Colin FarrellColin FarrellColin Farrell has been sharing some news.

And this is a subject very close to his heart.

He's revealed that his four-year-old son, James, suffers from a rare neuro-genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome.

A disorder that causes developmental delay, speech impairment, movement or balance disorder, excessive laughter and even seizures.

But Col's adamant that it doesn't hold him back.

He told the Irish Independent: "The only time I'm reminded that there is something different about him - that he has some deviation of what is perceived to be normal - is when I see him with other four-year-olds. Then I go, 'Oh yeah,' and it comes back to me.

"But from day one I felt that he's the way he's meant to be.

"(I'm) incredibly blessed to have him in my life."

Col also heaped a bucket load of praise on his son's mum, Kim Bordenave.

And the two of them enjoyed a breakthrough with James' illness.

He added: "He took his first steps about six weeks ago, and it was four years in the making.

"It was incredibly emotional. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

"I have never thought of my son as being someone with a disability.

"It goes back to special needs and what is a disability and what isn't."