Colin Farrell

Born: 1976-05-31

Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times' named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and had his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he had his breakthrough with Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), and further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a rookie hitman in Martin McDonagh's comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. 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 black comedy Seven Psychopaths (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), the gothic thriller The Beguiled (2017), and the fantasy film Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell has also played Percival Graves in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022). Also in 2022, Farrell 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 naive 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 Batman

as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot / The Penguin
Released: 2022-03-01

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to...

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as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Released: 2012-08-02

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for...

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as Lester / Bullseye
Released: 2003-02-14

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

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as Coach
Released: 2020-01-01

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When...

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as Percival Graves
Released: 2016-11-16

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a...

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The Lobster

as David
Released: 2015-10-15

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The...

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as Bobby Pellitt
Released: 2011-07-08

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be...

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Miami Vice

as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Released: 2006-07-27

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover...

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Epic

as Ronin (voice)
Released: 2013-05-15

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces...

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as Agent Danny Witwer [FBI]
Released: 2002-06-20

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict...

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Alexander

as Alexander
Released: 2004-11-21

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After...

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Dumbo

as Holt Farrier
Released: 2019-03-27

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but...

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Ava

as Simon
Released: 2020-07-02

A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

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Phone Booth

as Stu Shepard
Released: 2003-04-04

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he...

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Solace

as Charles Ambrose
Released: 2015-09-03

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

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Widows

as Jack Mulligan
Released: 2018-11-06

A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago....

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Thirteen Lives

as John Volanthen
Released: 2022-07-18

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a...

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Fright Night

as Jerry Dandrige
Released: 2011-08-18

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to...

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London Boulevard

as Harry Mitchel
Released: 2010-11-10

A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.

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as Ray
Released: 2008-02-08

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are...

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The Recruit

as James Clayton
Released: 2003-01-31

A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds,...

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as Richard
Released: 2021-04-08

With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for...

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Artemis Fowl

as Artemis Fowl I
Released: 2020-06-12

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He...

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American Outlaws

as Jesse James
Released: 2001-08-17

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their...

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as Jim Street
Released: 2003-08-08

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department....

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Seven Psychopaths

as Marty Faranan
Released: 2012-10-12

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld...

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After Yang

as Jake
Released: 2022-03-04

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake...

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Veronica Guerin

as Tattooed Boy
Released: 2003-07-11

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the...

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The Beguiled

as Corporal McBurney
Released: 2017-06-23

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy...

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Roman J. Israel, Esq.

as George Pierce
Released: 2017-11-17

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others...

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as Imaginarium Tony 3
Released: 2009-10-01

A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye. It is an imaginary world...

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The New World

as Captain Smith
Released: 2005-12-25

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in...

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The Banshees of Inisherin

as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Released: 2022-10-20

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship,...

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

as Steven Murphy
Released: 2017-10-20

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household...

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Ondine

as Syracuse
Released: 2009-09-14

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious...

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Tigerland

as Pvt. Roland Bozz
Released: 2000-10-06

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous...

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Crazy Heart

as Tommy Sweet
Released: 2009-12-16

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music...

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Saving Mr. Banks

as Travers Robert Goff
Released: 2013-11-29

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who...

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The Way Back

as Valka
Released: 2010-11-22

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain...

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Miss Julie

as John
Released: 2014-09-07

Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the...

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Intermission

as Lehiff
Released: 2003-08-29

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops,...

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Dead Man Down

as Victor
Released: 2013-03-08

In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

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Triage

as Mark Walsh
Released: 2009-11-13

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment...

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Winter's Tale

as Peter Lake
Released: 2014-02-13

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of...

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as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Released: 2002-02-15

When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to...

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Ordinary Decent Criminal

as Alec
Released: 2000-01-07

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a...

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The War Zone

as Nick
Released: 1999-06-11

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with...

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Pride and Glory

as Jimmy Eagan
Released: 2008-09-09

A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's...

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Ask the Dust

as Arturo Bandini
Released: 2006-02-02

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is...

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Cassandra's Dream

as Terry Blaine
Released: 2007-06-18

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to...

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Frankie Starlight

as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited)
Released: 1995-11-22

The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and...

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A Home at the End of the World

as Bobby Morrow (1982)
Released: 2004-07-23

Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is...

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Becoming Alexander

as Self
Released: 2005-12-31

Colin Farrell and his intensive preparation to play Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's epic...

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The Spaceman

as The Spaceman
Released: 2024-01-01

Once upon a bedtime, in a place a lot like here, there lived a boy, let’s call him Danny, who...

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Drinking Crude

as Click
Released: 1997-01-01

After failing school, 18 year old Irish leaves his small town of Kerry to find work. In London,...

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Burma Soldier

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2010-11-01

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier...

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Gloomy Eyes

as (English dubbing)
Released: 2019-01-18

Poor Gloomy. It’s 1983, and the fact that he’s a zombie makes him an outcast. Hiding out in the...

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On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

as Self
Released: 2023-01-14

On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of The Banshees of Inisherin.

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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

as Self
Released: 2005-03-01

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Street Leagues

as uncredited
Released: 2020-09-25

"Street Leagues" follows the men and women of the Irish Homeless Street Leagues as they overcome...

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Kicking It

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2008-06-13

Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to...

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Vengeance in the Making

as Self
Released: 2022-05-24

A look behind the making of Matt Reeves' The Batman, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

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The Disappearance of Finbar

as Simon
Released: 1997-07-25

A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.

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Falling for a Dancer

as Daniel McCarthey
Released: 1998-09-13

Romantic drama set in rural Ireland of the 1930s. The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth...

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It's Not Yet Dark

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2016-07-09

The story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young filmmaker who becomes completely paralyzed from motor...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2015-03-23

Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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True Detective

as Ray Velcoro
First aired: 2014-01-12

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which...

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Scrubs

as Billy
First aired: 2001-10-02

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine,...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self
First aired: 1966-01-25

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-01-26

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and...

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Sugar

as John Sugar
First aired: 2024-04-04

An enigmatic private detective struggles with personal demons as he investigates the...

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MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self / Presenter
First aired: 1992-06-10

The annual film & TV awards show presented by MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and...

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Conan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2010-11-08

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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HBO First Look

as Self
First aired: 1992-06-12

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Hot Ones

as Self
First aired: 2015-03-12

The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then...

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self
First aired: 1981-02-14

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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The View

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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The North Water

as Henry Drax
First aired: 2021-07-14

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Ballykissangel

as Danny Byrne
First aired: 1996-02-11

Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern...

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Inside the Actors Studio

as Self
First aired: 1994-08-14

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...

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Live from Studio Five

as Self
First aired: 2009-09-14

Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky...

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The Penguin

as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot / The Penguin
First aired:

Witness the The Penguin's rise to power in Gotham's criminal underworld in the aftermath of the...

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Celebrities Uncensored

as Self
First aired: 2003-06-04

Celebrities Uncensored is a TV program on the E! network that edited together amusing paparazzi...

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