- 2008: Co-starred with Ewan McGregor as down on their luck brothers in Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream"
- 2008: Played an Irish contract killer, opposite Brendan Gleeson in "In Bruges"
- 2008: Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ("In Bruges")
- 2006: Co-starred with Salma Hayek in the Robert Towne-directed "Ask the Dust"
- 2006: Portrayed Det. James "Sonny" Crockett in Michael Mann's "Miami Vice," a feature based on the popular '80s cop show
- 2005: Starred in Terrence Malick's "The New World" as English explorer John Smith
- 2004: Cast as a work obsessed thug in the feature "Intermission"
- 2004: Cast as Alexander the Great opposite Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stones' "Alexander"
- 2004: Co-starred with Robin Wright Penn in "A Home at the End of the World"; based on the novel by Michael Cunningham
- 2003: Cast as Bullseye opposite Ben Affleck in "Daredevil"
- 2003: Along with Samuel L. Jackson, co-starred in the action feature "S.W.A.T."
- 2003: Reteamed with Schumacher for "Phone Booth"
- 2003: Co-starred with Al Pacino in "The Recruit"
- 2002: Acted with Tom Cruise in "Minority Report"
- 2002: Cast as a WWII soldier captured by the Germans who must defend a fellow prisoner accused of murder in "Hart's War"
- 2001: Portrayed Jesse James in "American Outlaws"
- 2000: Breakthrough screen role, the cocky recruit Bozz in Joel Schumacher's "Tigerland"
- 1998: Acted in the British miniseries "Falling for a Dancer"; aired in the USA on Romance Classics
- 1997: Feature acting debut in "Drinking Crude"; premiered at the Dublin Film Festival
- 1993: Lived in Australia for one year
- London stage acting debut at the Donmar Warehouse, played a semi-autistic teenager in "In a Little World of Our Own"
- Co-stars with Edward Norton in the drama, "Pride and Glory" about a family of police officers (lensed 2006)
- Raised in Castleknock, Ireland
- Replaced the deceased Heath Ledger's character in, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (lensed 2008)
- Had regular role of Danny Byrne in the popular Irish TV series "Ballykissangel" (billed as Col Farrell)




