Colin Farrell Biography

Name : Colin Farrell
Birth Date : March 31, 1976
Birth Place : Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Real Name : Colin James Farrell
Height : 5′ 10
Education : Gaiety Drama School in Dublin (dropped out)
Nationality : Irish
Occupation : Actor
Years active : 1996-present
Spouse(s) :Amelia Warner

Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Tigerland, Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, Alexander and S.W.A.T.

Colin Farrell was born in Castleknock, Dublin, the son of Rita, a housewife, and Eamon Farrell, a footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers FC.[1][2] Farrell has three siblings: two sisters, Claudine (who is his personal assistant)[3] and Catherine; and a brother, Eamon Óg. Farrell was educated at St. Brigid’s National School 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.

The rise of film stars is often described as meteoric and, usually, the term’s not really accurate.
So many have toiled for years as child stars and theatre stalwarts before receiving their big Hollywood break. For Colin Farrell’s ascent, though, the word is absolutely apt. Within a mere 3 years of his American movie debut in 2000, he had co-starred alongside Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Al Pacino (all in different pictures).
He’d stolen the show in hit comic-flick Daredevil, and worked with Steven Spielberg, Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson. He’d even appeared as Oliver Stone’s Alexander the Great. Beyond this, his Devil-may-care attitude to drink, drugs and sex made him the centre of a near-constant tabloid furore.
Incredible – from a minor role in a cute Sunday night soap opera to $8 million pay-days in no time at all. Along with Vin Diesel, Farrell was the first new bona fide superstar of the new millennium.

Colin Farrell Awards:

.Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor for Tigerland in (2000).
.Film Awards: Best Newcomer of the Year for Tigerland in (2002).
.Shanghai International Film Festival: Best Actor for Hart’s War in (2002).
.IFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Film (Public Vote) in (2003).
.MTV Movie Awards: Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer in (2003).
.Teen Choice Awards: Best Choice Movie Actor for Daredevil and Phone Booth in (2003).
.Teen Choice Awards: Best Movie Villain for Daredevil in (2003).
.MTV Movie Awards, Mexico: Best Actor in a Movie for S.W.A.T. in (20040.

Filmography

1. Cassandra’s Dream (2008)
2. In Bruges (2008)
3. Pride and Glory (2007)
4. Miami Vice (2006)
5. The New World (2005)
6. Ask The Dust (2005)
7. Scrubs (TV series, one episode) (2005)
8. Alexander (2004)
9. Saturday Night Live (TV series, one episode, as host) (2004)
10. A Home At The End Of The World (2004)
11. Intermission (2003)
12. S.W.A.T. (2003)
13. Veronica Guerin (2003)
14. Phone Booth (2003)
15. Daredevil (2003)
16. The Recruit (2003)
17. Minority Report (2002)
18. Hart’s War (2002)
19. American Outlaws (2001)

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29 November 2008 5:05pm - Hollywood Actors ||

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