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Birth Name: Cillian Murphy

Age: 50, born 25 May 1976

Country of origin: Ireland

Currently Residing In: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Yvonne McGuinness

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Description: Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy is the oldest child of teacher parents. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays. Various film roles followed, including a film adaptation of Disco Pigs (2001). However, his big film break came when he was cast in Da Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy is the oldest child of teacher parents. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays.

Various film roles followed, including a film adaptation of Disco Pigs (2001). However, his big film break came when he was cast in Danny Boyle's 28 días después... (2002), which became a surprise international hit. This performance earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.

Murphy went on to supporting roles in high-profile film such as Cold Mountain (2003) and La joven de la perla (2003), and then was cast in two villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Vuelo nocturno (2005). Although slight in nature for a villain, Murphy's piercing blue eyes helped to create creepy performances and critics began to took notice. Manhola Dargis of the New York Times cited Murphy as a "picture-perfect villain", while David Denby of The New Yorker noted he was both "seductive" and "sinister".

Later that year, Murphy starred as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, an Irish transgender in search of her mother, in Neil Jordan's Desayuno en Plutón (2005), a film adaptation of the Pat McCabe novel. Although the film was not a box office success, Murphy's was nominated for a Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and he won Best Actor for the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards.

The following year, Murphy starred in Ken Loach's El viento que agita la cebada (2006). The film was the most successful independent Irish film and won the Palm D'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Murphy continued to take roles in a number of independent films, and also reprised his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's El caballero oscuro (2008). Nolan is known for working with actors in multiple films, and cast Murphy in Origen (2010), as Robert Fischer the young heir of the multi-billion dollar empire, who was the target of DiCaprio's dream team.

Murphy continues to appear in high profile films In Time (2011), Luces rojas (2012) and El caballero oscuro: La leyenda renace (2012), the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.

Murphy is married to Yvonne McGuinness, an artist. The couple has two sons, Malachy and Carrick. ... (more)

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"Oppenheimer (2023) Murphy hasn’t revealed the details of the extreme diet he went on, but he did lose a lot of weight for the role. The 47-year-old told The New York Times: “I love acting with my body, and Oppenheimer had a very distinct physicality and silhouette, which I wanted to get right.’ “I had to lose quite a bit of weight, and we worked with the costume and tailoring; he was very slim, almost emaciated, existed on martinis and cigarettes.” For reference: Murphy in Peaky B"

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"Best Actor! Winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer! Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon Zac Efron - The Iron Claw Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction"

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"Phobos• The god and personification of fear and panic.• The son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Deimos and Harmonia.• He mainly appears in an assistant role to his father and causes disorder in battle. "

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