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Trivia
Birth name: Colin James Farrell
Date of birth: 31 May 1976
Place of birth: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse: Amelia Warner, (17 July 2001 - November 2001)
(divorced)
Son of Irish football player, Eamon Farrell
Dropped out of the Gaiety Drama School in
Dublin and a few months later auditioned for a part in "Ballykissangel"
(1996) and was successful.
The youngest of the four children, he has
one brother and two sisters: Catherine Farrell and Claudine Farrell.
His sister Claudine Farrell is also his
personal assistant.
Ranked #98 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power
100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.
Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most
Beautiful People in 2003.
His mother, Rita, forced him to take dancing
lessons once his brother, Emmon Farrell Jr., started them. Emmon Jr.
also got him into acting by attending an acting school and later
recommending it to Colin.
Voted 6th in 'The World's Sexiest Man of
2003' in Company magazine.
His girlfriend, model Kim Bordenave, gave
birth to a 7lb. 9oz. baby boy. He was born on Friday September 12th,
2003 in a Los Angeles hospital.
He has suffered from chronic insomnia since
he was 12 years old.
One of his favourites books is "When
Nietzsche wept" by Irvin D. Yalom.
Former son-in-law of actress Annette Ekblom.
Colin & Kim have decided to call their
new baby James, which is actually Colin's middle name.
He says that growing up, one of his
childhood idols was Al
Pacino. He got the chance to work opposite his hero in The Recruit
(2003) (an experience he described as "scary as hell to work
opposite a legend," even though he says Pacino was one of the
kindest men he'd ever met and says they still hang out together).
On his left ring finger, above the knuckle
he has the name "Millie" tattooed. "Millie" was a
nickname for his first wife, Amelia Warner.
He has two tattoos on his left forearm. The
first one is the words "Carpe Diem" (Latin for "Seize the
day"). Beside this tattoo there is a second tattoo, which is a
black cross.
Auditioned to become a member of the Irish
boyband, "Boyzone", but was turned down.
Daredevil (2003) marks the first time he has
been able to use his own Irish accent in an American movie.
His idol, Al Pacino, called him "the
best actor of his his generation."
Irish citizen.
Shares his birthday with Brooke Shields,
Clint Eastwood, the late Prince Rainier of Monaco, and French politician
Henri Emmanuelli.
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