Irish Born Colin Farrell is one of the most successful and biggest actor in Hollywood. He started his career with 1998 B.B.C.’s drama and now has over 50 films and 7 Television series with over 20 award nominations and eight individual awards in his career span ranging from 1997 to the present day. He is a and Alumnus of the Gaiety School of Acting. Farrel’s Hollywood career started with Joel Schumacher’s film Tigerland. Colin Farrell has also done numerous independent films; “Miami Vice”, “A Home at the End of the World”, “Intermission”, and many others. He was listed as one of the greatest Irish film actors by The Irish Times in 2020.
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| Full Name | Colin James Farrell |
| Date of Birth | 31 May 1976 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Parent(s) | Eamon Farrell(Father) Rita Farrell(Mother) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Partner(s) | Amelia Warner |
| Children | 2 |
| Net Worth | US $ 80 million |
Early life
Born on 31st May 1976 in Castleknock to Mother Rita and Father Eamon Farrell; a football player, Colin Farrell is the second child of the family. He has two sisters and an older brother. He completed his junior school at St. Brigid’s National School and his secondary school at a private boy’s school. He has completed his high school from Gormanston College at County Meath. He has an uncle, Tommy Farrell who was also a football player and played for the same team as his father; Shamrock Rovers FC.
Colin Farrell sees Henry Thomas as his inspiration for his acting. He attended Gaiety School of Acting but dropped shortly after, to take his role in B.B.C.’s drama Ballykissangel. When Colin Farrell was traveling to Sydney at age 18, he was suspected of a murder attempt but was cleared after his friend showed a journal explaining them taking MDMA all night at the time of the incident.
Career / Films
After working in B.B.C.’s drama Ballykissangel, Colin Farrell also worked in Falling for a Dancer in 1999. His first feature film was Tim Roth’s “The War Zone” which was also the director’s debut directorial film. He made his first appearance in Hollywood from Tigerland in which he took the role of Private Roland Bozz. The movie made $139,500 in the box office.
He did two more films which did not perform well at the box office. His commercial success came from the three thriller genre movies; Phone Booth, The Recruit, and S.W.A.T. The films were praised by the critics as well. Out of the three films, S.W.A.T. performed the best commercially grossing over the net worth of $116 million. He took a supporting role of an agent opposite Tom Cruise in the movie Minority Report. His other supporting roles include the antagonist Bullseye in 2003 movie Daredevil.
Colin Farrell started doing Independent films like Intermission; a dark comedy as the role of a criminal in 2003, epics like Alexander; a biographical film of Alexander The Great in 2004 which received decent reviews worldwide but performed poor in the U.S. It was made at a budget of $155 million and grossed $167 million worldwide.
Farell’s next critically acclaimed film was the Academy Award-nominated epic The New World where he starred as Captain John Smith. The film was received positively by critics but did not perform well in the box office. He then starred on Miami Vice opposite Jamie Foxx in 2006. It was a commercial success and was listed on the Top 50 movies of the Decade by TimeOut New York. Later he appeared in the documentary Kicking It which released in theatres, DVD and on ESPN2. His performance received positive reviews from critics.
Colin Farrell co-starred with Brendan Gleeson in the movie In Bruges for which he received a Golden Globe Award. He, along with Johnny Deep and Jude Law, helped in completing Heath Ledger’s role after the legendary actor died before the completion of the film.
He did few more movies before working in Horrible Bosses alongside Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jamie Foxx, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis. The film follows the trio of three employees plotting to murder their superiors. It received mixed reviews. He also did a role of the antagonist in Fright Night remake. He went to work with Arnold Schwarzennegger alongside Kate Beckinsale in Total Recall; the remake of 1990 movie with the same name.
He did few movies; Winter’s Tale alongside Will Smith, Saving Mr Banks as an alcoholic father, Miss Julie and The Lobster before appearing in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; a spin-off of Harry Potter. Colin Farrell also worked in True Detective’s second season. He has also co-starred in Dumbo; a live-action movie and in Steve McQueen’s Widows. He is all set to portray Oswald Cobblepot in the upcoming 2021 film The Batman.
Awards
Colin Farrell has been nominated in almost 20 award functions and has won 8 of them out of which is a Golden Globe Award for his performance in In Bruges, BSFC Award for Best Ensemble Cast, BCFC Award for Best Actor in Tigerland, Golden Camera Award for Best International Actor, Audience Award for Best International Actor in Film The Lobster, Golden Schmoes Award for Favorite Celebrity of year.
Personal Life/ Relationship
The actor has had relations with Amelia Warner from 2000 to 2001. He was also linked with Britney Spears, Nicole Narain, Josie Maran, Angelina Jolie, Maeve Quinlan and Demi Moore. He has a son with American model Kim Bordenave. He was also linked with Muireann McDonnell, an Irish Medical Student. He and Emma Forrest dated for a year. In October Farrell had his second son with model Alicja Bachleda-Curuś. They ended their relationship in 2010.
He admitted himself to a rehabilitation center for treatment of his addiction to recreational drugs and pain killers.
He filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend, Nicole Narain for releasing a sex tape they made during their time together for which he was offered $5million to take its rights. The case settled eventually in later months.
He is on Instagram with about 34k followers.
Net worth
According to celebritynetworth.com, Colin has an estimated net worth of $80 million. He has earned all of his net worth by his performance in Hollywood.
