Name: Colin Farrell

Birth Name: Colin James Farrell

Birthdate: May 3, 1976

Birthplace: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland

Known for his hard-partying, ladykilling ways and potty mouth perhaps more than any roles he's played, Colin Farrell lives up to his bad-boy reputation with gusto — it comes as no surprise he is drawn to morally ambiguous characters like Hart's War's coward and Phone Booth's sleazy publicist. And from Oliver Stone's epic Alexander to the film noir Ask the Dust to the arty epic The New World, he's always in there trying.


1. Al Pacino has called him "the best actor of his generation"
2. He's a chronic insomniac
3. His dad was a soccer star
4. He's been called Hollywood's "lusty leprechaun"
5. On his left ring finger above the knuckle he has a tattoo of the name "Millie," his ex-wife's nickname


"I just got sent a quote I said in some movie magazine, and it went: 'I don't really have much interest in L.A. I just come into town, bang whoever I can, and get the hell out of Dodge.' That was verbatim! Even I can't believe I f---ing said that! Then my mum read it — God, she nearly s--t in her f---ing britches, God bless her.
— W, Nov. 2002

Wife: Amelia Warner, actress, born June 4, 1982; married July 17, 2001, divorced November 2001
Son: (with ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave) James, born Sept.12, 2003

 

FILMS

In Bruges - (2008) - Actor
Pride and Glory - (2008) - Actor
Cassandra's Dream - (2007 ) - Actor
Miami Vice - (2006) - Actor
The New World - (2005) - Actor
Ask the Dust - (2005) - Actor
Intermission - (2004) - Actor
A Home at the End of the World - (2004) - Actor
Alexander - (2004) - Actor
Phone Booth - (2003) - Actor
The Recruit - (2003) - Actor
Daredevil - (2003) - Actor
S.W.A.T. - (2003) - Actor
Phone Booth/Swimfan - (2003) - Actor
Veronica Guerin - (2003) - Cameo
Hart's War - (2002) - Actor
Minority Report - (2002) - Actor
Ordinary Decent Criminal - (2002) - Actor
American Outlaws - (2001) - Actor
Tigerland - (2000) - Actor