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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.
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The Plague Doctor is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay and story by him and David Twohy. It is the first installment in the S.C.P Foundation film series. It stars Lauren Cohan, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Norman Reedus, and Jeremy Irons. The film, based on SCP-049, follows a scientist who abandons her job and takes matters into her own hands by tracking down the Plague Doctor after his escape from the S.C.P Facility. The Plague Doctor opened in theaters on July 16th, 2022; the film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its groundbreaking visual effects, action sequences, cinematography, and Cohan’s performance, with many considering her portrayal of Alice Miller as one of her greatest lead roles, and it was a massive success at the box-office, grossing $698 million worldwide. It became the first science fiction film in years to win all award nominations; it won 6 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga), and Best Actress for Cohan, and Irons was awarded with an Oscar Award for Best Villain. A sequel entitled The S.C.P Foundation: Land of Monsters was released on May 16th, 2024.
