Birth Date
May 25, 1976
Age
44 years old
Nationality
Ireland
Sun Sign
Gemini
Natural hair color
Dark Brown
Eye color
Blue
Height
5 ft 9 in | 175 cm
Net Worth
$20 Million
Weight
70 kg | 154 lbs
Chest
38 in | 96.5 cm
Shoe size
10 US | 43.5 EU
Waist
31 in | 79 cm
Early acting career First movie Breakthrough
Cillian Murphy was born in Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland, on May 25, 1976, is a Irish actor.
Young Cillian Murphy first started performing as a rock musician in the several bands with his brother, Páidi.
He began playing music and writing songs at the age of 10.
He started acting during his years of college in the UCC Drama Society's amateur productions.
He began his professional acting career on stage in a play "Disco Pigs" (1996) in role as Cork teenager.
He got his television debut in BBC serial The Way We Live Now (2001) in role as Paul Montague.
He made his screen debut in short movie Quando (1997) in role as Pat.
He landed his big screen debut in Irish crime drama film Sweety Barrett (1998) in role as Pat the Barman.
Cillian's breakthrough performance came as Jim in post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later (2002), for which he won a Empire Award for Best Newcomer.
He made his directorial debut with a music video for Money "Hold Me Forever" (2013).
New Movies
A Quiet Place: Part II (2021) horror in role as Emmett, with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe
Anna (2019) action thriller in role as Leonard Miller, opposite Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren and Luke Evans
Best Movies
He played Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance as Patrick / Patricia "Kitten" Braden in comedy drama movie Breakfast on Pluto (2005).
Intermission (2003) black comedy crime with Colin Farrell
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) romantic drama opposite Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth
Cold Mountain (2003) drama romance opposite Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renée Zellweger
Red Eye (2005) psychological thriller with Rachel McAdams
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) drama with Liam Cunningham and Pádraic Delaney
The Edge of Love (2008) biographical romantic drama with Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller
Peacock (2010) psychological thrille with Susan Sarandon, Ellen Page and Bill Pullman
Inception (2010) science fiction action with Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tom Hardy
Retreat (2011) horror thriller opposite Thandie Newton
In Time (2011) dystopian science fiction action thriller opposite Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde and Justin Timberlake
Red Lights (2012) thriller drama with Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro
Broken (2012) drama opposite Lily James and Tim Roth
Aloft (2014) drama opposite Jennifer Connelly
Transcendence (2014) science fiction thriller with Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall and Morgan Freeman
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) adventure drama with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland
Sunshine (2007) science fiction thriller directed by Danny Boyle
Anthropoid (2016) epic war opposite Jamie Dornan
Dunkirk (2017) drama thriller directed by Christopher Nolan
TV Shows
He won two Irish Film and Television Awards for Best Actor – Drama for his role as Thomas Shelby in British crime drama television series Peaky Blinders (2013– ).
Facts
Attended the Catholic secondary school Presentation Brothers College in Cork, Ireland.
Studied law at University College Cork (UCC) in 1996.
Has a younger brother, Páidi Murphy and two younger sisters, Sile Murphy and Orla Murphy.
Fan of Doctor Who (1963).
Friends with Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson.
He is a vegetarian.
Fluent in English, French, Gaelic and Irish.
Lives in Monkstown, County Dublin.
Relationships
He married Yvonne McGuinness in 2004, thay have two sons.