Colin Farrell wins Golden Globe for The Penguin

Colin Farrell has won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television at the Golden Globes for his role in The Penguin.

It marks Farrell’s third Golden Globe win following his awards for The Banshees of Inisherin and In Bruges.

With this win, Farrell beat fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott, who was nominated in the same category for his role in Ripley. During his acceptance speech, Farrell recalled their first collaboration, saying: “Andrew, you were in my first film, 25 or 30 years ago.

“You can’t even find it on Betamax. It doesn’t exist. We go back that far.”

The actor also joked that he had “no one to thank for on this one. I did it all by myself. Just a raw, pared-away performance.”

Congrats on your win, Colin Farrell!

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— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025

Farrell’s career began with a role in the Irish TV drama Ballykissangel in 1998 , which was followed in 1999 by a part in Falling for a Dancer, a BBC series set in rural Ireland.

He starred alongside Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal, roughly based on the life of hte criminal Martin Cahill, and directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan. But it was with Joel Schumacher’s psychological thriller Phone Booth that he made his big breakthrough as a leading man. The film generated almost $100 million at the box office, based on a budget of just over $13million.

Other recent roles include John Sugar in the 2024 TV series Sugar, the 2022 Thirteen Lives as well as the 2021 The North Water.

In the film categories, the big winners of this year's Golden Globes were Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, which took home four awards including best Musical or Comedy, and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which was awarded three Golden Globes including Best Drama Film.

Other winners include Demi Moore for her role in The Substance, Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here, Kieran Culkin for Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, as well as Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tadanobu Asano for Shogun.

Find the full list of winners below:

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Emilia Pérez

Best Motion Picture, Drama
WINNER: The Brutalist

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
WINNER: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
WINNER: Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best Television Series, Drama
WINNER: Shogun

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
WINNER: Anna Sawai, Shogun

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Hacks

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television
WINNER: Baby Reindeer

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement in Motion Pictures
WINNER: Wicked

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
WINNER: 'El Mal', Emilia Pérez, music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard.

Best original score – film
WINNER: Challengers

Best director – film
WINNER: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Best film – animated
WINNER: Flow

Best male actor in a film – musical or comedy
WINNER: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best female actor in a film – musical or comedy
WINNER: Demi Moore, The Substance

Best female actor in a television limited series, anthology series or television film
WINNER: Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

Best male actor in television limited series, anthology series or television film
WINNER: Colin Farrell, The Penguin

Best film – non-English language
WINNER: Emilia Pérez

Best standup comedy on television
WINNER: Ali Wong, Ali Wong: Single Lady

Best screenplay – film
WINNER: Peter Straughan, Conclave

Best male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
WINNER: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best supporting male actor on television
WINNER: Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun

Best supporting female actor on television
WINNER: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

Best male actor in a television series – drama
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun

Best male actor in a supporting role in a film
WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Best female actor in a television series – musical or comedy
WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks

Best female actor in a supporting role in a film
WINNER:Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez