Acting credits
109
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Colin Farrell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.5
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Movies: 73Series: 39Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 72466
IMDb ID: nm0268199
Known for: Acting
Born: May 31, 1976
Age: 50
Place of birth: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2028
Years active: 85
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q172035
Also known as
Colin James Farrell
Other jobs
Executive Producer (5)Producer (3)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Colin Farrell.
Feb 17, 2028
as Oz / The Penguin
The Batman: Part II
2028 • Movie
as Self
The Slightest Touch
2026 • Movie
as Lord Doyle
Ballad of a Small Player
2025 • Movie
as David
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025 • Movie
as Narrator
From that Small Island
2025 • Movie
Producer
The Beautiful Game
2024 • Movie
Executive Producer
Room Taken
2023 • Movie
as Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023 • Movie
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 • Movie
as John Volanthen
Thirteen Lives
2022 • Movie
as Jake
After Yang
2022 • Movie
as Oz / The Penguin
The Batman
2022 • Movie
as Richard
Voyagers
2021 • Movie
as Narrator
Street Leagues
2020 • Movie
as Simon
Ava
2020 • Movie
as Artemis Fowl I
Artemis Fowl
2020 • Movie
as Coach
The Gentlemen
2020 • Movie
as Holt Farrier
Dumbo
2019 • Movie
as (English dubbing)
Gloomy Eyes
2019 • Movie
as Jack Mulligan
Widows
2018 • Movie
as Self
An Impossible Conundrum
2018 • Movie
as George Pierce
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 • Movie
as Steven Murphy
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 • Movie
as Corporal McBurney
The Beguiled
2017 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Colin Farrell.
as Self • 1 eps
After Hours with James Corden
2026 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 • Series
as Narrator • 4 eps
From that Small Island
2025 • Series
as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb • 8 eps
The Penguin
2024 • Series
as John Sugar • 16 eps
Sugar
2024 • Series
as Henry Drax • 5 eps
The North Water
2021 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Ray Velcoro • 8 eps
True Detective
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Conan
2010 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Live from Studio Five
2009 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Meaning of Life
2009 • Series
as Self • 7 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Billy • 1 eps
Scrubs
2001 • Series
as Daniel McCarthey • 4 eps
Falling for a Dancer
1998 • Series