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Cillian Murphy Profile |
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Birth Date: May 25, 1976
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Birth Place: Douglas, Cork, Ireland
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Birth Name: Cillian Murphy
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Cillian Murphy (Irish: Cillian Ó Murchú, May 25, 1976) is an
Irish actor known for his distinctively blue eyes and
intense performances. Cillian is an Irish name which is
anglicised Killian; both spellings are pronounced "Killyann"
(though the former spelling is often mispronounced
"Sillian"). He is best known for his roles as Jim in 28 Days
Later, The Scarecrow in Batman Begins and Jackson Rippner in
Red Eye. His most lauded performance was as Patrick "Kitten"
Braden in Breakfast on Pluto, for which he received his
first IFTA Award and first Golden Globe Award nomination.
Murphy was born in Douglas, Cork in Ireland. He attended the
Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later studied law
at University College Cork (UCC). Initially his interest in
performing was led by music. He played guitar with a Frank
Zappa influenced band called Sons of Mr. Greengenes.
However, by the time he left college his primary interest
was acting. His first major role was in the UCC Drama
Society production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching
Towards the Somme. He went on to appear on the professional
stage in Disco Pigs, directed by Pat Kiernan and written by
Enda Walsh.
After touring with Disco Pigs in London, Edinburgh and Cork,
he left UCC without graduating.
Disco Pigs was Murphy's first big break. He was cast in the
central role of Pig in Corcadorca's 1996 production of Enda
Walsh's original play. He later reprised that role for the
2001 independent film version by Kirsten Sheridan, also
writing and singing the song "So New" for the soundtrack.
From 1997 to 2002, Murphy starred in feature films, shorts,
plays and in the BBC mini-series adaptation of The Way We
Live Now, but it was not until Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later
became a sleeper hit in the USA in 2003, that the major
movie studios and directors started to take notice. As for
the actor's full-frontal nudity in the film, Murphy claimed
he was perfectly comfortable doing nudity if the role called
for it.
In 2003, he starred alongside Colin Farrell in the Irish
indie Intermission and had supporting roles in his first
Hollywood films, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Cold
Mountain. 2005 was the year that brought Murphy to wider
recognition with his performance as Dr. Jonathan
Crane/supervillain The Scarecrow in Batman Begins and his
role as bad guy Jackson Rippner in Red Eye. Murphy received
a nomination for the Best Villain honor at the 2006 MTV
Movie Awards for his performance in Batman Begins, but lost
to Hayden Christensen for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of
the Sith.
He originally auditioned for the role of Batman (Bruce
Wayne) in Batman Begins. Though the part was eventually
given to Christian Bale, director Christopher Nolan was
reportedly very impressed with Murphy's audition and
persuaded him to take the role of Dr. Jonathan Crane, whose
alter ego is the villain Scarecrow. It is not known if the
character of Crane/Scarecrow will appear in the currently
filming sequel, The Dark Knight, though Murphy has stated
that he would be glad to reprise the character if asked.
Recently, the fansite Batman-on-film.com reported that an
anonymous insider says Murphy will return as Scarecrow in
The Dark Knight, but this is an unconfirmed rumor.
According to Entertainment Weekly magazine, he was #3 of
"The Most Valuable Players of Summer 2005", a list for
entertainers who have outstanding breakthrough performances
for the year 2005. He was placed behind Terrence Howard and
Matt Dillon. The magazine went on to compare him with Robert
Mitchum.
In late 2005, he starred as a transgendered orphan in search
of his mother in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto, based on
the novel of the same title by Patrick McCabe. He was
nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Musical
or Comedy for this movie (Joaquin Phoenix won for Walk the
Line), but won the IFTA Award.
In 2006 / 2007, he starred in Ken Loach's film about the
Irish War of Independence and Civil War, The Wind That
Shakes the Barley, another movie in which his performance
was highly praised. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2006
Cannes Film Festival, and replaced Intermission as the most
successful independent film in Irish history.
Murphy recently finished playing the lead role in John
Kolvenbach's play Love Song, opposite Neve Campbell, in
London's West End. In 2007, he stars as a
physicist-astronaut charged with re-igniting the sun in the
sci-fi movie Sunshine, which re-teams him with director
Danny Boyle. He will also be seen in the forth-coming
romantic comedy, Watching the Detectives, opposite Lucy Liu.
Murphy just started filming The Edge of Love with Keira
Knightley, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys in Wales in May
2007. (Lindsay Lohan was originally in Miller's role but
dropped out due to contract disagreements.)
Just cast in the newly announced Hippie Hippie Shake, again
alongside Sienna Miller, Murphy will star as Richard
Neville, the editor of the psychedelic, radical underground
magazine Oz, which was at the center of the longest
obscenity trial in British history.
Murphy is known for being intensely private about his
personal life. He married his long-time live-in girlfriend,
Yvonne McGuinness, in August 2004 in Provence, France. The
couple live in London, England, with their son Malachy (b.
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Other Information |
His father is a school inspector and his mother is a French
teacher.
He schooled at Presentation Brothers College Cork.
Has a younger brother, Páidi, a design engineer.
Father is a school inspector.
Lives in London, England.
He plays in a Frank Zappa-influenced band called 'Sons of
Mr. Greengenes'.
Has two sisters, Sile and Orla.
First name pronounced "Kill-ian".
He was planning a career in law until he discovered the
world of acting.
Although he is a vegetarian, he learned to chop up meat in
an abattoir for his role as butcher in Girl with a Pearl
Earring (2003).
Auditioned for the role of Batman in Batman Begins (2005).
The role was eventually given to Christian Bale. But
director Christopher Nolan liked Cillian's audition so much
that he gave him a role as Batman's arch- nemesis Jonathan
Crane/Scarecrow, who is a developing character in this
movie.
He was the oldest of four children.
Though he did not get the role of Batman in Batman Begins
(2005), he did get to wear the batsuit during an audition
with Christopher Nolan.
Proposed to wife while hill-walking in Ireland.
Son Malachy was born December 4th, 2005, weighing 7 pounds
and 5 ounces
Played two psychopaths in 2005: Dr. Jonathan Crane
(Scarecrow) in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in
Red Eye (2005).
As of 2006 he is the most nominated Irish Actor at the Irish
Film and Television Awards. Despite a total of five
nominations he has yet to win the IFTA.
He greatly admires actor Liam Neeson. Looks at him as a
surrogate movie dad.
Is fluent in French and Irish. |
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