Colin Farrell

ABOUT COLIN FARRELL

Irish actor who starred in Phone Booth in 2002 and won a Golden Globe Award for his role in In Bruges . His other film credits include Horrible Bosses , Crazy Heart , Miami Vice, The Recruit , The Lobster and Minority Report .

He unsuccessfully auditioned for the Irish boy band Boyzone. The film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial inspired him to start acting.

He appeared opposite Ben Affleck in the superhero movie Daredevil in 2003. In 2015, he played a lead role in the second season of HBO's True Detective .

He dated writer Emma Forrest for over a year, and their relationship is detailed in her memoir, Your Voice in My Head. He had a son named James in 2003 and a son named Henry in 2009.

He starred with Samuel L. Jackson in the 2003 action film S.W.A.T. (2003)