"You know. I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes. All that kind of stuff to do sometimes, to do good performances, but always conducive to having a good time creatively."
Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976 in Castleknock, Dublin) is an Irish actor.
He started out with roles in the 1997 independent film Drinking Crude and on the BBC TV show Ballykissangel in 1998, but his breakthrough role came with the war film Tigerland, which earned him much praise and recognition. He was subsequently shot into superstardom, becoming one of Hollywood's favorite leading men.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- American Outlaws (2001)
- Hart's War (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Veronica Guerin (2003)
- Daredevil (2003)
- Phone Booth (2003)
- The Recruit (2003)
- S.W.A.T. (2003)
- Intermission (2003)
- Alexander (2004)
- The New World (2005)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Cassandra's Dream (2007)
- In Bruges (2008)
- Ondine (2009)
- Crazy Heart (2009)
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
- The Way Back (2010)
- Horrible Bosses (2011)
- Fright Night (2011)
- Total Recall (2012)
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)
- Epic (2013) (voice)
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
- Winter's Tale (2014)
- Miss Julie (2014)
- The Lobster (2015)
- Solace (2015)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
- Widows (2018)
- Dumbo (2019)
- The Gentlemen (2020)
- Artemis Fowl (2020)
- Ava (2020)
- The Batman (2022)
- Thirteen Lives (2022)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Television roles
- Ballykissangel (1998–99)
- True Detective (2015)
- The North Water (2021)
- The Penguin (2024)
- Sugar 2024 (2024)
Tropes associated with Colin Farrell and his characters include:
- Beauty Inversion: People were astonished to see his appearance as The Penguin in The Batman (2022) — due to heavy use of makeup he looks almost unrecognizable.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: He's known for his thick, expressive eyebrows.
- Fake American: The vast majority of his roles since his breakout in the early 2000's have had him play American characters.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: His very heavy Dublin accent will occasionally slip through when he plays a non-Irish character.
- Pragmatic Hero: A lot of his characters are essentially moral, but will bend those morals to accomplish a noble goal.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Check, check and check.
