Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, Cork City, Ireland on May 25, 1976
Cillian Murphy, often misspelled as Cilllian Murphy, is an acclaimed Irish actor and producer. He was born on May 25, 1976, in Douglas, Cork, Ireland. His mother taught French while his father, Brendan, worked for the Department of Education. He has a younger brother, Páidi, and younger sisters, Sile and Orla.
Murphy began his performing career as a rock musician. After turning down a record deal, he made his professional acting debut in the play "Disco Pigs" in 1996. His early film credits include the horror film "28 Days Later" (2002), the dark comedy "Intermission" (2003), the thriller "Red Eye" (2005), the Irish war drama "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (2006), and the science fiction thriller "Sunshine" (2007). He played a transgender Irish woman in the comedy-drama "Breakfast on Pluto" (2005), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Murphy began his collaboration with filmmaker Christopher Nolan in 2005, playing the Scarecrow in "The Dark Knight" trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in "Inception" (2010) and "Dunkirk" (2017). He gained greater prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series "Peaky Blinders" (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel "A Quiet Place Part II" (2020). Murphy portrayed J. Robert Oppenheimer in Nolan's "Oppenheimer" (2023), for which he received several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor.
In 2011, Murphy won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play "Misterman". In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors of all time. He continues to be an influential figure in the film industry.
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