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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 sequel to Never Dream of Dying. Bond and his girlfriend Tylyn Mignonne are attending a dinner party thrown by the Governor of The Bahamas. The Governor, who has a gambling debt with a member of SPECTRE, has refused to pay up since he feels that he had been cheated, so there is much security detail at the event. However, the SPECTRE member disguises himself as one of the guards and kills the Governor. Bond recognizes the assassin as the same tall and unusual looking man that rescued Blofeld via helicopter. He escapes in his car and Bond follows him in his Aston Martin Vanquish. The car seems to disappear in the Bahamian Jungle and Bond loses him. Three weeks later Bond is given undisclosed orders by M to follow a man named Steven Harding. Harding is believed to be the leader of SPECTRE. Bond tracks Harding and his Chinese bodyguard, Basil, to Belgium. While Bond gets in a fight and narrowly kills Harding's bodyguard, Harding escapes. MI6 tracks down Harding in Nepal. Upon arriving in Nepal, Bond discovers Harding's dead body. A note is found next to his body from SPECTRE. It is revealed that Steven Harding was indeed a member of SPECTRE, and the note was directions given to Harding from a previous time. The directions were leading Harding to SPECTRE's newest drug warehouse in the Himalayas. A few days later, ond arrives at the Himalayas and meets sexy mountaineer Hope Kendal. Bond climbs with Hope atop the peak of Kangchenjunga. It turns out that Hope was actually a Spanish spy that was to meet with Harding. She discovers who Bond is and tries to kill him. After a physical high elevation fight, Bond knocks Hope out cold and carries her on his shoulders. Bond reaches the top and quickly meets the tall and unusual looking man once again. We learn this time that the man is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki, but Blofeld calls him Jaws. Bond battles with Jaws and escapes. After a discrete plan, Bond kills Blofeld and shuts down SPECTRE. The film ends with Bond making love with Hope Kendal.
