# List of Colin Farrell performances

Colin Farrell is an Irish actor. He first appeared in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) before making his film debut in the drama film The War Zone (1999). He broke out into Hollywood as the lead in Tigerland (2000). He would go on to star in Phone Booth (2002), S.W.A.T., and The Recruit (both 2003), establishing himself as a box office draw. Additionally, he also appeared in Steven Spielberg's science-fiction thriller Minority Report (2002) and as the supervillain Bullseye in the film Daredevil (2003). His role in the black comedy film In Bruges (2008) earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other notable film roles include The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Fright Night (2011), Total Recall, Saving Mr. Banks (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), The Batman (2022) and Thirteen Lives (2022). For his role in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Farrell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
On television, he starred in the second season of HBO's True Detective, and starred in the BBC miniseries The North Water.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight | Young Man in Cinema No.2 | |
| 1996 | The Disappearance of Finbar | Simon | Uncredited |
| 1999 | The War Zone | Nick | |
| 2000 | Ordinary Decent Criminal | Alec | |
| 2000 | Tigerland | Private Roland Bozz | |
| 2001 | American Outlaws | Jesse James | |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Lt. Thomas W. Hart | |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Agt. Danny Witwer | |
| 2002 | Phone Booth | Stu Shepard | |
| 2003 | The Recruit | James Douglas Clayton | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Bullseye | |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin | Tattooed Boy | Cameo |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Officer III Jim Street | |
| 2003 | Intermission | Lehiff | |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World | Bobby Morrow (1982) | |
| 2004 | Alexander | Alexander | |
| 2005 | The New World | Captain John Smith | |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Detective James "Sonny" Crockett | |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust | Arturo Bandini | |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Terry Blaine | |
| 2008 | Kicking It | Narrator | Documentary; also executive producer |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory | Sgt. Jimmy Egan | |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Ray | |
| 2009 | Ondine | Syracuse / Circus | |
| 2009 | Triage | Mark Walsh | Also executive producer |
| 2009 | Crazy Heart | Tommy Sweet | |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Imaginarium Tony (3rd transformation) | |
| 2010 | The Way Back | Valka | |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Harry Mitchel | |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses | Bobby Pellitt | |
| 2011 | Fright Night | Jerry Dandrige | |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Douglas Quaid / Agent Carl Hauser | |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Marty Faranan | |
| 2013 | Dead Man Down | Victor / Laszlo Kerick | |
| 2013 | Epic | Ronin | Voice role |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Travers Robert Goff | |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Peter Lake | |
| 2014 | Miss Julie | John | |
| 2015 | The Lobster | David | |
| 2015 | Solace | Charles Ambrose | |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Percival Graves / Gellert Grindelwald | |
| 2017 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Steven Murphy | |
| 2017 | The Beguiled | John McBurney | |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | George Pierce | |
| 2018 | Widows | Jack Mulligan | |
| 2019 | Dumbo | Holt Farrier | |
| 2019 | The Gentlemen | Coach | |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Artemis Fowl I | |
| 2020 | Ava | Simon | |
| 2021 | Voyagers | Richard Alling | |
| 2021 | After Yang | Jake | |
| 2022 | The Batman | Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin | |
| 2022 | Thirteen Lives | John Volanthen | |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin | |
| 2025 | A Big Bold Beautiful Journey † | David | Post-production |
| TBA | The Ballad of a Small Player † | TBA | Post-production |
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998–1999 | Ballykissangel | Danny Byrne | 18 episodes |
| 1998 | Falling for a Dancer | Daniel McCarthey | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters" |
| 2005 | Scrubs | Billy Callahan | Episode: "My Lucky Charm" |
| 2010 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "The Whoosh & Vanish Mystery" |
| 2015 | True Detective | Detective Ray Velcoro | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | The North Water | Henry Drax | 5 episodes |
| 2024–present | Sugar | John Sugar | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2024 | The Penguin | Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin | Miniseries; also executive producer |