Colin Farrell is an actor, producer, and voice artist from Ireland. Moreover, Colin Farrell is known for movies like Jim Street in “S.W.A.T.”, Det. James “Sonny” Crockett in “Miami Vice”, Bobby Morrow (1982) in “A Home at the End of the World”, and many more.
Table of Biography
Early life
Colin James Farrell best known as Colin Farrell was born on the 31st of May, 1976, in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland. According to his birth date, he is 46 years old and holds an Irish nationality. Moreover, he has the birth sign of Gemini and believes in Irish Catholicism.
In addition, he is the son of Eamon Farrell (father) and Rita Monaghan (mother). His father played football for “Shamrock Rovers F.C.” and owned a health food store. He has three siblings whose names are Eamon Farrell Jr., Claudine, and Catherine.
Caption: Colin Farrell with his mother (Source: Entertainment Weekly)
Education
Talking about his academic career, he attended St. Brigid’s National School. Later, he enrolled at Castleknock College as well as the Gormanston College in County Meath. He enrolled himself in the Gaiety Drama School in Dublin to develop his acting abilities. But before finishing his schooling there, he dropped out.
Professional career
In his first acting roles, Colin Farrell appeared in the 1998 and 1999 television programs and movies “Ballykissangel” and “Falling for a Dancer.” Later, in 1999, he made his feature film debut with “The War Zone.” Following that, he was picked to play Private Roland Bozz in the movie “Tigerland,” as a lead role.
He also had an appearance in the film “Ordinary Decent Criminal” that same year. He then made appearances in the films “American Outlaws,” “Hart’s War,” “Phone Booth,” “The Recruit,” “The S.W.A.T.,” “Minority Report,” and “Daredevil” between the year 2001. In the late 2003 film “Intermission,” he went on to star.
After a year, he had appearances in films including “A Home at the End of the World” and “Alexander.” In 2005, he made his film debut in the starring role of Captain John Smith in the Academy Award-nominated “The New World.”
He played Jamie Foxx’s opposite in Michael Mann’s 2006 action-crime film “Miami Vice,” which brought in $164 million worldwide on a $135 million budget. He then appeared in Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream” (2007) and Martin McDonagh’s debut full-length film, “In Bruges” (2008).
Other movies and television series
In addition, this actor also made his appearance in the documentary “Kicking It”, and “Pride and Glory” in 2008. The following year, he had further appearances in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” “Triage,” “Crazy Heart,” “Ondine,” “London Boulevard,” “Horrible Bosses,” and “Fright Night.”
In 2012, he co-starred with McDonagh in “Seven Psychopaths” and Kate Beckinsale in “Total Recall.” In addition to this, he also starred in the 2013 films “Dead Man Down,” “The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo,” and “Saving Mr. Banks,” and the 2014 films “Tale” and “Miss Julie.” Additionally, he portrayed Ray Velcoro in the second season of the television series “True Detective.”
Caption: Colin Farrell in the 2019 action comedy film, The Gentlemen with other star cast members (Source: Bollywood Hungama)
In addition, he appeared in the 2015 romantic science fiction thriller “The Lobster.” After a year, he featured in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a Harry Potter spin-off movie, in 2016. He starred in the movies “The Beguiled,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” and “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” in 2017.
He appeared alongside Steve McQueen in the 2018 thriller “Widows” and Tim Burton in the live-action fantasy “Dumbo” 2019. The Penguin (Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot) will be his next role in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” (coming out in 2022).
Awards
As an actor, Colin has earned several awards and nominations. In 2000, he won the Boston Society of Film Critics for the film, ‘Tigerland.’ Likewise, he earned the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2002 for the film “Hart’s War.” In 2003, he won the London Film Critics Circle for “Tigerland.”
Later, in 2009, he won the Golden Globe Award, Irish Film & Television Academy for the film ‘In Bruges.’ Moreover, he earned the San Diego Film Critics Society in 2010 for “Ondine.” This actor has won the Boston Society of Film Critics in 2012 for “Seven Psychopaths.” In the year 2017, he earned the Goldene Kamera Award.
Net Worth
As an actor and working for several movies and television series, he has collected a huge sum of money in his acting career. As of 2022, his net worth estimates at around $80 million, and has not disclosed his salary and income in public.
Relationship Status
At the moment, Colin Farrell is single and not in a relationship. He is living happily and without interruptions in his own houses in Dublin and Los Angeles.
He had relationships with Amelia Warner, Michelle Rodriguez, Kim Bordenave, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Nicole Narain, Lindsay Lohan, Carmen Electra, Lake Bell, Muireann McDonnell, Emma Forrest, Alicja Bachleda, and Elizabeth Taylor back in the day.
He and American model Kim Bordenave have a son named James Padraig, who was born in Los Angeles in 2003. He had his second son, Henry Tadeusz, with Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus in October 2009. (his Ondine co-star).
Their relationship split in the middle of 2010. He sued the Internet Commerce Group (ICG) and his ex-girlfriend, American model Nicole Narain, in 2006 over the unauthorized release of a 13-minute sex tape they had filmed together in 2003.
Body Measurement and Social Media
Colin stands 5 feet 10 inches tall with weighs around 80 kg. Moreover, this actor has dark brown eyes with dark brown hair color and has not disclosed other information regarding his other body measurement.
Caption: Colin Farrell body measurement (Source: Instagram)
On his Instagram, there are more than 45.8k followers. Likewise, there are more than 3.2k followers on Twitter and 183k followers on Facebook.
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