A genuine success: Colin Farrell

- Colin James Farrell made his enterance into the world 29 years ago
- Auditioned to become a member of the Irish boyband Boyzone but was turned down
- Aged 22 he landed the part of Danny in TV series Ballykissangel
- Colin's big screen break came in 2000, he was cast as a young Louisiana army recruit in the movie Tigerland
- He won many new fans in a near-solo performance in Joel Schumacher’s pacy Phone Booth
- In 2004, Farrell starred in Oliver Stone’s historical epic Alexander
- In 2005 People magazine voted Colin Farrell one of the sexiest men in the world.
- He has a son James who is now two years old by model Kim Bordenave
- Rumours of relationships with a host of eligible women, have made him a major celebrity.
- He has been compared to Irish swashbuckler Richard Harris.
- While the more sensitive among us may disapprove of his penchant for four-letter words, it only makes the fans love Colin Farrell even more!
- All in all, not a bad result for a boy who missed out on Boyzone
- What do you think?