My Take
Colin Farrell is one of those actors who had to earn his second act the hard way, and I respect him enormously for it. He burst onto Hollywood in the early 2000s with this irresistible bad-boy Irish charm — In Bruges showed he could be genuinely devastating when given the right material — but for a while the tabloid noise threatened to swallow the talent. Then he quietly cleaned himself up, got serious, and the work started speaking for itself. His Golden Globe wins, first for In Bruges and then for The Banshees of Inisherin in 2023 (where he also took the Volpi Cup at Venice), feel like the industry finally catching up to what good-faith viewers already knew: this guy is a real actor, not just a pretty face with an accent.
Overview
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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Colin Farrell
- Name (Japanese)
- コリン・ファレル
- Reading
- こりん・ふぁれる
- Born
- May 31, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Castleknock, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / character actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Castleknock College
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- 2023 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- 2022 Volpi Cup for Best Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.