I remember becoming aware of Colin Farrell in a little-seen indie film, "Tigerland" back in 2000. This Vietnam war-set drama, directed by Joel Schumacher, was about a group of young men at a U.S. army training camp in Louisiana struggling to accept their unavoidable fate of going in to battle. The film didn't do much at the box-office but it was well received by critics, with them singling out Farrell, a little known Irish actor at the time, for his role as Bozz, a draftee opposed to the war who doesn't respect authority.
And Hollywood took notice of the smoldering, good-looking actor, offering him parts with the goal of creating a new star. While Farrell has had a few opportunities to shine ("Minority Report", "Phone Booth", "In Bruges","The Lobster"), many of his films were unfortunate and forgettable ("Alexander", "Daredevil", "Fright Night", "S.W.A.T", "Total Recall"). But there is no denying his exceptional talent, which is why he is still very much in demand and working steadily.
With the recent release of "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" which re-teams him with Yorgos Lanthimos, the writer/director of "The Lobster" and Nicole Kidman, his co-star in the Civil War-era remake of "The Beguiled" that came out earlier this summer, it seems like the perfect time to review the career of the now forty-one year old actor. Vulture has ranked the forty feature film roles that Colin Farrell has performed in to date and reveal what they think is his least successful to his finest hour in cinema.
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Every Colin Farrell Movie Ranked from Worst to Best
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