Tom Jordan Murphy (15 January 1968 â€" 6 October 2007) was an Irish
theatre and film actor best known for his 1998 Tony Award winning
performance in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.In 1996, Murphy created the
role of Ray Dooley in The Beauty Queen of Leenane. This production
started life at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, directed by Garry Hynes
and presented in association with the Druid Theatre Company. It also
played at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and in London's West End. In 1998,
the play transferred to off-Broadway and later made its Broadway debut
at the Walter Kerr Theater. Nominated for six Tony Awards in total,
the production won four including the Best Featured Actor in a Play
award for Murphy. New York Times theater critic, Ben Brantley, praised
Murphy for his role in the play at the time, "Mr. Murphy offers comic
relief without ever presenting it as such...His, more than any other
character, must embody the provincial society beyond the women's home,
and Ray's irritable restlessness is eloquent on the subject".Murphy
made his professional acting debut playing the Artful Dodger in Noel
Pearson's production of Oliver! in 1980 aged 12. During his career he
performed in theatres all over Ireland and the UK including the Abbey
Theatre, the Gate Theatre and Royal Court Theatre in London (in
Shining City by Conor McPherson). Murphy made his feature film
breakthrough with 2004's Adam & Paul, co-starring (and written by)
Mark O'Halloran, in which he played a Dublin drug addict. Variety,
which reviewed the movie, wrote that Murphy's performance "steals the
show."
theatre and film actor best known for his 1998 Tony Award winning
performance in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.In 1996, Murphy created the
role of Ray Dooley in The Beauty Queen of Leenane. This production
started life at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, directed by Garry Hynes
and presented in association with the Druid Theatre Company. It also
played at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and in London's West End. In 1998,
the play transferred to off-Broadway and later made its Broadway debut
at the Walter Kerr Theater. Nominated for six Tony Awards in total,
the production won four including the Best Featured Actor in a Play
award for Murphy. New York Times theater critic, Ben Brantley, praised
Murphy for his role in the play at the time, "Mr. Murphy offers comic
relief without ever presenting it as such...His, more than any other
character, must embody the provincial society beyond the women's home,
and Ray's irritable restlessness is eloquent on the subject".Murphy
made his professional acting debut playing the Artful Dodger in Noel
Pearson's production of Oliver! in 1980 aged 12. During his career he
performed in theatres all over Ireland and the UK including the Abbey
Theatre, the Gate Theatre and Royal Court Theatre in London (in
Shining City by Conor McPherson). Murphy made his feature film
breakthrough with 2004's Adam & Paul, co-starring (and written by)
Mark O'Halloran, in which he played a Dublin drug addict. Variety,
which reviewed the movie, wrote that Murphy's performance "steals the
show."
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