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Colin Farrell among Critics Choice winners in US, salutes first responders

Updated / Saturday, 8 Feb 2025 10:08
Colin Farrell at The Critics Choice Awards - "My deepest debt of gratitude tonight goes out to the first responders and the Los Angeles Fire Department. Thank you all so much"
Colin Farrell at The Critics Choice Awards - "My deepest debt of gratitude tonight goes out to the first responders and the Los Angeles Fire Department. Thank you all so much"

Colin Farrell was among the winners at the Critics Choice Awards in California on Friday night, paying tribute to first responders and the Los Angeles Fire Department during his acceptance speech.

The Dubliner was honoured with the Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television award for his lead role in The Batman spin-off series The Penguin.

Accepting his award at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, Farrell began by saying: "Well, thank you, critics - and I haven't always felt that!"

Colin Farrell and his The Penguin co-star Cristin Milioti at the Critics Choice Awards - Milioti was named Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television on the night

After saluting the series' makeup department, producers, and directors, Farrell turned his attention to the emergency services - with some members special guests at the awards on the night.

"Of course, like many people in this room - everyone, I imagine, in this room - my deepest debt of gratitude tonight goes out to the first responders and the Los Angeles Fire Department. Thank you all so much," he told the audience.

"It's so easy to forget, or to not even contemplate - I certainly don't - what first responders and the fire department do every day, every week, every month, every year, until then these fires come and lives are in jeopardy.

"And lives were lost and property was lost, but to see them out there fighting it every day, tirelessly, selflessly, and in a world that is so rife with division and separation and lines in the sand that separate us all from each other - to see them working with a sense of civic duty and responsibility was so moving. It really, really was, so I thank them from the bottom of my heart."

Farrell concluded: "And what else? Thanks, critics. And where's Kathy Bates in the room? Where are you? Where is she?"

After establishing where the Matlock star - another winner on the night - was seated, Farrell told her: "Ok, cool - I'll be over there in a minute!"

Farrell's fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott had been nominated in the same category for Ripley, and Caitríona Balfe (Best Actress in a Drama Series for Outlander) and teenager Alisha Weir (Best Young Actor/Actress for Abigail) were also nominees on the night.

The Winners:

Film

Best Picture
Anora

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Watch: Adrien Brody discusses The Brutalist.

Best Actress
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Young Actor/Actress
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

Best Acting Ensemble
Conclave

Watch: Watch: Stanley Tucci, Ralph Fiennes, and Isabella Rossellini discuss Conclave.

Best Original Screenplay
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Straughan – Conclave

Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu

Best Production Design
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked

Best Editing
Marco Costa – Challengers

Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell – Wicked

Best Hair and Make Up
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance

Best Visual Effects
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two

Best Animated Feature
The Wild Robot

Best Comedy
A Real Pain (Tie)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Tie)

Best Foreign Language Film
Emilia Pérez

Best Song
El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille

Best Score
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Best Director
Jon M. Chu – Wicked

Watch: Director John M Chu discusses Wicked.

Television

Best Drama Series
Shōgun

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates – Matlock

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun

Best Comedy Series
Hacks

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart – Hacks

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael Urie – Shrinking

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Best Limited Series
Baby Reindeer

Best Movie Made for Television
Rebel Ridge

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Colin Farrell – The Penguin

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer

Best Foreign Language Series
Squid Game

Best Animated Series
X-Men '97

Best Talk Show
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA

Best Comedy Special
Ali Wong: Single Lady

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