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Colin Farrell

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, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and one Volpi Cup in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. ''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 (first credited) 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 ''Phone Booth'' (2002), ''The Recruit'' (2003), ''S.W.A.T.'' (2003), and ''Miami Vice'' (2006).

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).

In 2022, Farrell 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 his second Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actor. Farrell played Oz Cobb / Penguin in the superhero film ''The Batman'' (2022) and the HBO miniseries ''The Penguin'' (2024). For the latter, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category. Provided by Wikipedia