Name: Colin Farrell
Born: 31 March 1976 (Age: 35)
Where: Dublin, Ireland
Height: 5' 9"
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe
Biography:
The rise of film stars is often described as meteoric and, usually, the
term's not really accurate. So many have toiled for years as child stars
and theatre stalwarts before receiving their big Hollywood break. For
Colin Farrell's ascent, though, the word is absolutely apt. Within a
mere 3 years of his American movie debut in 2000, he had co-starred
alongside Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Al Pacino (all
in different pictures). He'd stolen the show in hit comic-flick
Daredevil, and worked with Steven Spielberg, Joel Schumacher and Roger
Donaldson. He'd even appeared as Oliver Stone's Alexander the Great.
Beyond this, his Devil-may-care attitude to drink, drugs and sex made
him the centre of a near-constant tabloid furore. Incredible - from a
minor role in a cute Sunday night soap opera to $8 million pay-days in
no time at all. Along with Vin Diesel, Farrell was the first new bona
fide superstar of the new millennium. And, unlike Diesel's, his star
kept rising.
He was born Colin James Farrell in the Castleknock area of Dublin, at
the edge of Phoenix Park, on March 31st, 1976. The place was fairly
well-to-do, a new money suburb, but Colin came from resolutely
working-class stock. His mother Rita's father was a chauffeur, while
Colin's father Eamon and his uncle Tommy both played football for
Shamrock Rovers. At their Sixties peak they were the Manchester United
of Ireland, a crowd of over 30,000 watching them defeat Red Star
Belgrade in 1961. Colin was the youngest of four, his brother Eamon now
running a performing arts school in Dublin, while sisters Catherine and
Claudine have both popped up in Colin's movie productions, Claudine also
working as Colin's assistant and companion.
It was Catherine who first drew Colin towards acting. She'd stay up late
watching old movies, and her younger brother would sit with her,
revelling in the efforts and attitudes of Brando, Newman, Clift and,
interestingly, Ernest Borgnine. His first big crush was on Marilyn
Monroe. At 8 or 9, totally besotted with the dead goddess, he'd leave
some of his precious Smarties under his pillow along with a note
inviting her to come down from Heaven to share them with him. Catherine
also provided him with his first experience of stage performance when,
at age 12, he watched her play Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. When
Eamon Jr took up dance lessons, young Colin was also forced by his
mother to attend.
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