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Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell
Born 31 May 1976, in Castleknock, Dublin

Wise words: "I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself."



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  • Colin Farrell spent a night alone on Total Recall set - 6 August 2012
    -Colin Farrell decided to get into character for the Total Recall remake by sleeping on the set for a night.-The Irish actor got into the mindset of factory worker/spy Douglas Quaid, the role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1990 original, by spending a nigh


  • Colin Farrell grateful for second chance in Hollywood - 30 July 2012
    -Actor Colin Farrell is surprised to still be working in Hollywood after burning "so many bridges" during his hellraising heyday.-The Irish star took full advantage of his newfound fame after his breakthrough role in the 2002 sci-fi hit Minority Report, and he fell int


  • Colin Farrell mourning loss of uncle - 27 July 2012
    -Actor Colin Farrell is in mourning following the death of his uncle.-The Phone Booth star's relative Tommy passed away in his native Dublin, Ireland late last week (begs16Jul12), prompting Farrell to axe a planned appearance on U.S. programme The Tonight Show With Jay

Colin Farrell - what members say


  • Minority Report
  • Minority Report review by A customer from carmarthenshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars different 23 January 2005
    ... experience a very fast moving film of true genius the acting well supported by Colin Farrell and max von sydow was also superb by way and afar better then the mission impos...   Read customer review
  • The Recruit
  • The Recruit review by A customer from wales ,mold
    Rated - 5.0 stars explosive thriller 6 November 2003
    ...ntelligence is most important,comes an explosive thriller staring al pacino and Colin Farrell.James clayton(farell) might not have the attitude of a typical recruit,but he i...   Read customer review
  • In Bruges
  • In Bruges review by Meako from Sheffield
    Rated - 5.0 stars Farrell shines 7 April 2008
    ...Colin Farrell has done little to stand out over recent years. Since the debacle that was Alexander, the once rising star seemed to almost vanish from the scene. Even his r...   Read customer review

Colin Farrell - filmography


  • Epic (2013)
    Starring: Josh Hutcherson,  Amanda Seyfried,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Chris Wedge
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world - and ours.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 24 members
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  • Dead Man Down (2013)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Noomi Rapace,  Terrence Howard
    Director: Niels Arden Oplev
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Danish director Niels Arden Oplev helms this revenge thriller starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace. When merciless crime boss Alphonse (Terrence Howard) discovers a number of his acolytes murdered he turns to his most trusted henchmen, Victor (Farrell) and Darcy (Dominic Cooper), for answers. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20 members
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  • Total Recall on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Kate Beckinsale,  Bill Nighy
    Director: Len Wiseman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker (Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 10,505 members
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  • Seven Psychopaths on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Woody Harrelson,  Sam Rockwell
    Director: Martin McDonagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh writes and directs this crime caper. Colin Farrell leads the cast as Marty, a struggling screenwriter who finds himself entangled with the least desirable elements of the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his best friend Billy Bickle (Sam Rockwell) carries out an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,452 members
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  • Fright Night on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Anton Yelchin,  Colin Farrell,  Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    Director: Craig Gillespie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,618 members
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  • Horrible Bosses - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Jason Sudeikis,  Charlie Day
    Director: Seth Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Seth Gordon directs this (star-studded) comedy about three long-suffering friends who hatch a plan to kill off the nasty bosses who are making their lives hell. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis star as the trio, who conspire to murder the bosses (played by Jennifer Aniston, Colin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 14,453 members
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  • Crazy Heart on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Josh Berry,  Luce Rains,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Scott Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 22,084 members
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  • Shell Shock on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Kelly Reilly,  Jamie Sives,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Danis Tanovic
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Colin Farrell stars in this drama based on the memoirs of war correspondent Scott Anderson. After a traumatic near-death experience in war-torn Kurdistan, battle-scarred photojournalist Mark (Farrell) returns home to Dublin separated from his friend and colleague David (Jamie Sives). As Mark ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 780 members
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  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Johnny Depp,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Fantasy adventure directed by Terry Gilliam. Christopher Plummer stars as Dr Parnassus, leader of the extraordinary Imaginarium: a travelling theatre where members of the audience are given the irresistible opportunity to go beyond reality by means of a magical mirror and explore the limitless ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 34,804 members
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  • Ondine on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Tony Curran,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "Ondine" is the enchanting story of Syracuse, a lonely fisherman who one day pulls a beautiful woman named Ondine out of the sea in his nets. His young daughter Annie is convinced that she is a "selkie" - a creature from Irish folklore much like a mermaid. Syracuse has his doubts, but as Ondine ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,135 members
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  • Crazy Heart - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Josh Berry,  Luce Rains,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Scott Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Scott Cooper writes and directs this drama based on the 1987 novel by Thomas Cobb, starring Jeff Bridges, in a Golden Globe and Oscar-winning performance, as burned-out country singer Bad Blake. Blake has lived his life hard, fast and recklessly. With several marriages in tatters behind him and too ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,601 members
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  • Pride And Glory - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Lake Bell,  Jennifer Ehle,  Jon Voight
    Director: Gavin O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    New York-set crime drama starring Colin Farrell and Edward Norton. Ray Tierney (Norton) is an NYPD officer from a multi-generational police family. When Tierney is assigned to investigate a complex case that involves his older brother Francis (Noah Emmerich) and brother-in-law Jimmy Egan (Colin ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,064 members
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  • Cassandra's Dream on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Colin Farrell,  Tom Wilkinson
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Two brothers with serious financial woes are approached by a third party to commit a crime, but things go bad and the brothers become enemies.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6,559 members
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  • Miami Vice on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 44,629 members
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  • Ask The Dust on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Salma Hayek,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Robert Towne
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of John Fante's Depression Era novel, Hayek plays the fiery Mexican beauty Camilla who hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. This is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,733 member
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  • Miami Vice - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,011 members
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  • The New World on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christopher Plummer,  Raoul Trujillo,  August Schellenberg
    Director: Terrence Malick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This epic adventure is set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, this story is a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery -- both a celebration and an elegy of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 22,145 members
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  • Alexander on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Anthony Hopkins,  Jared Leto
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great--a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of twenty-seven. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 46,331 members
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  • Daredevil on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan,  Ben Affleck,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Mark Steven Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ben Affleck stars in this big screen version of the Marvel Comics superhero adventures. When he was a boy, Matt Murdock was blinded by a spillage of toxic waste. However, with the loss of his sight, Matt's other senses have all developed to an incredible degree, allowing him to navigate the city ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 27,252 members
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  • Phone Booth (2003)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Katie Holmes,  Richard T. Jones
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    When philandering publicist Stuart Sheppard (Colin Farrell) answers a ringing public phone on a New York street he doesn't realise he is about to put his life on the line. A voice on the other end of the phone tells him that if he hangs up he will be shot on the spot, and although Stu first thinks ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 40,920 members
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  • The Recruit - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Gabriel Macht,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Walter Burke (Al Pacino) is a headhunter for the CIA and wants to recruit James Clayton (Colin Farrell). And why wouldn't he? Clayton is one of the brightest college graduates in the country - he graduated top of his class at MIT. Clayton proves to be an excellent student; but when he is given the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,220 members
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  • The Recruit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Gabriel Macht,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Walter Burke (Al Pacino) is a headhunter for the CIA and wants to recruit James Clayton (Colin Farrell). And why wouldn't he? Clayton is one of the brightest college graduates in the country - he graduated top of his class at MIT. Clayton proves to be an excellent student; but when he is given the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 22,620 members
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  • Daredevil - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan,  Ben Affleck,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Mark Steven Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ben Affleck stars in this big screen version of the Marvel Comics superhero adventures. When he was a boy, Matt Murdock was blinded by a spillage of toxic waste. However, with the loss of his sight, Matt's other senses have all developed to an incredible degree, allowing him to navigate the city ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,382 member
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  • Phone Booth - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Katie Holmes,  Richard T. Jones
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    When philandering publicist Stuart Sheppard (Colin Farrell) answers a ringing public phone on a New York street he doesn't realise he is about to put his life on the line. A voice on the other end of the phone tells him that if he hangs up he will be shot on the spot, and although Stu first thinks ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,557 members
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  • S.W.A.T. (2003)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Colin Farrell,  Michelle Rodriguez
    Director: Clark Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Colin Farrell stars as Jim Street in this big-screen adaptation of the 1970s police-action television series. Street is a young special weapons and tactics team member who has just been demoted after a bad incident and is then chosen by S.W.A.T. expert Hondo Harrelson (Samuel L. Jackson) to join an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 37,957 members
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  • Intermission on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rory Keenan,  Cillian Murphy,  Colm Meaney
    Director: John Crowley
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 7,634 members
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  • Minority Report on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jessica Capshaw,  Kathryn Morris,  Mike Binder
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Cruise stars as a cop pursued by his own colleagues in this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of the short story by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick ('Blade Runner', 'Total Recall'). John Anderton (Cruise) works for the Pre-Crime Division of the Washington DC police force, a special unit which ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 52,628 members
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  • Hart's War on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Scott Michael Campbell,  Bruce Willis
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bruce Willis stars as a US officer determined to protect the details of an escape attempt in this tough Second World War drama set in a prisoner-of-war camp in Belgium. When racist prisoner and known traitor Sergeant Bedford (Cole Hauser) turns up murdered, suspicion turns to African-American pilot ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,758 members
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  • Minority Report - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Jessica Capshaw,  Kathryn Morris,  Mike Binder
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Cruise stars as a cop pursued by his own colleagues in this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of the short story by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick ('Blade Runner', 'Total Recall'). John Anderton (Cruise) works for the Pre-Crime Division of the Washington DC police force, a special unit which ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 801 members
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  • Tigerland on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Matthew Davis,  Shea Whigham
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Louisiana, 1971. When new recruit Jim Paxton (Matthew Davis) arrives at Fort Polk for basic training he soon makes friends with the rebellious Roland Bozz (Colin Farrell), a soldier who is doing everything he can to get himself thrown out of the army. Bozz has plans to escape to Mexico, but Paxton ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,914 members
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  • Ordinary Decent Criminal on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Linda Fiorentino,  Peter Mullan
    Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In modern day Ireland, notorious thief Michael Lynch (Kevin Spacey) has become a popular hero, robbing only the rich and continually eluding the clutches of the police. However, Michael begins to believe his own legend after stealing a valuable Caravaggio painting, and begins enjoying theft for its ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,499 members
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  • Tigerland - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Matthew Davis,  Shea Whigham
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Louisiana, 1971. When new recruit Jim Paxton (Matthew Davis) arrives at Fort Polk for basic training he soon makes friends with the rebellious Roland Bozz (Colin Farrell), a soldier who is doing everything he can to get himself thrown out of the army. Bozz has plans to escape to Mexico, but Paxton ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 31 members
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  • The War Zone on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kate Ashfield,  Ray Winstone,  Freddie Cunliffe
    Director: Tim Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The molten emotional power that flows from Tim Roth's directorial debut carries multiple messages that sear one's soul. Yet it also faithfully portrays one of the harshest aspects of the relationship between children and parents. Based on an acclaimed novel by Alexander Stuart, The War Zone is an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,609 members
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  • In Loving Memory - Series 5 (1986)
    Starring: Christopher Beeny,  Avis Bunnage,  Sherrie Hewson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the fifth and final series of the ITV sitcom set in a Yorkshire funeral home in the 1930s. Written by Dick Sharples, the series stars Thora Hird as the accident-prone Ivy Unsworth, who runs the home with her gormless nephew Billy (Christopher Beeny). Episodes are: 'And ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 8 members
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  • In Loving Memory - Series 4 (1984)
    Starring: Christopher Beeny,  Carmel McSharry,  Colin Farrell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the fourth series of the ITV sitcom set in a Yorkshire funeral home in the 1930s. Written by Dick Sharples, the series stars Thora Hird as the accident-prone Ivy Unsworth, who runs the home with her gormless nephew Billy (Christopher Beeny). Episodes are: 'Flying Undertaker',..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 9 members
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Colin Farrell facts

5 most recent films

Epic - 4.0 stars
Dead Man Down - 3.5 stars
Total Recall - 3.0 stars
Seven Psychopaths - 3.5 stars
Seven Psychopaths - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

In Bruges - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Minority Report - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
In Bruges - 3.5 stars
The Way Back - 3.5 stars
Crazy Heart - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

In Loving Memory - Series 4 - 2.0 stars
In Loving Memory - Series 5 - 2.5 stars
Dead Man Down - 3.5 stars
Tigerland - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Epic - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jamie Foxx - 5 times - show films
Christopher Plummer - 5 times - show films
Steve Harris - 4 times - show films
Anton Yelchin - 4 times - show films
Max von Sydow - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Weir - 5 times - show films
Martin McDonagh - 5 times - show films
Joel Schumacher - 5 times - show films
Peter Lydon - 4 times - show films
Michael Cocker - 4 times - show films