True, true, but appearances can be deceptive- he went into acting because he got bored of his twenty-odd years being a schoolteacher. First role was as Father Bubbles in “The Butcher Boy”, which you appear to have missed out of the above list.

“from Ballykissangel to Belgium via rehab, sex and stalker scandals, helping the homeless and Britney (more or less the same thing), it’s fair to say Colin’s Farrell’s thirty-two years on Earth have been eventful.”

He also made it to the final ten when they were selecting Boyzone, and when that didnt pan out, decided to try acting instead. Thank god.

You should check out Martin McDonaghs first short film, with Brendan Gleeson, which is stupendously Irish and very very funny. “What a f*ckin’ day!”