Guide Note

Colin Farrell is an Irish actor that has been acting since the late 1990s. His first movie role was in the 1997 film Drinking Crude as the character Click. Farrell's first notable lead role was in the movie Tigerland in 2000. He rose to fame for his leading roles in Phonebooth, S.W.A.T. and The Recruit. His most recent work includes Pride and Glory, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Triage and Dirt Music which will be released in 2009.

Fast Facts

1. Full name: Colin James Farrell
2. Birthplace: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
3. Born: May 31, 1976
4. Height: 5'10"
5. Suffered from chronic insomnia since he was 12
6. Weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. at birth
7. Has appeared in Phone Booth, The Recruit and Miami Vice
8. Sued twice for alleged harassment

1. "Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."
2. "I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!"
3. "It all goes back to Joel Schumacher. I wouldn't have done Phone Booth (2002) without him. I wouldn't be doing Hart's War (2002). I probably wouldn't have done American Outlaws (2001) if he hadn't picked me out of obscurity. I've worked, but not at the level or people I'm working with now if he hadn't taken a chance on an Irish kid playing a Texan."
4. "I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself."
5. "work my arse off. I'm never late, ask anyone. I'm only 27. I don't feel like a big star. I feel neither the pressure nor the grandeur of my situation, you know. I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot."