With his best actor win for limited series “The Penguin,” Colin Farrell joins a small circle of just three actors who have earned a Golden Globe for playing comic book villains. When asked in the Globes press room about joining the ranks of Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix,

After his Golden Globe win for The Penguin, which happened at the 82nd Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday, Colin Farrell is now the third actor after Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix to take home the award for playing a Batman antagonist.

The Penguin star Colin Farrell recently became the third actor to win a Golden Globe award for playing a comic book villain. Coincidentally, the other two recipients of the rare honor — Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix — also won for playing a Batman villain.

The Penguin' star Colin Farrell reflected on being the third actor to win a Golden Globe award for playing a comic book villain along with Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix — who both portrayed the Joker in separate movies — after his historic win at the 2025 ceremony.

Christopher Nolan has reflected upon his emotional speech at the Golden Globes after he won the best director role. Nolan, a director like no other, has been around a lot of famous faces, but there are only few that he welcomes into his inner circle when it comes to return work. One of those was his ‘dear friend’ Heath Ledger.