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Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor and film producer. His works encompass both stage and screen, and his accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor, screenwriter, composer, and voice actor born in 1976. A citizen of the Republic of Ireland, he began his work period in 1995 and has worked in film production and music. He is educated at University College Cork and speaks English. Murphy is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actor collection.

He has received several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His notable role includes J. Robert Oppenheimer. He has also been nominated for the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.

Murphy is married to Yvonne McGuinness. He identifies as an atheist and a cultural Christian.

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Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 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…

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A Quiet Place Part III — Emmett2027
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man — Tommy Shelby2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — Jim (uncredited)2026
Steve — Steve2025
Small Things Like These — Bill Furlong2024
Kensuke's Kingdom — Dad (voice)2024
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby — Thomas Shelby (voice)2024
Oppenheimer — J. Robert Oppenheimer2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer — Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer2023
A Quiet Place Part II — Emmett2021

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Ireland
Active from: 1976

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Instance of: human
Family name: Murphy
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Ireland
Place of birth: Douglas
Spouse: Yvonne McGuinness
Occupation: disc jockey
Educated at: University College Cork
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: cultural Christian
Field of work: music
Image: CillianMurphy-TIFF2025-01-Cropped (cropped).png

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Commons category: Cillian Murphy
date of birth: 1976-05-25
ethnic group: Irish people
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor
name in native language: Cillian Murphy
start of work period: 1995-00-00
notable role: J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Cillian Murphy (/ˈkɪliən/ KILL-ee-ən; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor and film producer. His works encompass both stage and screen, and his accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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 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 his first Golden Globe Award nomination.

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