Colin Farrell is a beloved Irish actor who has worked on both blockbuster and independent films since the noughties.
Known for his stints in the likes of HBO’s True Detective, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Daredevil, Colin actually shot to fame in a BBC drama series.
Back in 1998 Colin rose to fame with an appearance in the BBC’s Ballykissangel before making his film debut the following year in the drama The War Zone.
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More recently in 2022, Colin has portrayed Penguin in the superhero film The Batman, with him also gaining acclaim for his roles in After Yang, Thirteen Lives, and The Banshees of Inisherin.
With eight Golden Globe nominations for The Banshees of Inisherin, we take a look at the Best Actor nominee’s life.
‘Unable to swim’ confession
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Back in July 2022, Colin made an interesting confession exclusively to Daily Star.
Speaking to us and other press about starring in the biopic Thirteen Lives, he spoke about the “terrifying” moments he encountered when filming underwater.
Colin candidly revealed: “I can’t really swim, but there’s an element of not swimming in what we were doing.
“With scuba diving you accept the process of submerging. It’s a different world beneath the surface of the water,” adding “The technical aspect of it was quite nerve wracking.”
“There was a certain degree of comfort over time that we got, because obviously familiarity breeds comfort, but we really were newbies and we were just incredibly attentive, because of the importance of the story we were telling.”
Talking about working with the divers and filming underwater each day, he said: “We felt that spirit of collaboration the whole way throughout the shoot.”
Although it was a “joy”, he also spoke of the scary aspects of it too. He said: “It was a joy, apart from how nervous I was underneath the water everyday, because some of it was terrifying.”
Wild love life and rumours
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When Colin’s career took off, he was linked to several famous women including the likes of Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie.
He was first linked to Amelia Warner, with the pair even rumoured to have tied the knot. However, Colin later dismissed rumours and claimed the ceremony not to be legal.
He then dated British writer Emma Forrest for around a year before being linked to Britney, Angelina and Demi Moore.
But these days Colin likes to keep his private life away from the spotlight, with it last reported that his current girlfriend is Kelly McNamara, whom he has apparently been with since 2017.
The most recent report about the couple’s relationship was in 2021.
In a previous interview with Ellen DeGeneres, he said: “My girlfriend she travels a lot as well with work, so often times we’re two ships passing in the night, but we make sure to find a port that we can, you know, rendezvous at.”
Kids and their health battles
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Although Colin has had a wild love life filled with romance rumours galore, he is actually a family man and doting dad of two.
The Irish hunk welcomed his first son, James Padraig, in Los Angeles back in 2003 with American model Kim Bordenave.
Four years after welcoming James, Colin revealed that he was born with a rare neuro-generic disorder.
His first-born son has a disorder called Angelman syndrome, which has symptoms that include intellectual and developmental disability, seizures, jerky movements and sleep disturbances.
In October 2009, Colin then welcomed his second son – Henry Tadausz.
Colin welcomed Henry with then-partner actress Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, who he starred alongside in Ondine. Although their relationship ended in mid-2010.
Drug addiction
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Back in December 2005, Colin checked into a rehab due to recreational drug and painkiller addictions.
Speaking about the ordeal while being interviewed by David Letterman on the Late Show, Colin spoke candidly about his stint in the centre.
He told the American chat show host: “There was an energy that was created, a character that was created, that no doubt benefited me.
“And then there was a stage where it all began to crumble around me.”
Sex tape
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Not long after his stint in rehab, Colin filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain and the Internet Commerce Group (ICG) for the unauthorised public distribution of a 13-minute sex tape they had made in 2003.
Colin was reportedly offered a whopping $5 million (£4,126,150) for its rights.
Although ICG tried to release the sex tape, Colin’s ex Nicole said that she would work with him to ensure that the tape would remain private.
Colin claimed that Nicole tried to release it in order to damage his career and “make money out of it” – something that the American model denied.
In April 2006, the parties reached a confidential settlement.
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