![]() ![]() Here are all of Colin Farrell’s movie performances, ranked. This actor’s career has indeed been an odd journey: He’s gone through the Hollywood machine’s desperate attempts to create the Next Big Thing, and has emerged on the other side as a genuinely great performer who now does way more interesting work than what the industry once had planned for him. Now the actor is back onscreen with two radically different performances, in two radically different movies: The Batman and After Yang. Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos mined a new, interesting vein in the actor’s persona a few years ago with the bizarre and highly symbolic dramas The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which utilized Farrell’s mostly untapped capabilities as a deadpan performer. (I mean, come on, he’s even the face of a Dolce & Gabbana perfume called “Intenso,” which really should be a joke, but somehow isn’t.)Īll this has led to a fascinating career where he was anointed (somewhat incorrectly) early on as a pretty-boy action star, and has gradually proven over the years that he might be better suited to other roles - haunted romantics, brooding villains, outsize weirdos, and just plain complicated humans. And yet, there’s an intensity to his demeanor as well. ![]() A pursed mouth that can speak to his lostness or his anger, depending on the situation. Pleading eyes that can be romantic one minute, cold as ice the next. Ĭolin Farrell is burdened with one of the great faces among modern leading men. This article has been updated with Farrell’s most recent performances, including The Batman and After Yang. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by A24, Warner Bros, Universal Pictures and Shutterstock The Lobster The Batman Alexander Miami Vice. ![]()
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