Last Updated: 09 Apr, 2024 | Views: 466
Age: 48
Profession: Actor
Famous For: Acting United States Attorney General
Higher Education: University College Cork
Net Worth: $40 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Cillian Murphy was born on 25 May 1976 in Cork, Ireland. Cillian Murphy's mother taught French while his father, Brendan, worked for the Department of Education.Cillian Murphy's grandfather, aunts, and uncles were also teachers. Cillian Murphy was raised in Ballintemple, Cork, alongside his younger brother Páidi and two younger sisters Sile and Orla. Cillian Murphy was raised Catholic and attended the fee-paying Catholic secondary school. Cillian Murphy began studying law at University College Cork (UCC) in 1996, but failed his first-year exams because he "had no ambitions to do it.
Cillian Murphy Career
Cillian Murphy Theatre Work andEarly Roles:
• Cillian Murphy pressured Pat Kiernan until he got an audition at Corcadorca Theatre Company.
• In September 1996, he made his professional acting debut on the stage, playing the part of a volatile Cork teenager in Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs.
Cillian Murphy 28 Days Later and Breakthrough:
• In 2002, Cillian Murphy starred as Adam in a theatre production of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the Gate Theatre in Dublin.
• Cillian Murphy measures out his metamorphosis with an impressive subtlety and intelligence.
Cillian Murphy Villainous Roles and Critical Success:
• Cillian Murphy appeared as Dr. Jonathan Crane in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.
• Cillian Murphy never saw himself as having the right physique for the superhero, but leapt at the chance to connect with director Nolan.
Cillian Murphy Theatre And Film Roles:
• Cillian Murphy returned to the stage starring opposite Neve Campbell at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End from November 2006 to February 2007.
• Cillian Murphy starred in the science fiction film Sunshine (2007) as a physicist-astronaut charged with re-igniting the sun.
Cillian Murphy Work For Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer:
• In 2011, Cillian Murphy performed in the stage monodrama Misterman, written and directed by Enda Walsh, with whom he had previously worked on Disco Pigs.
• Cillian Murphy was initially staged in Galway and was taken to St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. Murphy said of the role, "The live nature of it makes it so dangerous.
Cillian Murphy Awards:
• 2020: A Quiet Place Part II
• 2023: Academy Award for Best Actor
• 2023: BAFTA Award
• 2023: Golden Globe Award
Cillian Murphy Unknown Facts:
• Cillian Murphyparticipated in the 2007 Rock the Vote Ireland campaign, targeting young voters for the general election, and campaigning for the rights of the homeless with the organisation Focus Ireland.
• In 2004, Cillian Murphy married his longtime girlfriend Yvonne McGuinness, whom he met at one of his rock band's shows in 1996.
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