Cillian Murphy (/ˈkɪliən/; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor and
musician. He began his career performing as a rock musician. After
turning down a record deal, he began his acting career in theatre, and
in short and independent films in the late 1990s. His first notable
film roles include 28 Days Later (2002), Intermission (2003), Red Eye
(2005), and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). For the last one of these, he
was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or
Comedy, and won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor.
Murphy played the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight
Trilogy (2005â€"12). In the 2000s, he starred in films such as The
Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Sunshine (2007), and The Edge of
Love (2008)In the early 2010s, he appeared in Inception, Peacock (both
2010), In Time, Retreat (both 2011), and Red Lights (2012). In 2011,
Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor, and the Drama
Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Misterman. Since 2013,
Murphy has portrayed Thomas Shelby, the lead of the BBC gangster
series Peaky Blinders, which has won him two Irish Film and Television
Awards for Best Actor, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. He also
appeared in Transcendence (2014), In the Heart of the Sea (2015),
Anthropoid (2016), Dunkirk (2017), Delinquent Season (2018), and Anna
(2019).Murphy is a patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research
Centre at the National University of Ireland Galway. Murphy is married
to Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness; they first met in 1996, and
were married in 2004. In 2020, he was ranked number 12 on The Irish
Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
musician. He began his career performing as a rock musician. After
turning down a record deal, he began his acting career in theatre, and
in short and independent films in the late 1990s. His first notable
film roles include 28 Days Later (2002), Intermission (2003), Red Eye
(2005), and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). For the last one of these, he
was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or
Comedy, and won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor.
Murphy played the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight
Trilogy (2005â€"12). In the 2000s, he starred in films such as The
Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Sunshine (2007), and The Edge of
Love (2008)In the early 2010s, he appeared in Inception, Peacock (both
2010), In Time, Retreat (both 2011), and Red Lights (2012). In 2011,
Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor, and the Drama
Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Misterman. Since 2013,
Murphy has portrayed Thomas Shelby, the lead of the BBC gangster
series Peaky Blinders, which has won him two Irish Film and Television
Awards for Best Actor, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. He also
appeared in Transcendence (2014), In the Heart of the Sea (2015),
Anthropoid (2016), Dunkirk (2017), Delinquent Season (2018), and Anna
(2019).Murphy is a patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research
Centre at the National University of Ireland Galway. Murphy is married
to Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness; they first met in 1996, and
were married in 2004. In 2020, he was ranked number 12 on The Irish
Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
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