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Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The Kingpin has the IRS freeze Murdock's accounts, the bank foreclose on his apartment, and a police lieutenant testify that he saw Murdock pay a witness to perjure himself. Nelson saves Murdock from a prison sentence, though he is barred from practicing law. His initial plan foiled, the Kingpin has Murdock's apartment firebombed. Murdock confronts the Kingpin in his office and is brutally beaten. The unconscious Murdock is strapped into a taxi cab, which is then pushed into the East River. Murdock regains consciousness and swims to safety. There he is found and nursed back to health by his mother Maggie who has become a nun at a local Catholic church. The Kingpin arranges for Nuke to dress up as Daredevil but Nuke rebels. Murdock, who has been shadowing Urich since hearing of the articles he is writing on the Kingpin, defeats the imposter and leaves him for the authorities. Nuke offers to testify against the Kingpin in exchange for a reduced sentence, but he is killed. Having failed to draw Murdock out of hiding, the Kingpin orders Gladiator to destroy the diner where Murdock works. Appearing as Daredevil for the first time since his apartment was destroyed, he is left with no choice but to kill Gladiator. However, Gladiator survives the attack and names the Kingpin as being behind the assault on Hell's Kitchen, setting off a wave of lawsuits. Daredevil systematically destroys the Kingpin's reputation and worldly possessions, winning back his attorney's license.
