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Farrell was born in Castleknock in Dublin, he is the son of Rita,a homemaker, and Eamon Farrell who operates a health food store and was a footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers FC. Farrell has three siblings, two sisters, Claudine and Catherine, and a brother, Eamon Óg.
Farrell was educated at St. Brigid's National School in Castleknock followed by Castleknock College and Gormanston College. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was a promising young football player for Dublin team, Castleknock Celtic, as a goalkeeper and dated Angie Miller. Farrell auditioned for the Irish group Boyzone when he was still unknown. But he dropped out and was cast in the part of Danny Byrne on BBC television drama. Farrell appeared on the show from 1998 to 1999.
Farrell had a number of small parts in various TV shows and movies, until 2000, when he was cast in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, an American film directed by Joel Schumacher. Farrell's next American films, American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including Phone Booth, S.W.A.T. and The Recruit were well-received box office successes. Although he has a pronounced Irish accent, Farrell uses an American accent in some of his films including American Outlaws and his breakthrough role, Tigerland. Farrell is also a proven supporting actor, given his performances as an ambitious cop who chases after a potential criminal, played by actor Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002), and as the skilled villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003).
late 2003, Farrell starred as a criminal who plots a bank heist with Cillian Murphy in the comedy Intermission, which held the record as highest-grossing Irish independent film in Irish box office history until 2006. In 2004, Farrell appeared in several independent films that received only a limited theatrical release in most countries, including A Home at the End of the World, which received some positive reviews. Farrell appeared as a bisexual character in A Home at the End of the World. He has credited his homosexual brother, Eamon Farrell Jr., for inspiring him and teaching him about "the meaning of love and understanding".
Farrell appeared in the title role of Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's 2004 biopic Alexander, which, while receiving some favorable reviews internationally, received mostly mediocre and negative reviews in the United States. It was marked by controversy for openly portraying the ancient conqueror as bisexual, and among some historians for its portrayal of the ancient Persians, though others praised it for its accuracy in these regards as well.
His next film was 2005's Academy Award-nominated The New World, also a historical epic that was met with mixed reviews.
The New World was followed by Ask the Dust, a romance film set in period Los Angeles co-starring Salma Hayek. 2006 brought more success in Farrell's career, as he appeared opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice.
Farrell married English actress Amelia Warner in July 2001 and divorced her four months later.
Farrell has a son, James (born September 12, 2003), with American model Kim Bordenave, from whom he has since separated.
Filmographie Colin Farrell
Dumbo
Family, Fantasy, Animation (modern) De : Tim BurtonAvec : Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Colin FarrellDisney's new live-action feature film "Dumbo" introduces Holt Farrier (Farrell), a former circus star who finds his life turned upside down when he returns from the war. Circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) enlists Holt to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an... Lire la suite...The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Horror, Thriller, Drama De : Yorgos LanthimosAvec : Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Alicia SilverstoneSteven, an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon is married to Anna, a respected ophthalmologist. They live a happy family life with their two children, Kim, 14 and Bob, 12. Steven has formed a friendship with Martin, a fatherless 16 year-old boy whom he has taken under his wing. Things take a sinister... Lire la suite...The Beguiled
Thriller, Drama, Western De : Sofia CoppolaAvec : Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst,...The Beguiled is a seductive drama from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola, adapted from Thomas Cullinan's novel. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls' boarding school. Its sheltered young women encounter an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his... Lire la suite...Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
De : David YatesAvec : Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin FarrellThe adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.The Lobster
Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy De : Yorgos LanthimosAvec : Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben WhishawIn a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.Solace
Thriller De : Afonso PoyartAvec : Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan,...A psychic works with the FBI in order to hunt down a serial killer.Miss Julie
Drama De : Liv UllmannAvec : Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha MortonOver the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.Saving Mr Banks
Melodrama De : John Lee HancockAvec : Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin FarrellWhen Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise—one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has... Lire la suite...Epic
Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation (modern) De : Chris WedgeAvec : Beyoncé Knowles, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson,...A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.Dead Man Down
Action, Thriller De : Niels Arden OplevAvec : Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard,...In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by one of his boss's victims, a woman seeking retribution.Seven Psychopaths
Action, Crime, Comedy De : Martin McDonaghAvec : Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson,...A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.Horrible Bosses
Comedy De : Seth GordonAvec : Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis,...Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.The Way Back
Drama, Adventure De : Peter WeirAvec : Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed HarrisA fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940.Fright Night
Horror, Comedy De : Craig GillespieAvec : Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Anton YelchinA remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas... Lire la suite... Concours
Jurassic World : Renaissance
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The Ritual
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The Teacher who Promised the Sea
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Materialists
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Rapaces
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Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes
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