Ledger, who died at 28 years old in January 2008, posthumously won best performance by an actor in a supporting role for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight. Phoenix later won be

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.

Colin Farrell became the third actor to win a Golden Globe trophy for playing a Batman villain at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. The 48-year-old actor now joins the ranks of Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix,

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,

The Penguin actor Colin Farrell has become the third performer to win a Golden Globe for playing a comic book villain, and the first to do so with a TV show. The HBO series sees the Irish actor reprising his role as The Penguin (prosthetics and all) after his debut in 2022's The Batman.

The Penguin's Colin Farrell addresses comparison to other notable Batman villain actors following his Golden Globe triumph.