Colin Farrell, 45, is a well-known actor with a huge number of credits to his name. He has done it all from charismatic romantic lead to action hero to nefarious villain. While he does it all well, there's nothing quite like watching a good movie villain in all his glory. Colin's most recent villainous role was Penguin in The Batman but it certainly isn't his first. Here's everything to know about his performance as Penguin and a collection of his sinister roles.
Penguin ("The Batman")
Colin Farrell adapted to play The Batman villain Penguin, also known as Oswald Cobblepot. It's a role that has been played by a number of accomplished actors, including Burgess Meredith, Danny DeVito, and Robin Lord Taylor. However, Colin's prosthetics, which took more than four hours to put on, have made the role of the villain more sinister than ever. He even scared some poor coffee drinkers when he went to Starbucks in full costume.
He shared that he drew inspiration for Oz from another famous character. "There's a certain amount of breakdown in Oz, which I think is a reference, not performance-wise, to me, but emotionally, as a reference to Matt — I think a reference to Fredo from The Godfather. had a bit of it," Farrell told MovieMaker. "Fredo was undervalued compared to the other brothers, and perhaps Oz was also seen, in his life, as someone who was not capable. And so that's one of the things that fuels Oz. gives."
Bullseye ('Daredevil')
The Penguin isn't Colin's only comic book villain. Colin hit hard when he played the Marvel villain Bullseye, aka Ben Poindexter, in the 2003 film Daredevil. Bullseye is not only the fanatic of Daredevil, but a psychopathic killer who uses his profession to fuel his suicidal urges. Not only did he shave his head for the role, but he completely embraced his character's nefarious behavior, as he said during a press conference that during filming, he would "check my sanity at the door and just Will have a field day." "Bullseye was great. He was so black and white. There were no shades of gray. He was just a crazy killer and got a lot of pleasure from his work as an assassin."
Percival Graves ("Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them")
Colin had a bit of character running "Inception" in the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He played Percival Graves, who was actually Johnny Depp's Gellert Grindelwald. Percival served as director of magical protection, which sentenced Newt Scamander, the film's protagonist, to death. In fact, his character is so evil that he believes his character killed the real Percival to disguise himself as him and take his place. "He may have been buried in a shallow grave and he was about to starve 17 hours after the film ended," he theorized the fate of the poor Percival to MTV.
Jimmy Egan ("Pride and Glory")
Pride and Glory is a classic crime drama that stars Colin as the black sheep of his family who runs a corruption ring with your classic drugs and murder. The protagonist of the 2008 film, played by Edward Norton, is his brother-in-law and ultimately the one who uncovers Jimmy's corruption. While the film did not receive good reviews, Colin once again proved that he could play a great villain.
Bobby Pelit ("The Terrible Boss")
Collin was actually one of the terrible bosses in the terrifying bosses. He happily plays the son of Jason Sudeikis' character owner Bobby Pelit. Bobby embodies the unrealistic combination of a spirited martial artist and Cokehead, and his jerky personality only comes to the fore when his father dies of a heart attack and he takes over as boss and takes charge of the company and its employees. exploits. It's safe to say that his character was hilarious and delightfully terrifying.
Charles Ambrose ("Consolation")
In the 2015 film Solace, Colin played another killer—this time a serial killer! He plays Anthony Perkins, a psychic trying to help his police friend catch a murderer. Colin appears halfway into the film and reveals himself to be not only the killer, but another psychic who kills them to put them out of their misery. The thriller was intended to be a sequel to Se7en and while it was a flop, Colin gave a more engaging and intense performance as the villain.
Jerry Dandridge ("Freight Night")
Colin appeared in the 2011 remake of Fright Night. In this film, he played the role of undercover vampire Jerry Dandridge. Since time immemorial, the vampire has been killing beautiful women and managed to escape it until the neighborhood teenager Charlie discovers his secret. Colin picks up on the zany nature of this cult classic.