Colin Farrell-Filmography

In his early film career Collin Farrell did a number of small roles in various television shows and films. His first such role was in the BBC drama Ballykissangel in 1998. He also had a role in Falling For A Dancer. In 2000 he got a break as a lead Actor as Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, which is an American film directed by Joel Schumacher. His following American films like American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful. But 2003 brought some luck to him as his films, including Phone Booth, S.W.A.T., and The Recruit were well-received box office successes that year.

Colin Farrell has a pronounced Irish accent but he uses an American accent in some of his films including American Outlaws and Tigerland. Colin Farrell is also an ascertained supporting actor as can be seen from his well acclaimed role as an ambitious cop who chases after a potential criminal in Minority Report (2002), and as the skilled villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003). Colin Farrell in the late 2003, starred in the highest grossing Irish independent film in the Irish box office history until 2006. The film was Intermission, in which Farrell played a criminal who plots a bank robbery with Cillian Murphy.

The very next year in 2004 Farrell did some independent films that received only a limited theatrical release in most countries. These films included A Home at the End of the World, in which Farrell appeared as a bisexual character, and the film received some positive reviews. One of his most controversial roles was in 2004 in the movie Oliver Stone's biopic Alexander, in which he played the title role of Alexander the Great. This film received a mixed response with some favorable reviews internationally and mostly mediocre and negative reviews in the United States. The film proved controversial for portraying the ancient conqueror as bisexual and hence received criticism from some historians for such a portrayal of the ancient Persians, though others praised it for its accuracy in these regards.

In 2005, Farrell starred in another historical epic, The New World, in which he played the leading role of captain John Smith, the founder of 17th century colonial Jamestown, Virginia who falls in love with a beautiful Native American princess, Pocahontas, played by Q'Orianka Kilcher. Though this movie got mixed reviews, was released in only 811 theaters worldwide and collected low box office response, it was nominated for Academy Awards that year. After The New World Farrell starred in Ask the Dust which was a romantic film set in the period Los Angeles. Salma Hayek was his co-star in the movie. This movie received a very limited theatrical release and was not a financial success.

In 2006, Farrell got success opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice. This film was a box office success worldwide. Colin Farrell's next movie was Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, which was premiered in 2007 and was distributed in the U.S. in early 2008. Colin Farrell then starred in Martin McDonagh's In Bruges. In Bruges was the film which opened the Sundance Film Festival last year. Farrell was lucky with this film because his role as Ray, a hired hitman, in the film, earned him his first nomination and win at the Golden Globe Awards.

Shortly after this success Farrell starred in Kicking It. Kicking it was a documentary based on six homeless men from different countries and their attempt to qualify for the Homeless World Cup. Colin Farrell was the narrator of the movie and was present throughout the movie. The film was released simultaneously in theaters as well as television, airing on ESPN2 with a very short window to DVD release. Farrell received positive reviews for his involvement in this heartwarming true-life tale. Farrell even received enthusiastic reviews for the two dramatic roles that preceded it.

Recently on 11th January 2009, Colin Farrell won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor Musical or Comedy for his role in In Bruges. Some other films that Farrell starred in are The War Zone(1999), Ordinary Decent Criminal(2000), Veronica Guerin(2003) and Pride and Glory(2008). Farrell's upcoming movies are The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009) and Triage(2009).