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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.

The Batman: Part II
as Oz / The Penguin

The Slightest Touch
as Self

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self

Ballad of a Small Player
as Lord Doyle

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
as David

From that Small Island
as Narrator

From that Small Island
as Narrator

The Penguin
as Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb

Sugar
as John Sugar

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self

The Banshees of Inisherin
as Pádraic Súilleabháin

Thirteen Lives
as John Volanthen

After Yang
as Jake

The Batman
as Oz / The Penguin

The North Water
as Henry Drax

Voyagers
as Richard

Street Leagues
as Narrator

Ava
as Simon

Artemis Fowl
as Artemis Fowl I

The Gentlemen
as Coach

The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest

Dumbo
as Holt Farrier

Gloomy Eyes
as (English dubbing)

Widows
as Jack Mulligan
An Impossible Conundrum
as Self

Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as George Pierce

The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Steven Murphy

The Beguiled
as Corporal McBurney

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Percival Graves

It's Not Yet Dark
as Narrator (Voice)

The Lobster
as David

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest

Solace
as Charles Ambrose

The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest

Hot Ones
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self

Miss Julie
as John

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest

Winter's Tale
as Peter Lake

True Detective
as Ray Velcoro

Saving Mr. Banks
as Travers Robert Goff

Epic
as Ronin (voice)

Dead Man Down
as Victor

Seven Psychopaths
as Marty Faranan

Total Recall
as Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Muide Éire
as Self

Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige

Horrible Bosses
as Bobby Pellitt

The Way Back
as Valka

London Boulevard
as Harry Mitchel

Conan
as Self - Guest

Burma Soldier
as Narrator (Voice)

Ondine
as Syracuse

Crazy Heart
as Tommy Sweet

Triage
as Mark Walsh

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 3

Live from Studio Five
as Self

The Meaning of Life
as Self

Pride and Glory
as Jimmy Eagan