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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.
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
- Occupation
- actor / character actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- 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
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Colin Farrell born?
Born May 31, 1976 (age 50).
Where is Colin Farrell from?
Colin Farrell is from Castleknock, Ireland.
What does Colin Farrell do?
Colin Farrell works as actor, character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.