Profile of Colin Farrell on Famous Like Me

Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor born in Castleknock, Dublin. He was educated at Castleknock College and Gormanstown College.

Colin Farrell attended The Gaiety School of Acting, but dropped out and snagged the part of Danny Bryne on Ballykissangel, a popular BBC television drama set in Ireland. It ran from 1996 till 2001 with Colin's part running from 1998 to 1999.

Before that, he then had a number of small roles in various TV shows and movies till he played the part of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland in 2000. Since then he has been one of Ireland's rising stars in Hollywood, acting alongside some of Hollywood's finest including Bruce Willis in Hart's War, Tom Cruise in Minority Report, Al Pacino in The Recruit and Samuel L. Jackson in S.W.A.T..

Farrell was married to Amelia Warner from July to November 2001. He had a son, James (born September 12, 2003), with his now ex-girlfriend, Kim Bordenave.

Al Pacino, his original acting idol, has described Colin as the greatest actor of his generation. Farrell is known for his lighthearted approach to living, and was apparently smoking six packs of cigarettes a day during the filming of Phone Booth in 2002.

In 2004 audiences at screening of the film A Home at the End of the World were alleged by press to have been visibly distracted (with audible gasps) due to a brief frontal nude scene by Farrell during which he walked naked down a hallway. Film producers claimed to have deleted this scene due to the threat that it might distract viewers from the real content of the film. Farrell responded saying it was ridiculous and when asked if the cut scene might be included in a DVD release responded: "That would really make me put me fists up. What would it be? Deleted scene: cock?" Eventually the removed clip leaked to the internet and showed Farrell to be modestly endowed at best, causing speculation that the entire incident was little more than a publicity stunt.

Current News

Farrell is currently involved in a legal dispute with another former girlfriend, Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain. He is suing over the rights of a sex tape they made over two years ago which he claims he understood as being "strictly private and confidential between them". A judge in Los Angeles has issued a temporary restraining order to prevent David Hans Schmidt from selling, distributing or showing the tape to anyone. Nicole Narain has now reportedly claimed that she did not leak the tape and that she will work with Farrell to ensure that it remains private.

Filmography

• The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
• Drinking Crude (1997)
• The War Zone (1999)
• Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
• Tigerland (2000)
• American Outlaws (2001)
• Hart's War (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Phone Booth (2002)
• The Recruit (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Veronica Guerin (2003)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• Intermission (2003)
• A Home at the End of the World (2004)
• Alexander (2004)
• The New World (2005) (currently in post-production)
• Ask the Dust (2005) (currently in post-production)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• What's Love and What's It All About (2006) (currently announced start of production)
• Tree of Life

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