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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.
Poppy Playtime II: Playcare is a 2026 American action horror film directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Verbinski. The film is based on the Poppy Playtime video game and the sequel to Poppy Playtime. The second of a three-part film adaptation to the game and primarily covering its third chapter, it stars Piper Rubio, Emma Roberts, Tika Sumpter, Iain Armitage, Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Nighy, Chris Hemsworth, Neve Campbell, and Matthew Lillard. In the film, Poppy and Lilly must face the evil CatNap during a mission to take down his master, the Prototype. To succeed in defeating CatNap, they are aided by Ollie, a boy who contacts allies using a phone, and Kissy Missy, the wife of Huggy Wuggy. Poppy Playtime II: Playcare was released in Netflix on December 9th, 2026; it grossed $813 million worldwide and received positive reviews, with praise for Foster's direction, visual effects, messages, the action sequences, performances (namely Rubio and Roberts), Hans Zimmer's musical score, characters, and emotional weight. A final sequel is in development.
