Colin Farrell - an Irish actor was born in 1976, may 31-st. 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 in the lead role in the war drama "Tigerland" in 2000. He then starred in Schumacher's psychological thriller "Phone Booth" (2002) 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 was born in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland, the son of Rita (née Monaghan) and Eamon Farrell. His father played football for Shamrock Rovers FC and ran a health food shop. His uncle, Tommy Farrell, also played for Shamrock Rovers. Farrell has an older brother, Eamon, Jr., and two sisters, Claudine and Catherine. Claudine works as his personal assistant. Farrell was educated at St. Brigid's National School, followed by secondary school at Castleknock College, and then Gormanston College in County Meath. He unsuccessfully auditioned for the Irish musical group Boyzone around this time. Farrell was inspired to try acting when Henry Thomas' performance in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial moved him to tears. With his brother's encouragement, he attended the Gaiety School of Acting, dropping out when he was cast as Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC drama about a young English priest who becomes part of an Irish rural community. As an 18-year-old travelling in Sydney, he was at one time suspected for attempted murder. The police sketch looked remarkably like him and he had even described blacking out during the night in question. His only alibi was apparently a journal kept by his friend that explained the two had been across town that night, taking MDMA. Farrell had roles in television shows and films, including Ballykissangel and Falling for a Dancer in 1998 and 1999. He made his feature film debut in English actor Tim Roth's directorial debut The War Zone, a drama about an incident of child abuse, starring Ray Winstone and Tilda Swinton as parents of a girl Farrell's character (Nick) dates. Farrell also appeared in Ordinary Decent Criminal with Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino, a film loosely based on the life of Martin Cahill. In 2000, Farrell was cast in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, an under-released film directed by American Joel Schumacher. He reportedly got the part on the basis of his charm. Emanuel Levy of Variety said that Farrell "shines as the subversive yet basically decent lad whose cynicism may be the only sane reaction to a situation". Michael Holden of The Guardian wrote that Farrell was "too much the hero" to fit the classic rebel archetype properly, but he did not mind. Tigerland earned $139,500.

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