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Colin Farrell
Colin James Farrell 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, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and one Volpi Cup in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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entertainment · Irish actor (born 1976) · actor · character actor · film actor · stage actor · television actor · executive producer · musician · also Colin Farrell, Farrell
Born 31 May 1976 · Q172035
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: ‘Tom Cruise was not happy’: Colin Farrell was so drunk on Minority Report he needed 46 takes for a single line
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The Guardian: Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell seeks redemption in Edward Berger’s high-stakes gambling yarn
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The Guardian: ‘It’s like fencing with a close friend. Terrifying in a lovely way’: Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton on taking a gamble with their new drama
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The Guardian: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review – Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell play the game of love
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The Guardian: Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell wins us over in flashy, slight gambler tale
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for The Penguin (2025).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for The Penguin (2025).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actor for The Penguin (2025).
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2024· 6 entries
The Guardian: Colin Farrell’s Dublin marathon run raises €774,000 for charity
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The Guardian: The Penguin review – Colin Farrell deserves all the awards for this powerful Batman spinoff
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The Guardian: Colin Farrell opens up about son with Angelman syndrome: ‘We still struggle’
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The Guardian: Sugar review – Colin Farrell’s private detective drama is a disaster
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With his performance earning critical praise and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
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Starred in the Apple TV+ detective drama series Sugar, playing a private investigator hired by a Hollywood titan to investigate the disappearance of his beloved granddaughter
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2023· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Banshees of Inisherin (2023).
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2022· 4 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).
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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
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Farrell co-starred in the film Thirteen Lives, which chronicles the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue of a Thai boys' soccer team that was trapped 2
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Farrell reunited with Martin McDonagh and Brendan Gleeson for The Banshees of Inisherin, which earned Farrell a Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the 79th Venice Film Festival and a Golden Globe, as well as a nomination for
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2020· 1 entry
And Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Music and Mischief”.
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2018· 2 entries
Co-starred in Steve McQueen's thriller Widows, and then starred in Tim Burton's 2019 live-action fantasy Dumbo
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Voluntarily checked himself into rehab, as a "preemptive measure", in order to maintain his sobriety
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2017· 1 entry
Had leading roles in the films The Beguiled, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Roman J
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2016· 1 entry
Farrell starred in the Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; a traced version of a licensed promotional photo of Farrell from the film was subsequently used for the character Nefarian Serpin
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2015· 2 entries
Colin Farrell became an official Ambassador of the Homeless World Cup, which uses street football to inspire homeless people to change their lives
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And directed by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos in his English-language debut
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2014· 1 entry
Farrell starred in a film adaptation of Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale
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2013· 1 entry
Revealed that he suffers from insomnia and has suffered from occasional bouts of depression and dark thoughts
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Home Away From Home: Irish Music from England”.
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “On the Move”.
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“[He had] been drunk or high since [he] was 14.”
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2009· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for In Bruges (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Farrell starred opposite Edward Norton in Pride and Glory, a police drama directed by Gavin O'Connor
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2007· 2 entries
And was distributed in the US in early 2008
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Farrell joined other celebrities as a spokesperson for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai
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2006· 2 entries
With his role opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action crime drama, Miami Vice
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And has credited his sobriety to his elder son James
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2004· 1 entry
Appeared in several other independent films receiving limited theatrical release in most countries, including A Home at the End of the World (adapted from Michael Cunningham's novel of the same name)
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2003· 1 entry
Was voted sixth World's "Sexiest Man" by Company magazine
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2000· 1 entry
Farrell was cast in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, directed by Joel Schumacher
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1976· 1 entry
Born 1976-05-31.
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