Born March 31, 1976, and raised in Castlerock, Dublin, Ireland, Colin Farrell is the son and nephew of former Irish football players. In his teen years, Farrell studied acting at Dublin's Gaiety School of Drama, but dropped out when he landed a role in the British miniseries "Falling for a Dancer" (1998).He was soon cast in a supporting role in Tim Roth's directing debut The War Zone (1999) and in Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) opposite Kevin Spacey. American audiences got their first look at Farrell in the Joel Schumacher-directed Tigerland (2000), in which he played an unruly Texan heading to Vietnam.
Farrell received top notices for his work in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report and has since become adept at flexing both his physical muscles (in films such as Daredevil and S.W.A.T.) and his acting ones (in indie flicks such as Intermission and A Home at the End of the World). He gained critical notice with his first Golden Globe win for his role in the crime comedy In Bruges.
Fright NightThis update of the 1985 horror comedy focuses more on terror than laughs when teen Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) suspects that his new neighbor, the sinister Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell), is a vampire, and turns to a self-styled vampire expert, Peter Vincent (David Tennant), for help. Las Vegas... Read More
Pride and GloryA corruption scandal fractures a family of New York City cops in this generational drama about homicide detective Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), a man tasked with investigating a police precinct run by his older brother (Noah Emmerich). As if that weren't enough, Ray's fellow officer and best friend... Read More
The New WorldSet in 1607 at the founding of the Jamestown Settlement, Terrence Malick's epic adventure chronicles the extraordinary actions of explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Native American princess Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher). As English settlers and Native Americans clash, Smith and Pocahontas find... Read More
OndineAn Irish fisherman (Colin Farrell) hauls in an unexpected catch when a mysterious girl (Alicja Bachleda) gets tangled in his nets and soon affects the lives of everyone around her in this fantastical seaside tale from director Neil Jordan (Interview with the Vampire). Is it possible this beautiful... Read More
Alexander: Director's CutOliver Stone takes on the saga of Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell), the legendary Macedonian warrior. Although Alexander's leadership was unflinching and his politics cunning, his interior life was quite complicated, and included a strangely twisted relationship with his mother (Angelina Jolie),... Read More
Total Recall (2012) | NR | |
Horrible Bosses (2011) | R | |
Fright Night (2011) | R | |
The Way Back (2010) | PG-13 | |
London Boulevard (2010) | R | |
Ondine (2009) | PG-13 | |
Triage (2009) | R | |
R | ||
PG-13 | ||
Kicking It (2008) | NR | |
In Bruges (2008) | R | |
Pride and Glory (2007) | R | |
Cassandra's Dream (2007) | PG-13 | |
Miami Vice (2006) | UR | |
Ask the Dust (2006) | R | |
The New World (2005) | PG-13 | |
Intermission (2004) | R | |
Alexander: Director's Cut (2004) | R | |
Alexander: Theatrical Cut (2004) | R | |
R | ||
The Recruit (2003) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Veronica Guerin (2003) | R | |
S.W.A.T. (2003) | PG-13 | |
Phone Booth (2003) | R | |
Hart's War (2002) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
American Outlaws (2001) | PG-13 | |
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) | R | |
Tigerland (2000) | R | |
The War Zone (1999) | NR | |
Falling for a Dancer (1998) | NR | |
Miami Vice (1984) | R | |
PG | ||
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