Colin Farrell brings son Henry to ‘The Penguin’ premiere. What to know about his 2 kids

Colin Farrell mentioned he has two loves of his life — his sons, James, 21, and Henry, 14.

“James and Henry, the loves of my life. I really like you a lot,” the Irish actor mentioned after successful finest actor in a musical/comedy movement image for “The Banshees of Inisherin” on the .

The actor’s youngest son, Henry, accompanied his well-known father to the New York premiere of Farrell’s upcoming drama “The Penguin.”

The daddy-son duo coloration coordinated in black fits, with the actor sporting a classy pin-striped look, whereas Henry opted for a modern stable black outfit.

The final time Henry accompanied Farrell to a pink carpet occasion was the 2023 Oscars in Hollywood. The pair wore matching fits.

Farrell has beforehand mentioned that his sons don’t at all times watch his films. Nonetheless, he mentioned they do weigh in on the roles they need him to play — and so they’re carried out with seeing their devoted dad as an antagonist.

“They’re sick of me being a foul man,” he mentioned.” “Which apparently, studying between the strains, leads me to consider that they assume I’m OK.”

However regardless of which half Farrell performs, whether or not it’s as The Penguin in “The Batman” or Percival Graves in “Incredible Beasts and The place to Discover Them,” the function closest to his coronary heart is being a father.

“Fatherhood for me is the last word success,” Farrell.

Right here’s all the things you’ll want to find out about his two youngsters.

James Padraig Farrell

Farrell and mannequin Kim Bordenave welcomed the actor’s first youngster, James, on Sept. 12, 2003.

In 2007, Farrell shared that his son, now 21, was recognized with Angelman syndrome, per . That is characterised by developmental delays, lack of speech, seizures and impaired stability and is usually misdiagnosed as autism or cerebral palsy.

“The struggles of a kid with particular wants may be so brutal that they’ll tear on the very material of your coronary heart, however the love shared and the pure power and heroism noticed is the needle and thread that mends all tears,” he mentioned in

Since James’ analysis, the actor has develop into an advocate for the dysfunction, which at the moment has no remedy. At a 2017 annual summit and gala for Angelman syndrome analysis, who not too long ago obtained this analysis for his or her youngster.

“I might humbly say to oldsters of a kid with a latest analysis of any dysfunction that whereas they could be experiencing the dying of 1 dream, that dream of getting a wholesome youngster, there are a thousand desires and milestones which can be but to disclose themselves,” he mentioned.

In 2021, Farrell and Bordenave of a restricted conservatorship as their son approached 18 years previous. 

In August 2024, Farrell to advertise his newly-launched non-profit, the , which offers help for grownup youngsters navigating mental disabilities in all areas of life.

“I would like the world to be variety to James,” Farrell instructed . “I would like the world to deal with him with kindness and respect.”

The actor additionally shared the explanation behind his non-profit, telling the magazin: “As soon as your youngster turns 21, they’re sort of on their very own. All of the safeguards which can be put in place, particular ed lessons, that each one goes away, and so that you’re left with a younger grownup who ought to be an built-in a part of our fashionable society and as a rule is left behind.”

“I select to consider that if James knew getting his {photograph} within the again backyard with me, which isn’t my favourite factor to do, if us doing this might assist households and different younger adults who stay with particular wants, he would say, ‘Dad, what are you speaking about? Why are you even asking me? It’s a no brainer,’” Farrell mentioned.

Henry Tadeusz Farrell

Farrell and actor Alicja Bachleda-Curuś share the actor’s youngest son, Henry. The “Ondine” co-stars welcomed their son on Oct. 7, 2009.

In a,” Farrell revealed a parenting mishap along with his youngest. When Henry was 8 years previous, Farrell and his son watched the horror film “It” of their home earlier than mattress one night time.

“That was a parental dropping of the ball of epic proportions,” Farrell mentioned. “We watched half of it and, uh … I might discern a sure discomfort that was emanating from his 8-year-old physique.”

And apparently it’s not the film critics, however a selected vogue critic that Farrell must concern. He instructed DeGeneres that Henry, now 14, doesn’t at all times approve of his vogue selections and is “mortified” by the quite revealing shorts he’s been seen sporting.

“He says, ‘Please dad, don’t put on the brief shorts,’” he mentioned. “And I inform him, ‘They really feel good.’ It’s not a vogue factor.”

However possibly Henry has come round to his dad’s sartorial imaginative and prescient. Talking to , Farrell mentioned Henry was accompanying him to the Oscars — and they might be matching. “We’re each sporting velvet tuxes,” he mentioned.

Certainly, they sporting matching fits — and searching spiffy.

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