Biography
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 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 (199...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027
as Oz / The Penguin
Sequel to the 2022 film The Batman.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025
as David
An imaginative tale of two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them.
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
as Self
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of The Banshees of Inisherin.
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Thirteen Lives
2022
as John Volanthen
Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an u...
VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
2022
as Self
Documentary footage from The Batman (2022) Blu Ray.
After Yang
2022
as Jake
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discov...
The Batman
2022
as Oz / The Penguin
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as ...
Voyagers
2021
as Richard
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to coloni...
Street Leagues
2020
as Narrator
"Street Leagues" follows the men and women of the Irish Homeless Street Leagues as they overcome homelessness and addiction through the power of sport...
Ava
2020
as Simon
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Artemis Fowl I
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of ...
The Gentlemen
2020
as Coach
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the busine...
Dumbo
2019
as Holt Farrier
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his frien...
Gloomy Eyes
2019
as (English dubbing)
Poor Gloomy. It’s 1983, and the fact that he’s a zombie makes him an outcast. Hiding out in the forest, Gloomy has his sights on a human girl. But he...
Widows
2018
as Jack Mulligan
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt lef...
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
as George Pierce
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontma...
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
as Steven Murphy
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins o...
The Beguiled
2017
as Corporal McBurney
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wound...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Percival Graves
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of ...
It's Not Yet Dark
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
The story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young filmmaker who becomes completely paralyzed from motor neuron disease but goes on to direct an award-winning fe...
The Lobster
2015
as David
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...
Solace
2015
as Charles Ambrose
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Miss Julie
2014
as John
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduc...
Winter's Tale
2014
as Peter Lake
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Travers Robert Goff
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big scre...
Epic
2013
as Ronin (voice)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She ba...
Dead Man Down
2013
as Victor
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Marty Faranan
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved...
Total Recall
2012
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure...
Fright Night
2011
as Jerry Dandrige
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and mag...
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Bobby Pellitt
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting ...
The Way Back
2010
as Valka
At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and ...
London Boulevard
2010
as Harry Mitchel
A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
Burma Soldier
2010
as Narrator (Voice)
The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.
Ondine
2010
as Syracuse
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds ...
Crazy Heart
2009
as Tommy Sweet
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a ...
Triage
2009
as Mark Walsh
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Triage
2009
Executive Producer
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Imaginarium Tony 3
A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye.
Pride and Glory
2008
as Jimmy Eagan
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a ...
Kicking It
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless Wor...
Kicking It
2008
Executive Producer
Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless Wor...
In Bruges
2008
as Ray
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previ...
Cassandra's Dream
2007
as Terry Blaine
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Miami Vice
2006
as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox C...
Ask the Dust
2006
as Arturo Bandini
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generati...
Becoming Alexander
2005
as Self
Colin Farrell and his intensive preparation to play Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's epic movie.
The New World
2005
as Captain Smith
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Alexander
2004
as Alexander
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then ...
Biography: Val Kilmer
2004
as Self (archive footage)
A&E's Biography of Val Kilmer.
A Home at the End of the World
2004
as Bobby Morrow (1982)
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their live...
Intermission
2003
as Lehiff
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and gr...
S.W.A.T.
2003
as Jim Street
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough D...
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003
A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Daredevil'!
Veronica Guerin
2003
as Tattooed Boy
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin...
Phone Booth
2003
as Stu Shepard
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light f...
Making of Phone Booth
2003
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.
Daredevil
2003
as Bullseye
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
The Recruit
2003
as James Clayton
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Minority Report
2002
as Danny Witwer
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...
Hart's War
2002
as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlistin...
American Outlaws
2001
as Jesse James
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers...
Tigerland
2000
as Pvt. Roland Bozz
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands...
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as Alec
Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determin...
The War Zone
1999
as Nick
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Falling for a Dancer
1998
as Daniel McCarthey
Romantic drama set in rural Ireland of the 1930s. The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with an actor and falls pregnant. Comm...
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997
as Simon
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Drinking Crude
1997
as Click
After failing school, 18 year old Irish leaves his small town of Kerry to find work. In London, he finds a job at an oil refinery and befriends a crud...
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.
Belly of the Beast
N/A
as Jack Henry Abbott
Under notorious literary titan Norman Mailer’s mentorship, Jack Henry Abbott is paroled after nearly a decade in prison and gains instant popularity a...
The Ballad of a Small Player
N/A
as Lord Doyle
A high-stakes gambler decides to lay low in Macau after his past and debts catch up with him. Along the way he encounters a kindred spirit who might j...
Sgt. Rock
N/A
as Sgt. Franklin John Rock
Follows WWII American sergeant, Frank Rock, who leads his infantry unit, Easy Company, through various battles across Europe, ultimately achieving vic...
Belly of the Beast
N/A
Producer
Under notorious literary titan Norman Mailer’s mentorship, Jack Henry Abbott is paroled after nearly a decade in prison and gains instant popularity a...