FrameThrower · Actors · Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
21 films · 1,546 frames · top-billed in 16 · 2004–2022
Born 31 May 1976 · Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.
Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 21 films · 1,546 frames · top-billed in 16 · 2004–2022
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2025
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2023
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2009
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie2025
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor2022
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actor2025
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,546 frames from the 21 films we hold. This is the look of the work Colin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 21 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Colin takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · Pádraic Súilleabháin
After Yang
2021 · Jake
Dumbo
2019 · Holt Farrier
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · Steven Murphy
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · George Pierce
The Beguiled (2017)
2017 · Corporal McBurney
The Lobster
2015 · David
Winter's Tale
2014 · Peter Lake
Total Recall
2012 · Douglas Quaid / Hauser
Fright Night
2011 · Jerry Dandrige
London Boulevard
2010 · Harry Mitchel
Ondine
2009 · Syracuse
Ask The Dust
2006 · Arturo Bandini
The New World
2005 · Captain Smith
Alexander
2004 · Alexander
Minority Report
· Danny Witwer
The Batman
2022 · Oz / The Penguin
The Gentlemen
2020 · Coach
Widows
2018 · Jack Mulligan
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · Percival Graves
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Imaginarium Tony 3
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,546 frames from Colin Farrell's 21 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.