Colin Farrell  Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Farrell appeared in the BBC drama "Ballykissangel" in 1998, made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama "The War Zone" in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him as the lead in the war drama "Tigerland" in 2000. He then played the outlaw Jesse James in the film "American Outlaws" with a young ensemble cast, with Gabriel Macht as brother Frank as well as Ali Larter, Scott Caan, and Timothy Dalton. He then starred in Schumacher's psychological thriller "Phone Booth" (2003) where he plays a hostage in a New York city phone booth, and the American thrillers "S.W.A.T." (2003) and "The Recruit" (2003), establishing his international box-office appeal. During that time, he also appeared in Steven Spielberg's science fiction thriller "Minority Report" (2002) and as the villain Bullseye in the superhero film "Daredevil" (2003). After starring in the independent films "Intermission" (2003) and "A Home at the End of the World" (2004), Farrell headed Oliver Stone's biopic "Alexander" (2004) and Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005). Roles in Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" (2006), the adaptation of John Fante's "Ask the Dust" (2006), and Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream" (2007) followed, underscoring Farrell's popularity among Hollywood writers and directors; however, it was his role in Martin McDonagh's "In Bruges" (2008) that earned him a Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Farrell starred in the black comedy film "Horrible Bosses" (2011), for which he received critical praise, along with the comedy-horror film "Fright Night" (2011) and the sci-fi action film "Total Recall" (2012), both remakes, and McDonagh's second feature, the black comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths" (2012). He also starred in the Niels Arden Oplev action film "Dead Man Down" (2013), and as Travers Goff in the period drama "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013). In 2014, Farrell starred as Peter Lake in the supernatural fable "Winter's Tale", an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mark Helprin.