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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.

In 1943, Sicilian immigrant Vito Scaletta is arrested during a robbery and opts to join the U.S. Army in order to avoid jail. After spending two years as a paratrooper on various World War II allied operations, including Operation Husky in Sicily, Vito is given leave in February 1945 to return home to Empire Bay. Finding that his mother and sister are struggling to repay his late father's debt since the family moved to the city in the 1920s, Vito turns to his best friend Joe Barbaro for help, after he provides him with counterfeit discharge papers that can allow him to leave the army for good. The pair slowly take on jobs for made man Henry Tomasino and caporegime Luca Gurino, members of the Clemente family, that secure Vito the money needed to clear his family's debt. However, his involvement in the theft and sale of federal ration stamps lead to him being arrested for the crime, convicted in court, and sentenced to prison for ten years. While in prison, Vito falls in with a crowd led by Leo Galante, the consigliere of mob boss Frank Vinci, and makes an impression on Galante by demonstrating his fighting skills. Meanwhile, Vito's mother dies one day while his sister is visiting him, and all his money - which have gave to his sister for a doctor and a wedding gift - is used for their mother's funeral instead.

