Colin Farrell Biography
Farrell was married to Amelia Warner from July to November 2001. He has acted alongside Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino and Samuel L. Jackson in different movies.
Colin Farrell attended The Gaiety
School of Acting, but dropped out
and snagged the part of Danny Bryne
on Ballykissangel, a popular BBC
television drama set in Ireland. It
ran from 1996 till 2001 with Colin's
part running from 1998 to 1999.
Before that, he then had a number of
small roles in various TV shows and
movies till he played the part of
Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland in
2000. Since then he has been one of
Ireland's rising stars in Hollywood,
acting alongside some of Hollywood's
finest including Bruce Willis in
Hart's War, Tom Cruise in Minority
Report, Al Pacino in The Recruit and
Samuel L. Jackson in S.W.A.T..
Farrell was married to Amelia Warner
from July to November 2001. He had a
son, James (born September 12,
2003), with his now ex-girlfriend,
Kim Bordenave.
Al Pacino, his original acting idol,
has described Colin as the greatest
actor of his generation. Farrell is
known for his lighthearted approach
to living, and was apparently
smoking six packs of cigarettes a
day during the filming of Phone
Booth in 2002.
In 2004 audiences at screening of
the film A Home at the End of the
World were alleged by press to have
been visibly distracted (with
audible gasps) due to a brief
frontal nude scene by Farrell during
which he walked naked down a
hallway. Film producers claimed to
have deleted this scene due to the
threat that it might distract
viewers from the real content of the
film. Farrell responded saying it
was ridiculous and when asked if the
cut scene might be included in a DVD
release responded: "That would
really make me put me fists up. What
would it be? Deleted scene: cock?"
Eventually the removed clip leaked
to the internet.
Farrell is currently involved in a
legal dispute with another former
girlfriend, Playboy Playmate Nicole
Narain. He is suing over the rights
of a sex tape they made over two
years ago which he claims he
understood as being "strictly
private and confidential between
them". A judge in Los Angeles has
issued a temporary restraining order
to prevent David Hans Schmidt from
selling, distributing or showing the
tape to anyone. Nicole Narain has
now reportedly claimed that she did
not leak the tape and that she will
work with Farrell to ensure that it
remains private.
As of December, 2005, Farrell is
seeking assistance with an addiction
to prescription pain killers.
Farrell checked into a treatment
center himself. His publicist
informed the public in a written
statement that the medication was
prescribed to Farrell after he
suffered from a back injury.
Filmography
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