‘The Penguin' star Colin Farrell would be the latest Batman villain to win a major award
When it comes to Hollywood awards, it pays to be in the Caped Crusader's rogues gallery.
In 2008, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. In 2019, Joaquin Phoenix did his own interpretation of the character in Joker, which also won him an Oscar. If Colin Farrell wins an Emmy this year for his performance as the title character in The Penguin, he'd be the third actor to have won a major peer group award for playing a Bat-villain.
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Following the events of the 2022 feature film, The Batman, The Penguin miniseries explores Oz Cobb/the Penguin's rise to power in the criminal underworld of Gotham City. Earlier this year, Farrell managed to win the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his portrayal. He's now eligible for an Emmy Award for the HBO show, and it would be the first of his career.
Squaring off against the Dark Knight has a long history of turning into awards nominations.
In 1966, Frank Gorshin was Emmy-nominated for Best Comedy Supporting Actor for playing the Riddler in the original Batman television series opposite Adam West. In 1989, Jack Nicholson received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor for playing the Joker in Tim Burton's first Batman film. In 2005 and 2008, Kevin Michael Richardson received two Daytime Emmy noms for voicing the Joker in the animated series The Batman.
Critics agree that Farrell's performance in The Penguin is Emmy-worthy. Martin Robinson (The London Standard) felt his work was "world-beating" while also adding "give him the Emmy now." Julian Roman (MovieWeb) hailed his performance as "extraordinary." And Richard Roeper (Chicago Sun-Times) said that "Farrell is nothing short of brilliant, conveying so much with his eyes and his growling, heavily 'New Yawk' line readings."
Colin Farrell is currently the Gold Derby frontrunner to win the Emmy for Best Movie/Limited Series Actor. The rest of the predicted lineup in that category includes Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Kevin Kline (Disclaimer), Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thief), and Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent).
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