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The 82nd Golden Globe Awards Ceremony finally unfolded on Sunday, offering a handful of surprises and snubs while setting the stage for the next three months of awards season, including the Oscars. The ceremony celebrated achievements in both television and film, with one notable winner being HBO’s The Penguin. Colin Farrell, who reprised his role as the titular Batman villain from the Robert Pattinson-starrer 2022 film, The Batman, won Best Performance in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Thanks to his second outing as Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot, also known as The Penguin, Farrell triumphed in a competitive category featuring performances by Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer), Kevin Kline (Disclaimer), Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Ewan McGregor (A Gentleman in Moscow), and Andrew Scott (Ripley). This marks Farrell’s third Golden Globe win, following his previous accolades for In Bruges and The Banshees of Inisherin, both of which arrived in the Best Actor — Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category.
Notably, Colin Farrell joined an exclusive club of actors recognized for portraying comic book villains, an underrepresented field as far as award bodies are concerned. Only two other actors — Heath Ledger, honored posthumously for The Dark Knight, and Joaquin Phoenix for Joker — have previously won over the Golden Globes Foundation for portraying Gotham City’s notorious fear-mongers. During a backstage interview, Farrell was informed of this feat by the reporters, and reflected on this honor, saying, “You mentioned two actors who, for my money, are two of the most extraordinarily gifted and brilliant artists in films I’ve ever had the fortune to observe.”
