Cast & creator
Colin Farrell
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Colin James Farrell
85
film credits
48
television credits
123
1944–2028 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (133)
Showing 133 of 133 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Scrubs
Billy
2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
True Detective
Ray Velcoro
2014
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
The Batman
Oz / The Penguin
2022
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Sugar
John Sugar
2024Sugar
Executive Producer
2024
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Penguin
Oz 'The Penguin' Cobb
2024The Penguin
Executive Producer
2024
The Gentlemen
Coach
2020
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Graves
2016Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Minority Report
Danny Witwer
2002Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
self - segment
2004
Total Recall
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
2012
The Banshees of Inisherin
Pádraic Súilleabháin
2022
HBO First Look
Self
1992
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
David
2025
The Lobster
David
2015
Fright Night
Jerry Dandrige
2011
Horrible Bosses
Bobby Pellitt
2011
Miami Vice
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
2006
Ballykissangel
Danny Byrne
1996
In Bruges
Ray
2008
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Alexander
Alexander
2004
The North Water
Henry Drax
2021
Daredevil
Bullseye
2003
S.W.A.T.
Jim Street
2003
The Way Back
Valka
2010
The Beguiled
Corporal McBurney
2017
Ava
Simon
2020
Solace
Charles Ambrose
2015
Epic
Ronin (voice)
2013
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl I
2020
Widows
Jack Mulligan
2018
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium Tony 3
2009
Seven Psychopaths
Marty Faranan
2012
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
George Pierce
2017
Phone Booth
Stu Shepard
2003
Dumbo
Holt Farrier
2019
Thirteen Lives
John Volanthen
2022
After Yang
Jake
2022
The New World
Captain Smith
2005
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Steven Murphy
2017
Hart's War
Lt. Thomas W. Hart
2002
The Recruit
James Clayton
2003
The Batman: Part II
Oz / The Penguin
2028
Dead Man Down
Victor
2013
Saving Mr. Banks
Travers Robert Goff
2013
Ballad of a Small Player
Lord Doyle
2025
Winter's Tale
Peter Lake
2014
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Voyagers
Richard
2021
After Hours with James Corden
Self
2026
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
The Beautiful Game
Producer
2024
Pride and Glory
Jimmy Eagan
2008
Tigerland
Pvt. Roland Bozz
2000
American Outlaws
Jesse James
2001
London Boulevard
Harry Mitchel
2010
Veronica Guerin
Tattooed Boy
2003Love in the 21st Century
Mattie
1999
Crazy Heart
Tommy Sweet
2009
The War Zone
Nick
1999
Cassandra's Dream
Terry Blaine
2007
Triage
Mark Walsh
2009Triage
Executive Producer
2009
Miss Julie
John
2014
Falling for a Dancer
Daniel McCarthey
1998
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Alec
2000
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
2023
A Home at the End of the World
Bobby Morrow (1982)
2004
Ask the Dust
Arturo Bandini
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Ondine
Syracuse
2010
Intermission
Lehiff
2003
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Becoming Alexander
Self
2005
Drinking Crude
Click
1997
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
Self
2025The Batman: Unpacking the Icons
Himself
2022
Bad Bridgets
Street Leagues
Narrator
2020
The Disappearance of Finbar
Simon
1997Ordained
Father Roy Craig
Ordained
Producer
Burma Soldier
Narrator (Voice)
2010
Art
Yvan
Belly of the Beast
Jack Henry Abbott
Belly of the Beast
Producer
From that Small Island
Narrator
2025
Frankie Starlight
Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
1995
From that Small Island
Narrator
2025
Kicking It
Narrator (voice)
2008Kicking It
Executive Producer
2008
Bloodline
Producer
2026Making of Phone Booth
Self
2003
Room Taken
Executive Producer
2023
The Slightest Touch
Self
2026The Slightest Touch
Producer
2026
Muide Éire
Self
2011An Impossible Conundrum
Self
2018
It's Not Yet Dark
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Patient Zero
2026
Patient Zero
Dakota's boyfriend / Taylor's ex
2026