz / The Penguin
- 2020The Gentlemen1h 53m · Action · ComedyCoach
- 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2h 13m · Adventure · FantasyGraves
- 2015The Lobster1h 59m · Comedy · DramaDavid
- 2003S.W.A.T.1h 57m · Action · CrimeJim Street
- 2002Minority Report2h 25m · Action · Science FictionDanny Witwer
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- 2026BloodlineProducer
- 2026The Slightest TouchProducer · Self
- 2025Ballad of a Small PlayerLord Doyle
- 2025A Big Bold Beautiful JourneyDavid
- 2025From that Small IslandNarrator
- 2024The Beautiful GameProducer
- 2023Room TakenProducer
- 2023On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of InisherinSelf
- 2022The Banshees of InisherinPádraic Súilleabháin
- 2022Thirteen LivesJohn Volanthen
- 2022The Batman: Unpacking the IconsHimself
- 2022After YangJake
- 2021VoyagersRichard
- 2020Street LeaguesNarrator
- 2020AvaSimon
- 2020Artemis FowlArtemis Fowl I
- 2019DumboHolt Farrier
- 2018WidowsJack Mulligan
- 2018An Impossible ConundrumSelf
- 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq.George Pierce
- 2017The Killing of a Sacred DeerSteven Murphy
- 2017The BeguiledCorporal McBurney
- 2016It's Not Yet DarkNarrator (Voice)
- 2015SolaceCharles Ambrose
- 2014Miss JulieJohn
- 2014Winter's TalePeter Lake
- 2013Saving Mr. BanksTravers Robert Goff
- 2013EpicRonin (voice)
- 2013Dead Man DownVictor
- 2012Seven PsychopathsMarty Faranan
- 2012Total RecallDouglas Quaid / Hauser
- 2011Muide ÉireSelf
- 2011Fright NightJerry Dandrige
- 2011Horrible BossesBobby Pellitt
- 2010The Way BackValka
- 2010London BoulevardHarry Mitchel
- 2010Burma SoldierNarrator (Voice)
- 2010OndineSyracuse
- 2009Crazy HeartTommy Sweet
- 2009TriageProducer · Mark Walsh
- 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusImaginarium Tony 3
- 2008Pride and GloryJimmy Eagan
- 2008Kicking ItProducer · Narrator (voice)
- 2008In BrugesRay
- 2007Cassandra's DreamTerry Blaine
- 2006Miami ViceDet. James 'Sonny' Crockett
- 2006Ask the DustArturo Bandini
- 2005Becoming AlexanderSelf
- 2005The New WorldCaptain Smith
- 2005Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 2004AlexanderAlexander
- 2004A Home at the End of the WorldBobby Morrow (1982)
- 2003IntermissionLehiff
- 2003Veronica GuerinTattooed Boy
- 2003Making of Phone BoothSelf
- 2003DaredevilBullseye
- 2003The RecruitJames Clayton
- 2003Phone BoothStu Shepard
- 2002Hart's WarLt. Thomas W. Hart
- 2001American OutlawsJesse James
- 2000TigerlandPvt. Roland Bozz
- 2000Ordinary Decent CriminalAlec
- 1999The War ZoneNick
- 1997The Disappearance of FinbarSimon
- 1997Drinking CrudeClick
- 1995Frankie StarlightYoung Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
- ArtYvan
- Bad BridgetsActor
- Belly of the BeastProducer · Jack Henry Abbott
- OrdainedProducer · Father Roy Craig
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The Penguin
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