text: Although once known as one of Hollywood's most infamous bad boys, becoming a father has turned Colin Farrell into a dedicated family man who puts family before chasing women. Having been linked with a string of the world's most famous beauties - Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore, Britney Spears, Elizabeth Taylor - the actor says he's now hung up his prowling boots. In fact, the 38-year-old has confessed in an interview with The Sunday Times that not only is he too busy, but he's not even interested in the chase any longer. Scroll down for video . Colin Farrell has claimed that he's no longer the womaniser we once knew, and hasn't dated in four years . The 38-year-old actor says that he's now focusing on resurrecting his acting career (pictured here in the upcoming second series of True Detective) and being a good father to his two sons James and Henry . What's occupying so much time for the man who was once nicknamed the 'Lusty Leprechaun'? The Irish actor is about to experience something of a comeback with a role in the much-anticipated second series of HBO's True Detective. He's also the face of the new Dolce & Gabbana fragrance Intenso. However he insists that his time now is dedicated to clean living and seeing his two sons James Padraig, 11, and Henry Tadeusz, five. It's a far more wholesome lifestyle for Colin who confesses he's glad that his drink and drug-fuelled days are behind him. He's now branded his arrival in Hollywood circa 2002 as 'too much' to handle in his early 20s, and he's now not only completely sober - he even enjoys a spot of yoga. Britney Spears accompanied Colin Farrell to the premiere of film The Recruit during the height of his party-hard lifestyle. The pair both denied any romance however, claiming they were 'just mates' And his love life is firmly on the backburner. Asked if he had any women his life, he replied: 'There is not one - zilch, nada.' Even more surprising however, is that after years of being labelled a womaniser, his now celibate - and happy with his unattached status. 'I have not dated for, ooh, four years now. It's just not happening, what with the work, the kids and my life. 'I know it's not what people expect to hear, but that's the honest truth.' The actor is now a devoted dad and although they live with their mothers (James with model Kim Bordenave and Henry with ex-wife Alicja Bachleda-Curus) he sees the boys every weekend. He told the Sunday Times's Style magazine: 'It's not all about you any more, which is a relief. It's about a bigger world, and helping them find their place in it. 'It's not about  "me, me, me, the loudmouth" any more - and that takes the pressure off me to live up to those old expectations'. He is especially protective of James, who has a developmental disorder called Angelman syndrome, which causes intellectual and physical disability. On the set of film Alexander, Colin Farrell was reported to have had flirtations with Angelina Jolie . Left: Colin married actress Amelia Warner, now married to Fifty Shades star Jamie Dornan, in 2001 in a ceremony in Tahiti though the marriage wasn't legal; Right: He was also rumoured to have dated Demi Moore . Colin certainly has a colourful dating CV having been linked to a Who's Who of actresses, models and movie icons. He and Jamie Dornan's wife Amelia Warner 'married' in a non-legally binding ceremony in Tahiti in 2001, the following year he dated Canadian model Kim, and conceived their child James. By the next year he was linked with Demi Moore, although they've both denied the affair and in 2003, Britney Spears accompanied him to the premiere of his film The Recruit but any intimate acquaintance didn't last with Colin insisting they were 'just mates'. Angelina Jolie is rumoured to have come on to him during the filming of Alexander in 2003, and he is said to have offered to read Dame Eileen Atkins, who was then 70, a book in bed. She refused. After Elizabeth Taylor's death in 2011 Colin admitted to being 'romantically' involved with the actress . Doting daddy: Colin Farrell has spoken in the past about how he has learnt to cope with his eleven-year-old son James' condition - Angelman Syndrome, a neuro-genetic disorder which can affect brain development . In 2006 the womaniser was enmeshed in legal proceedings over a leaked sex tape during a brief relationship with former Playboy model Nicole Narain. And three years later he met Alicja on the set of Ondine. They had baby Henry together in 2010 bu split up soon after. The Minority Report star's most bizarre liaison, however, was with Elizabeth Taylor in the last years of her life. He called her 'a spectacular woman' and described the relationship as 'romantic' and when she died in 2011, he read a poem at her funeral. Colin Farrell was briefly married to Ondine co-star Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, the mother of his five-year-old son . Colin is now a self-declared family man, pictured here collecting his five-year-old son Henry from school .
target: Colin Farrell is infamous for dating high-profile actresses and models .
  His early career has been overshadowed by his party-hard lifestyle .
  The 38-year-old now says he's dedicated to being a father to his two sons .