Colin Farrell

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Recent Role:
Himself on Live! with Kelly
Gender:
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Born:
5-31-1976
Birthplace:
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Birth Name:
Colin James Farrell
AKA:
Col Farrell, Colin Farrel, Colin J. Farrell, Colin James Farrell
Colin James Farrell was born prematurelyin Castleknock, Dublin to Rita Monaghan and Eamonn Farrell, has two sisters, Claudine and Catherine, and a brother, Eamonn Jr.

Farrell was educated at Castleknock College and Gormanstown College. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was a promising young soccer player for Dublin side Castleknock Celtic, playing as a goalkeeper. Farrell attended The Gaiety School of Acting, but dropped out and was cast in the part of "Danny Byrne" on Ballykissangel, a popular BBC television drama set in Ireland. Farrell appeared on the show from 1998

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Farrell subsequently had a number of small parts in various TV shows and movies, until 2000, when he was cast in the part of "Private Roland Bozz". Farrell has since been cast in a number of high-profile productions, and is considered one of Ireland's rising stars in Hollywood. Farrell's first American films, "American Outlaws" (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including The Recruit, S.W.A.T. and Phone Booth, were well received and were box office successes. Colin is also a proven supporting actor in Minority Report (2002) and as a the villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003).

In 2004, Farrell appeared in several films that received only a limited theatrical release, including Intermission and A Home at the End of the World. Colin also appeared in the title role of 2004's Alexander and in 2005's The New World, also a historical epic.

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  • Scrubs

    I thought he was so hilarious in his cameo on Scrubs. I was laughing the entire time.

    3 comments, last one Dec 19, 2006
  • At Home At the End of the World

    I was very surprised by his performance in this film. He played such a sensitive loner type, you truely believed you were watching his character and not Colin Farrell. He always gives great performances but this one in particular spoke to me and felt like one of his most believeable.

    1 comments, last one Nov 9, 2006
  • Welcome to the Colin Farrell forum

    Welcome to the TV.com Forums for Colin Farrell. Here is your area to discuss, dissect and debate all things about this person.

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    a really great actor, well.. a drug addicted actor, but an actor nevertheless..

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    You have to admit it.... He's aboveeeee gorgeous!! That cute litlle bad boy face is just ready to be kissed and pinched and smooched(ok.. now I sound like a grandma', but you know what I mean, hopefully). Colin Farrell is like the perfect image of a bad boy. And even that cigarette he's always smoking, wherever he is or whatever he does, looks so good! I've saw his movies... the acting is not that incredible, it's more like.. so-so. Or average. But that doesn't stop me to not like him. As in the case of other hundreds or millions of his girl fans :D.

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    Colin Farrell is a quite underrated actor. People see him as a Hollywood hotshot without talent, who only plays in blockbuster crap like S.W.A.T. But there's more to Farrell than meets the eye. If one would take a chance to watch Tigerland for example, he would see that Colin Farrell is a great and versatile actor who only needs to pick his movies with a bit more care.

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    A real tough guy and a modern day James Dean, Colin Farrell is nonetheless a very talented actor. Some may hate him for his bad attitude and reckless lifestyle, but I have enjoyed most of his films, with the exception of the awful, "Daredevil." Of all of his movies, my favorite has to be "Phone Booth."

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    Though he does have a bit of a snarky attitude he is a real metamorpher when it comes to his acting. He can do it all. From a sensitive odd ball in At Home at the end of the World, to a crazd psycho in Daredevil (the only good part of the movie), to a world explorer in The New World. He can really mold and press himself into a lot of different roles, he has real staying power. Excellent actor by all accounts.

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