Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy | |
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 Murphy in 2017 | |
| Born | May 25, 1976 Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse | Yvonne McGuinness |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor. He made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation. His early notable 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 Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) and portraying the lead role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biopic Oppenheimer (2023). He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022).
Murphy is a keen music fan, hosting many shows on the BBC6 Music radio station. His eclectic music taste includes classic artists such as The Beatles and Stevie Wonder, as well as smaller musicians such as Ireland's Lisa O'Neill. Ireland also features in his literary likes, with Murphy choosing Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy as a novel that he is a enjoys.
People (likes)
Film (likes)
Video Club Interview (2023)
- There Will be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Punch Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Amadeus - Miloš Forman
- Heat - Michael Mann
- Scarecrow - Jerry Schatzberg
- Ken Loach (General)
- In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan
- La Haine - Mathieu Kassovitz
- Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean [3]
TV (likes)
Video Club Interview (2023)
- The White Lotus
- Chernobyl[3]
Music (likes)
BBC's Desert Island Discs (2024)
- We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
- The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
- The Wandering Minstrel - Séamus Ennis
- Walter's Trip - The Frank and Walters
- Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
- Somebody To Love - Queen
- Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
- If I was a Painter - Lisa O'Neill [4]
Video Club Interview (2023)
- Chariots of Fire (Soundtrack) - Vangelis
- La Haine (Soundtrack)
- Chernobyl - Hildur Guðnadóttir [3]
Two Paddock's Top Ten Tunes (2021)
- Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground
- Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
- God - John Lennon
- Sugar - Stevie Wonder
- The Weight - The Band
- Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
- Hymn of the Big Wheel - Massive Attack
- Someday - The Strokes
- Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac
- Blues Run the Game - Jackson C. Frank [5]
Literature (likes)
One Grand Book's Desert Island Books (2017)
- The Ginger Man - J.P. Donleavy
- The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe
- Eclipse - John Banville
- The Sportswriter - Richard Ford
- Rabbit Angstrom - John Updike
- Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi - Geoff Dyer
- Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
- The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
- The Grass Arena - John Healy
- Appointment in Samarra - John O' Hara [6]
Sports & Games (likes)
Miscellaneous
- Liverpool F.C. [7]
Food (likes)
Miscellaneous
- Venison [1]
References
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