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Name: Cillian Murphy
Birth date: 25 of May 1976 (42 y.o.)
Place of birth: Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
Height: 175 cm Weight: 89 kg
Birth Sign: Gemini
Chinese zodiac: Dragon
Occupation: actor
Cillian Murphy’s biography
Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor of cinema and theater, known for his roles in the 28 Days Later picture, the Peaky Blinders TV series, Christopher Nolan's trilogy about Batman and the Inception.
Irish actor Cillian Murphy Childhood and Cillian Murphy’s family
Murphy was born on May 25, 1976 in the Irish town of Douglas, but he spent his childhood in Ballintemple, which is located in the same county of Cork. The actor’s father, Brendan Murphy, worked in the Irish Department of Education and his mother taught French at school. Murphy’s aunts, uncles and grandfather were also teachers.Murphy attended a Catholic school, but because of his restless nature he often got into trouble and was suspended from school. As a result, after four years of study, Murphy moved to another, less disciplined school.
Cillian Murphy at young age Everything changed when 16-year-old Cillian attended a theatrical skills lesson organized by his school teachers. He admitted to himself that the theater in terms of the intensity of emotions is in no way inferior to music and joined the Corcadorca theatrical circle.
In 1996 Murphy entered the faculty of law at the University College Cork, but the young man failed his first exam, because, according to him, he had no ambitions in the field.
Cillian Murphy chose acting Cillian Murphy’s acting career
Murphy began making his way to the cinema with short and independent films by Irish directors. In 1999 he played the lead role in the Sunburn drama, where his partner was Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė.In 2001 he also appeared in an art-house picture On the Edge, telling about 19-year-old Jonathan, a mental hospital patient who decided to commit suicide after his father’s death.
In the same year the screen version of the Disco Pigs was released under the Shocking Love Story tagline.
Cillian Murphy in the 28 Days Later At the end of 2003 Murphy participated in the Intermission, playing an uncomplaining supermarket worker who robs a bank alongside professional thief Lehiff, the character of Colin Farrell. The film became the highest-grossing Irish independent film in the national hire history (until The Wind That Shakes the Barley broke the record in 2006 - Murphy also starred in this film).
Then followed bright minor roles in the Hollywood dramas Cold Mountain (soldier deserter Bardolph) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (where Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth also starred).
General success and wide acceptance came to Murphy in 2005 when he played Dr. Jonathan Crane in Batman Begins by Christopher Nolan. Initially, Cillian was going to audition for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. Murphy never believed that he had the appearance of a superhero, though he did not miss the opportunity to get acquainted with Nolan. As a result, the role of Batman still went to Christian Bale, and Murphy was approved for the supporting role without a word.
The subsequent lead roles only infixed Murphy in the position of a top actor and the audience’s special attention was drawn by the Red Eye with Rachel McAdams, where Murphy presented the perfect movie villain, who’s cold blue eyes freeze the water, and the sight of a wolf cause horror.
Cillian Murphy in the Broken
Murphy also starred in lead roles in American pictures Watching the Detectives (2007), Peacock (2009), Inception (2010), In Time (2011) and famous British films Sunshine (2007), The Edge of Love (2008),Retreat (2011), Anthropoid (2016) and Free Fire (2016).
Cillian Murphy in the Peaky Blinders TV series
Cillian Murphy’s other achievements
Together with director Paloma Baeza, Murphy wrote the plot for the Watchmen (2001) short film, where he also starred.In 2013 Murphy made his directorial debut: he shot a video for the Hold Me Forever single by the Money band. The shooting took place in the Old Vic theater in London and the dancers of the English National Ballet took part in the video.
In 2015 Killian took part in the recording of the 8:58 and The Clock tracks for the 8:58 album by musician Paul Hartnoll. Murphy is no longer a member of a rock band, but regularly plays music with friends and writes songs.
Cillian Murphy’s personal life
In 2004 Murphy married his girlfriend Yvonne McGuinness, an Irish artist. He met his future wife in 1996 at a concert of his group. The couple lives in the city of Monkstown in Ireland, raising sons Malachy (born 2005) and Aran Murphy (born 2007).
Cillian Murphy with his wife Murphy is friends with other Irish actors Colin Farrell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Liam Neeson, whom he calls his surrogate movie-dad. But the closest friends of Murphy are those whom he met before his stellar career.
Cillian Murphy with his wife and sons Murphy is an atheist - he admitted this during the filming of the Sunshine sci-fi film.
The actor has been a vegetarian for many years - he came to this decision after learning about the brutal methods of agribusiness. But receiving the role in the Peaky Blinders, he had to eat meat again.
Cillian Murphy nowadays
In February 2017 Sally Potter’s new film The Party was presented at the Berlin Film Festival, with Murphy, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz and other well-known actors in the lead roles.In 2017 Christopher Nolan’s picture Dunkirk, about the Dunkirk operation at the beginning of World War II, was released. Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance, as well as singer Harry Styles took part in the picture alongside Cillian.
Cillian Murphy in the Dunkirk
