Colin Farrell Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Colin Farrell
Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Here you can learn about Colin Farrell’s career and private life facts, read the latest news, find all the awards he has won and watch photos and videos.

PERSONAL DATA OF COLIN FARRELL

Age: 44 years old
Height: 178 cm
Born in: Dublin, Ireland
Born on: 31/05/1976

BIOGRAPHY OF COLIN FARRELL

He is the youngest of four children of Rita Monaghan is Eamon Farrell. The father is a former professional football player who played for the Irish team during the 1960s Shamrock Rovers. Colin he would like to follow in his father’s sporting footsteps, but the world of entertainment exerts a stronger attraction on him. Enter an audition to join the boy band of Boyzone, but it is discarded. At the age of 19, he decides to have a life experience abroad by going to work as a waiter in Australia. As confirmed during a guest on the talk show of Jimmy Fallon, that stay in Australia also becomes memorable for him because he is arrested by the police on suspicion of murder, before being released for being the victim of a mistaken identity.

He returns to Ireland and throws himself body and soul into acting. Enrolls in the Gaiety School Of Acting of Dublin, but even before finishing his studies he joins the cast of the English TV series Ballykissangel. War zone, directorial debut of Tim Roth, becomes his first major film. His name circulates well and the two subsequent engagements, A perfect criminal is Tigerland, make his career take off. Joel Schumacher calls him back later Tigerland, as the absolute protagonist of a low budget film that highlights his talent. In line with the killer allows him to become one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood at the age of 25. reads next to Bruce Willis in Under court martial, to Tom Cruise in Minority Report it’s at Ben Affleck in Dare devil. In 2003 he got the leading role in it The rule of suspicion, collaborating with Al Pacino.

In the following years he alternated independent films with major Hollywood productions. In 2004 he turns A home at the end of the world, Alexander of Oliver Stone is The New World of Terrence Malick. It appears in an episode of the TV series Scrubs before being called by the director Michael Mann for theatrical version of the famous 80’s series Miami Vice, playing the role of Sonny Crockett. In 2006 he is next to Salma Hayek in the movie Ask the dust, love story based on the novel of the same name John Fante. The following engagement comes from none other than from Woody Allen offering him a part in Dreams and crimes, while in 2008 it is thanks to the director Martin McDonagh which gives life to one of the best performances of his career in noir In Bruges, for which a Golden Globe as best leading actor. Also in 2008 the film was released in theaters Pride and Glory – The price of honor, in which he acts alongside Edward Norton in the guise of a corrupt cop. He is contacted for a role in The Hurt Locker, award winner Oscar for best film, together with Charlize Theron is Willem Dafoe but the film’s budget proves insufficient for the compensation of the three who are thus replaced.

After the untimely death of Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp is Jude Law they help Terry Gilliam to finish the film Parnassus – The man who wanted to deceive the devil. The three actors donate their fees to the daughter of Ledger. In the same year, after the part of a war photojournalist in Triage, participates in the filming of Crazy Heart, next to the protagonist Jeff Bridges, in which Colin shows his singing talent by singing three of the sixteen songs on the soundtrack. Between 2009 and 1010 he is in the cast of Ondine – The secret of the sea, The Way Back, London Boulevard is Fright Night. In 2011 he physically transforms himself for a supporting role in the comedy How to kill the boss … and live happily. He later accepts to play the role he was of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the remake of Total Recall – Act of force, a high-budget Hollywood film that doesn’t thrill critics or audiences. 7 psychopaths, Dead Man Down – The taste of revenge is Saving Mr. Banks are the films that add to his curriculum. The latter, with Tom Hanks is Emma Thompson, tells the story of how Walt Disney managed to get the rights to the film Mary Poppins by the writer Pamela Lyndon Travers.

At the beginning of 2013 the actor is on the set of Winter story, adaptation of the 1983 novel of the same name by Mark Helprin, together with the actors Russell Crowe, Will Smith, Matt Bomer is Jennifer Connelly. Act in thriller Premonitions with Anthony Hopkins and in the controversial The Lobster which is selected at Cannes Film Festival where wins the Jury Prize. The Norwegian director Liv Ullmann he wants it for his Miss Julie, adaptation of the tragedy Miss Julie of August Strindberg, while back in the USA he becomes with Vince Vaughn one of the True Detective in the second season of the TV series. 2016 is the year to see Colin Farrell and the rest of the cast in the expected spin off of Harry Potter titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.