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 two 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 rookie 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).

In 2022, Farrell appeared in Matt Reeves' ''The Batman'', playing Oz Cobb – a role he later revived as the titular character in the 2024 mini-series ''The Penguin''. The same year he starred in Ron Howard’s biographical film Thirteen Lives and Kogonada’s science fiction drama After Yang. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 79th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Pádraic Súilleabháin in McDonagh’s dark comedy-drama ''The Banshees of Inisherin'', and received a Best Actor Oscar nominaton for the role. Provided by Wikipedia