Colin Farrell is a proud dad of two sons: James and Henry.
The Irish actor welcomed his oldest son in 2003 with ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave. Four years later, in 2007, he revealed that James was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder that can cause “delayed development, problems with speech and balance, mental disability and, sometimes, seizures,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
People who are diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome typically live an average lifespan, and symptoms begin to become noticeable in a child’s first year of life.
In April 2025, Colin shared that he and Bordenave made the decision to move James to a long-term care facility that can assist the pair as they continue to make the best possible medical decisions for their son.
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“We want him to find somewhere where he can have a full and happy life, where he feels connected,” Colin explained. “By going out in the van every day and going to the supermarket and doing the shopping together. By going to the beach, museums, movies, all that stuff. Just a connected life.”
Colin welcomed his second son, Henry, in October 2009 with then-girlfriend Alicja Bachleda-Curús. While the pair didn’t work out as a couple, they continue to coparent their son together.
Keep scrolling to learn more about Colin’s family. sons.
Amelia Warner
Colin and actress Amelia Warner were married in a non-legally binding ceremony in Tahiti in 2001. The pair split four months later, and Warner married actor Jamie Dornan in 2013.
Kim Bordenave
Colin and Canadian-American model Kim Bordenave started dating in 2002. The pair welcomed their son a year later, in 2003, but split up shortly after.
Bordenave spent several years working as an international model. After she and Colin separated, she married Jim Gamboa and the pair founded THERAsurf in 2010, a nonprofit that gives children with disabilities and developmental challenges the opportunity to learn to surf in an accessible way.
In 2016, Bordenave filed for divorce from Gamboa, but the most recent update on the case appears to indicate the filing was dismissed.
James Padraig Farrell
Colin and Bordenave welcomed their son James in September 2003. While the pair’s relationship didn’t last, their dedication to their son has been unwavering.
In 2007, Colin revealed James was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder that often includes developmental delays, speech impairment and balance concerns.
“I have never thought of my son as being someone with a disability,” Colin told the Irish Independent at the time. “It goes back to special needs and what is a disability and what isn’t.”
Colin has continued to open up about how the disorder impacts James over the years. “Things like walking and talking and eating and feeding himself, all those things that so many of us naturally take for granted because they come so easily, to James, they come somewhat harder,” he told People in 2013. “Everything he’s achieved in his life has come through the presence and the kind of will that is hard work. He’s a lot to be inspired by.”
In an interview with Candis Magazine published in April 2025, Colin revealed he and Bordenave had made the decision to move James into a long-term care facility. “It’s tricky — some parents will say, ‘I want to take care of my child myself,’ and I respect that.”
“My horror would be, what if I have a heart attack tomorrow, and, God forbid, James’ mother, Kim, has a car crash and she’s taken too — and then James is on his own?” the actor noted. “[He’d be] a ward of the state. And he goes where? We’d have no say in it.”
“We want him to find somewhere where he can have a full and happy life, where he feels connected,” Colin added. “By going out in the van every day and going to the supermarket and doing the shopping together. By going to the beach, museums, movies, all that stuff. Just a connected life.”
Alicja Bachleda-Curús
Colin and Polish actress Bachleda-Curús began dating in 2009 while working on the film Ondine together. The pair broke up the following year, but have continued an amicable friendship for their the sake of their son Henry, who was born in 2009.
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Henry Tadeusz Farrell
Colin’s youngest son Henry was born on October 7, 2009. The actor has been open about parenting Henry, who joined his dad at the Oscars in 2023.
In February 2008, Colin opened up about Henry’s arrival. “He’s such a celebration, the little fella,” he told Irish radio talk show host Ryan Tubridy. “He’s, as far as I’m concerned, exactly the way he should be.”
Last year Colin revealed his two sons are his “harshest critics.” As he told Extra TV in April 2024, the boys are old enough to watch his movies, and he just hopes they’re nice about it. “I mean they’d be sensitive to my feelings, but yeah,” he joked.
