Cillian Murphy
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| birthname = Cillian Murphy
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| birthplace = [[Douglas, County Cork|Douglas]], [[County Cork|Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1996–present
| spouse = [[Yvonne McGuinness]] (2004–present)
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'''Cillian Murphy'''<ref name="Cillian">The Irish name Cillian is pronounced "Killyann" (though often mispronounced "Sillian").</ref> (born [[25 May]] [[1976]]) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[film]] and [[theatre]] [[actor]]. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles<ref name="Back Stage 2005">Riley, Jenelle. [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001524804 "Luck of the Irish"], ''Back Stage'', [[18 November]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[9 August]] [[2007]].</ref><ref name="Seattle creep">Keogh, Tom. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002438851_murphy14.html "American creep? Actor plays the part"], ''The Seattle Times'', [[14 August]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[24 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
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and distinctive blue eyes.<ref name="Denby Barley">Denby, David. [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2007/03/19/070319crci_cinema_denby "Taking Sides"], ''The New Yorker'', [[19 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref><ref name="JS Online 2005">Dudek, Duane. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=355041 "Actor sets sight on role variety"], ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', [[11 September]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[24 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
A native of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Murphy began his performing career as a [[rock musician]]. After turning down a record deal, he made his professional acting debut in the play ''Disco Pigs'' in 1996. He went on to star in Irish and [[United Kingdom|UK]] film and stage productions throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, first coming to international attention in 2003 as the hero in the [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] film ''[[28 Days Later]]''. Murphy's best-known roles are as villains in two 2005 blockbusters: the [[Scarecrow (comics)|Scarecrow]] in the [[superhero film]] ''[[Batman Begins]]'', and Jackson Rippner in the [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]''. Next came two contrasting, widely acclaimed starring roles: his [[Golden Globe Award]]-nominated performance as [[transgendered]] outcast "Kitten" in 2005's ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' and a turn as a 1920s Irish revolutionary in 2006 [[Palme d'Or]] winner ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]''. In 2008, Murphy stars in the romantic drama ''[[The Edge of Love]]'' and makes a cameo as Scarecrow in the Batman sequel, ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''.
A resident of London since 2001, Murphy often works in or near London<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page">[http://imdb.com/name/nm0614165/ Cillian Murphy - Filmography], ''IMDb.com''. Accessed [[22 May]] [[2008]].</ref> and has no desire to move to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]].<ref name="Metro 60 Sec">Tenorman, Scott. [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=1182&in_page_id=11 "60 Second Interview: Cillian Murphy"], ''Metro'', [[12 January]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[22 August]] [[2007]].</ref> Uncomfortable on the celebrity circuit,<ref name="Hot Press">Brady, Tara. [http://www.hotpress.com/features/interviews/2918769.html "Here Comes the Sun"], ''Hot Press'', [[19 April]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> he customarily gives interviews about his work, but does not appear on television talk shows or discuss details of his private life with the press.
==Early life and music==
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Born in [[Douglas, County Cork|Douglas]]<ref name="Premiere 2005 best">Lytal, Cristy. [http://www.premiere.com/features/2487/the-24-finest-performances-of-2005-page24.html "The 24 Finest Performances of 2005: Cillian Murphy"], ''Premiere'', February 2006. Accessed [[19 July]] [[2007]].</ref> and raised in [[Ballintemple]],<ref name="Sun Times 2004">O'Sullivan, Gemma. [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1006185.ece "Ireland: Sane Boy of the Western World"], ''The Sunday Times'', [[1 February]] [[2004]]. Accessed [[11 December]] [[2007]].</ref> two suburbs of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Cillian Murphy is the eldest of four children.<ref name="Strut">Wolf, Matt. [http://www.strutmagazine.com/m_articles_details.ch2?id=99 "Acting Up"], ''Strut'', March 2004. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> His father, Brendan, works for the [[Department of Education and Science (Ireland)|Irish Department of Education]] and his mother is a [[French language|French]] teacher.<ref name="Independent action hero">Walsh, John. [http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2405029.ece "Murphy's lore: Meet the action hero who looks on the verge of tears"], ''The Independent'', [[31 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> Not only are his parents educators, but his aunts and uncles are also teachers, as was his grandfather.<ref name="Electric Mail">Clayton-Lea, Tony. [http://www.esbelectricmail.com/_archives/em_archive/archives/november2006_em/last_word.htm "Bright Young Thing"], ''Electric Mail'', November 2006. Accessed [[24 July]] [[2007]].</ref> Musicianship also runs in the family,<ref name="RTE Guide 2004">O'Donoghue, Donal. "Western Hero", ''RTÉ Guide'', [[6 February]] [[2004]].</ref> and Murphy started playing music and writing songs at age ten.<ref name="Sun Times 2004" />
Murphy attended the Catholic school [[Presentation Brothers College, Cork|Presentation Brothers College]], where he did well academically,<ref name="Independent action hero" /> although he did get into trouble often, sometimes getting suspended, until deciding in his fourth year that misbehaving was not worth the hassle. Not keen on sport, a major part of life at PBC, Murphy found that creative pursuits were not fully nurtured at the school.<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> Still, it was there that he got his first taste of performing, when he participated in a drama module presented by Pat Kiernan, the director of the [[Corcadorca Theatre Company]]. Murphy later described the experience as a "huge high" and a "fully alive" feeling that he set out to chase.<ref name="From Cork to Gotham">Jackson, Joe. "From Cork to Gotham", ''Sunday Independent Life Magazine'', [[8 February]] [[2004]].</ref> His English teacher, the poet and novelist [[William Wall]], encouraged him to pursue acting,<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> but at this stage, to Murphy, performing meant dreams of becoming a rock star.<ref name="RTE Guide 2004" />
In his late teens and early twenties, Murphy worked toward a career as a rock musician, playing guitar in several bands alongside his brother Pádraig.<ref name="RTE Guide 2004" /><ref name="TONY 2005">Kaufman, Anthony. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/7462/blue-streak "Blue Streak"], ''Time Out New York'', [[10 November]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[19 July]] [[2007]].</ref> The [[The Beatles|Beatles]]-obsessed pair named their most successful band The Sons of Mr. Greengenes, after a [[Hot Rats|1969 song]] by another idol, [[Frank Zappa]]. Murphy sang and played guitar in the band, which he has said "specialised in wacky lyrics and endless guitar solos."<ref name="Observer O'Hagan">O'Hagan, Sean. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1794559,00.html "'I just want to challenge myself with each role'"], ''The Observer'', [[11 June]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[8 August]] [[2007]].</ref> In 1996,<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /> The Sons of Mr. Greengenes were offered a five-album record deal by [[Acid Jazz Records]],<ref name="Observer O'Hagan" /> but they did not sign the contract. Because Murphy's brother was still in secondary school, their parents disapproved. Additionally, the contract offered little money and would have ceded the rights to Murphy's compositions to the record label.<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" />
Also in 1996, Murphy began studying [[law]] at [[University College Cork]] (UCC), but he failed his first year exams because, as he put it, he had "no ambitions to do it."<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /> Not only was he busy with his band,<ref name="RTE Guide 2004" /> but he has admitted that he knew within days after starting at UCC that law was the wrong fit for his artistic personality.<ref name="Electric Mail" /> Furthermore, after seeing Corcadorca's stage production of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', directed by Kiernan, acting had begun to pique his interest.<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /> His first major role was in the UCC Drama Society's amateur production of ''[[Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme]]'', but, according to Murphy, his primary motivation then was to party and meet women, not to begin an acting career.<ref name="RTE Guide 2004" /> Nonetheless, he began to transition away from working as a rock musician, about which he later remarked, "I think there's such a thing as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me it originally came out through music, then segued into acting and came out through there. I always needed to get up and perform."<ref name="Independent action hero" />
==Acting career==
===Early work===
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Murphy hounded Pat Kiernan until he got an audition at Corcadorca, and in September 1996, he made his professional acting debut on the stage, originating the part of a volatile Cork teenager in [[Enda Walsh]]'s ''Disco Pigs''.<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /><ref name="Irish Playography">[http://www.irishplayography.com/search/play.asp?play_id=304 ''Disco Pigs''], ''IrishPlayography.com''. Accessed [[8 August]] [[2007]].</ref> He later observed, "I was unbelievably cocky and had nothing to lose, and it suited the part, I suppose."<ref name="LAT pale blue eyes">Abramowitz, Rachel. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-cillian11mar11,0,6271070.story?coll=la-entnews-movies "Cillian Murphy: More to offer than pale blue eyes"], ''Los Angeles Times'', [[8 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[10 March]] [[2007]].</ref> Originally slated to run three weeks in Cork,<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /> ''Disco Pigs'' ended up touring throughout Europe, Canada and Australia for two years,<ref name="Corcadorca">[http://www.corcadorca.com/pages/posts/disco-pigs22.php ''Disco Pigs''], ''Corcadorca.com''. Accessed [[19 July]] [[2007]].</ref> and Murphy left university<ref name="Independent action hero" /> and his band.<ref name="TONY 2005" /> Though he had intended to go back to playing music, he secured representation after his first agent caught a performance of ''Disco Pigs'', and his acting career began to take off.<ref name="Back Stage 2005" />
From 1997 to 2003, Murphy starred in [[independent film]]s, such as [[John Carney (director)|John Carney]]'s ''[[On the Edge (film)|On the Edge]]'', in short films, including the Irish/English language short ''Filleann an Feall'',<ref name="Filleann">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284109/ ''Filleann an Feall''], ''IMDb.com''. Accessed [[20 October]] [[2007]].</ref> and in the [[BBC]] television miniseries adaptation of ''[[The Way We Live Now]]''. In addition to ''Disco Pigs'', he starred in many other plays, including [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', [[Neil LaBute]]'s ''[[The Shape of Things]]'',<ref name="Shape of Things">[http://www.gate-theatre.ie/theshapeofthings.html ''The Shape of Things''], ''Gate-Theatre.ie''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref> and [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]''; Murphy considers this stage work to have been his "training ground."<ref name="Back Stage 2005" /> Murphy also reprised his ''Disco Pigs'' role for the [[Disco Pigs|2001 indie film version]] by [[Kirsten Sheridan]], performing his original song "So New" over the closing credits and singing [[The Kinks]]' "[[You Really Got Me]]" in a pub karaoke scene.<ref name="So New">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236157/soundtrack Soundtracks for ''Disco Pigs''], ''IMDb.com''. Accessed [[20 October]] [[2007]].</ref> During this period, he moved from Cork, relocating first to [[Dublin]] for a few years,<ref name="Boston Globe 2006">Heller, Scott. [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/01/01/murphys_lawseek_diversity/ "Murphy's law: seek diversity"], ''The Boston Globe'', [[1 January]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[22 August]] [[2007]].</ref> then to London in 2001.<ref name="Blag">Edwards, Sally A. "Cillian Murphy", ''Blag'', July 2006.</ref>
Murphy's onscreen performance in ''Disco Pigs'' caught the eye of director [[Danny Boyle]] when casting the lead for ''[[28 Days Later]]''.<ref name="Back Stage 2005" /> Released in the UK in late 2002, by the following July ''28 Days Later'' had become a sleeper hit in America<ref name="Variety Diorio">Diorio, Carl. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117890252.html?categoryid=1019&cs=1 "Summer summary: A fish tale"], ''Variety'', [[3 August]] [[2003]]. Accessed [[17 August]] [[2007]].</ref> and a major success worldwide, putting Murphy before a mass audience for the first time.<ref name="Variety03">DiOrio, Carl. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117890915.html?categoryid=10&cs=1 "Summer of love for specialty labels"], ''Variety'', [[18 August]] [[2003]]. Accessed [[19 October]] [[2007]].</ref> His performance as pandemic survivor Jim earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the 2003 [[Empire Awards]]<ref name="2003 Empire">[http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/report.asp "The Eighth Annual Empire Awards"], ''EmpireOnline.com''. Accessed [[21 October]] [[2007]].</ref><ref name="Z Empire">[http://www.thezreview.co.uk/files/empireawardsnominations2003.htm "Empire Film Awards Nominations 2003"], ''TheZReview.co.uk'', [[29 January]] [[2003]]. Accessed [[21 October]] [[2007]].</ref> and Breakthrough Male Performance at the [[2004 MTV Movie Awards]].<ref name="2004 MTV">[http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/archive/year.jhtml?year=2004 "MTV Movie Awards Archive | 2004 MTV Movie Awards"], ''MTV.com''. Accessed [[21 October]] [[2007]].</ref> ''ComingSoon.net'''s review of the film said, "Cillian Murphy is a superb find... and he gives a breakout performance as a man torn apart by the new world into which he's awakened."<ref name="ComingSoon 28DL">Douglas, Edward. [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=67 ''28 Days Later''], ''ComingSoon.net'', 2003. Accessed [[30 July]] [[2007]].</ref>
In late 2003, Murphy starred as a lovelorn, hapless supermarket stocker who plots a bank heist with [[Colin Farrell]] in ''[[Intermission (film)|Intermission]]'', which became the highest-grossing Irish independent film in Irish box office history (until ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]'' broke the record in 2006).<ref name="RTE press watch">[http://www.rte.ie/business/2006/0808/presswatch.html "Loach Film Sets New Money Mark"], ''RTE.ie'', [[8 August]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> Murphy also appeared in supporting roles in his first Hollywood films, ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' and ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]''. For the latter film, he learned to chop meat in an abattoir to prepare for his role as a butcher, even though he is a vegetarian.<ref name="Irish Tatler">Crewe, Charity. "The Butcher Boy", ''Irish Tatler'', February 2004.</ref> In 2004, he toured Ireland in the titular role of ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'', a [[Druid Theatre Company]] production under the direction of [[Garry Hynes]], who had previously directed Murphy in [[Seán O'Casey]]'s ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]'' and [[John Murphy (playwright)|John Murphy]]'s ''[[The Country Boy]]'', also for Druid.<ref name="Agent Lisa Richards' website" />
===Critical success===
[[Image:RedEye05.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Murphy as Jackson Rippner in ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]'' (2005), with [[Rachel McAdams]]]]
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2005 was the year that Cillian Murphy won wider recognition, first for two high-profile villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane in ''[[Batman Begins]]'', and Jackson Rippner in the thriller ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]''. Originally asked to audition for the role of [[Batman|Bruce Wayne/Batman]] in ''Batman Begins'', Murphy never saw himself as having the right physique for the superhero, but leaped at the chance to connect with director [[Christopher Nolan]].<ref name="Boston Globe 2006" /> Though the lead went to [[Christian Bale]], Nolan was so impressed with Murphy that he gave him the supporting role of Dr. Crane, whose alter ego is [[supervillain]] [[Scarecrow (comics)|Scarecrow]].<ref name="Back Stage 2005" /> Nolan told ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', "He has the most extraordinary eyes, and I kept trying to invent excuses for him to take his glasses off in close-ups."<ref name="Spin 2005">Itzkoff, Dave. "Cillian's Irish Dread", ''Spin'', June 2005.</ref> In [[Wes Craven]]'s ''Red Eye'', Murphy starred as an operative in an assassination plot who terrorizes [[Rachel McAdams]] on an overnight flight. ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' film critic [[Manohla Dargis]] asserted that Murphy made "a picture-perfect villain" and that his "baby blues look cold enough to freeze water and his wolfish leer suggests its own terrors."<ref name="Dargis">Dargis, Manohla. [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/movies/19crav.html?ex=1183348800&en=850cc8980e132e6d&ei=5070 "Sticking Out a Tense Flight With a Terrorist as Seatmate"], ''The New York Times'', [[19 August]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref>
Murphy received several awards nominations for his 2005 bad guy turns, among them a nomination as Best Villain at the [[MTV Movie Awards 2006|2006 MTV Movie Awards]] for ''Batman Begins''.<ref name="MTV 2006">[http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/archive/year.jhtml?year=2006 "MTV Movie Awards Archive | 2006 MTV Movie Awards"], ''MTV.com''. Accessed [[28 July]] [[2007]].</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked him among its 2005 "Summer [[Most valuable player|MVPs]]", a cover story list of ten entertainers with outstanding breakthrough performances.<ref name="EW Summer 2005">Jensen, Jeff. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1094413_4,00.html "Summer's MVPs"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', [[26 August]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[19 July]] [[2007]].</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'''s [[David Denby]] wrote, "Cillian Murphy, who has angelic looks that can turn sinister, is one of the most elegantly seductive monsters in recent movies."<ref name="Denby on Red Eye">Denby, David. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/09/12/050912crci_cinema?currentPage=1 "Partners"], ''The New Yorker'', [[12 September]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[9 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
In late 2005 (early 2006 in Europe), Murphy starred as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, a [[transgendered]] Irish orphan in search of his mother, in [[Neil Jordan]]'s dramedy ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'', based on the novel of the same title by [[Patrick McCabe]]. Murphy had auditioned for the role in 2001, and though Jordan liked him for the part, ''[[The Crying Game]]'' director was hesitant to revisit transgender and [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|I.R.A.]] issues. For several years, Murphy lobbied Jordan to make the film before the actor became too old to play the part. In 2004, Murphy prepared for the role by meeting with a [[transvestite]] who dressed him and took him clubbing with other transvestites. Taking notice of the group's quick wit, Murphy attributed it to their constantly having to respond to insults from prejudiced people around them.<ref name="TONY 2005" />
[[Image:Cillian Murphy - Brkft on Pluto.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Murphy as Patrick/"Kitten" in ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' (2005)]]
Against ''Breakfast on Pluto''’s kaleidoscopic backdrop of 1970s [[glitter rock]] fashion, magic shows, red light districts and I.R.A. violence, Murphy transforms from [[androgynous]] teen to high [[drag (clothing)|drag]] blond bombshell. ''[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]'''s Ruthe Stein said of his performance, "Murphy projects enormous energy onscreen, as he's already shown in ''28 Days Later...'' and ''Red Eye''. He's supremely well cast as the androgynous Kitten ... [and] smoothly makes the transition from broad comedy to drama. He delivers Kitten's favorite line, 'Oh serious, serious, serious!' with the full implications of its dual meaning."<ref name="Stein">Stein, Ruthe. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/23/DDGOIGBLJN1.DTL&type=movies "Walking on thin gender line in search of love"], ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', [[23 December]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> While even lukewarm reviews of ''Breakfast on Pluto'' still tended to praise Murphy's performance highly,<ref name="Metacritic BoP">[http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/breakfastonpluto ''Breakfast on Pluto''], ''Metacritic.com''. Accessed [[20 October]] [[2007]].</ref> a few critics dissented: ''[[The Village Voice]]'', which panned the film, found him "unconvincing" and overly cute.<ref name="Voice BoP">Atkinson, Michael. [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0546,atkinson,70031,20.html "Men Are From Mars, Bad Transvestite Movies Are From ''Pluto''"], ''The Village Voice'', [[15 November]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[21 August]] [[2007]].</ref>
Murphy was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for ''Breakfast on Pluto''<ref name="2006 Globes news">[http://www.hfpa.org/news/id/13 "63rd Golden Globe Awards Nominations"], ''HFPA.org'', [[13 December]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[20 September]] [[2007]].</ref> and won the [[IFTA Award|Irish Film and Television Academy]] Best Actor Award.<ref name="4th IFTA">[http://www.ifta.ie/awards/winnersdocs/4thAnnualIrishFilm&TelevisionAwardsWinners.pdf "The 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Winners"], ''IFTA.ie''. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref> ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' cited his performance as Kitten in their "The 24 Finest Performances of 2005" feature.<ref name="Premiere 2005 best" /> All three of his 2005 performances were honored by ''Entertainment Weekly'', when they included him in their "Great Performances of 2005" year-end issue.<ref name="EW Great Performances 2005">Drumming, Neil. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1143267_5,00.html "The Great Performances of 2005: Cillian Murphy"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', [[30 December]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> A late 2005 ''Back Stage'' feature labeled Murphy "a chameleonic performer, a character actor trapped in a leading man's bone structure."<ref name="Back Stage 2005" />
In 2006 (2007 in North America), he starred in [[Ken Loach]]'s film about the [[Irish War of Independence]] and [[Irish Civil War|Civil War]], ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]'', which won the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="BBC d'Or">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5025812.stm "Loach film wins top Cannes prize"], ''BBC News'', [[29 May]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[25 September]] [[2007]].</ref> and became the most successful Irish independent film at the Irish box office.<ref name="RTE press watch" /> Director Loach, a [[Social Realism|social realist]] who shoots films in sequence, is strict about casting actors from the areas where his films are set, rarely casting well-known faces. Because the film was set in Cork, Murphy was given a chance at the role of Damien O'Donovan, a young doctor turned revolutionary, but he had to audition six times before winning the part. Murphy's family goes back in Cork for many generations; during the time period in which ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' is set, his grandfather was shot at by British soldiers for playing Irish music.<ref name="LAT pale blue eyes" />
Critic Denby described Murphy's approach to the part of Damien: "Murphy is normally very quiet in movies; he has attained his mystique as an actor by staring at people with baby-blue eyes. In this film, too, he has, at times, a deep stillness, but he has idiosyncratic moments as well, such as when Damien has to execute a teen-ager who has ratted on the I.R.A. Murphy, writhing, shoots the boy and stumbles away, nausea struggling against duty."<ref name="Denby Barley" /> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "Murphy is especially good at playing the zealotry as well as the soul-searching and the regret, at showing us a man who is eaten up alive because he's forced to act in ways that are contrary to his background and his training."<ref name="Turan on Barley">Turan, Kenneth. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-wind16mar16,1,2168736.story?coll=la-promo-entnews "'''The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' Goes Beyond Zealotry"], ''Los Angeles Times'', [[16 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[7 September]] [[2007]].</ref> ''[[Scotland on Sunday]]'' commented, "Cillian Murphy ... exudes a doe-eyed sensitivity that is central to our emotional involvement in the character's development. He is not a macho figure itching for a fight, but a man of peace, reluctantly drawn to the use of force. When he makes a commitment to Irish independence, it is unyielding and entirely believable."<ref name="Scotland on Barley">[http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/review.cfm?id=892002006 "Their Country Right or Wrong"], ''Scotland on Sunday'', [[18 June]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[7 September]] [[2007]].</ref> ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ UK]]'' presented Murphy with their 2006 Actor of the Year award for his work in ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley''.<ref name="BBC GQ 2006">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5319176.stm "McCartney is ''GQ'''s Man of the Year"], ''BBC News'', [[6 September]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[8 September]] [[2006]].</ref>
===Recent roles and the future===
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Murphy returned to the stage from November 2006 to February 2007 in the lead role of John Kolvenbach's play ''Love Song'', opposite [[Neve Campbell]], in London's [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref name="Love Song">[http://www.theambassadors.com/newambassadors/sp_p3207.html ''Love Song''], ''TheAmbassadors.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref> In April 2007 (July in North America), he starred onscreen as a physicist-astronaut charged with reigniting the sun in the [[sci-fi]] movie ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'', which re-teamed him with director [[Danny Boyle]].<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" /> Murphy appeared opposite [[Lucy Liu]] in [[Paul Soter]]'s romantic comedy ''[[Watching the Detectives]]''; the [[independent film|indie film]] premiered at the 2007 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]<ref name="Tribeca">Hill, Logan. [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/04/lucy_liu.html "Lucy Liu: Lesbian Vampire, Party Girl"], ''New York'', [[30 April]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[19 October]] [[2007]].</ref> and was said be coming out on [[Valentine's Day]] 2008,<ref>Goldstein, Gregg. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i507fc4dbe7bea52043a125fef806cd1a "Peace Arch puts tail on ''Detectives''"], ''The Hollywood Reporter'', [[28 September]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[30 September]] [[2007]].</ref> but it never appeared in theaters,<ref>Soter, Paul. [http://profile.myspace.com/therealbrokenlizard "1/16/08 Production Diary – Day 8"], Broken Lizard's MySpace page, [[16 January]] [[2008]]. Accessed [[7 February]] [[2008]].</ref> as the film ended up going straight to DVD.<ref name="RTdetect" />
In 2008 in cinemas, Murphy stars in ''[[The Edge of Love]]'', a love quadrangle/[[biopic]] with [[Keira Knightley]], [[Sienna Miller]] and [[Matthew Rhys]] as poet [[Dylan Thomas]];<ref>Thomas, Archie. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983757.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 "Maybury's ''Love'' to open Edinburgh"], ''Variety'', [[9 April]] [[2008]]. Accessed [[14 April]] [[2008]].</ref> the film comes out in the UK in June.<ref name="Edge release">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819714/releaseinfo Release Dates for ''The Edge of Love''], IMDb.com. Accessed [[26 May]] [[2008]].</ref> He will also make a brief reappearance as the Scarecrow in ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'', the sequel to ''Batman Begins'',<ref name="LAT Dark Knight">Boucher, Geoff. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-darkknight7dec07,1,2426386.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=1&cset=true "''Dark Knight'' sneak lights up IMAX screen"], ''Los Angeles Times'', [[7 December]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[7 December]] [[2007]].</ref> which will be released in July. In 2008<ref name="WorkingTitle">[http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/comingSoon.php "Coming Soon"], WorkingTitleFilms.com. Accessed [[20 May]] [[2008]].</ref> comes the biopic ''[[Hippie Hippie Shake (film)|Hippie Hippie Shake]]'' (again alongside Sienna Miller), in which Murphy stars as [[Richard Neville (writer)|Richard Neville]],<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" /> editor of the psychedelic radical underground magazine ''[[Oz (magazine)|Oz]]'', which, in 1971, was at the center of what was then the longest obscenity trial in British history.<ref name="Variety on Hippie Hippie Shake">Fleming, Michael and Dawtrey, Adam. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964175.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 "''Hippie'' grooves for Universal"], ''Variety'', [[2 May]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[2 May]] [[2007]].</ref>
Murphy has two new screen roles scheduled for production. In May 2008, he shoots ''Peacock'', a psychological thriller about a man with a split personality who fools people into believing he is also his own wife; [[Ellen Page]] co-stars as a woman from his past.<ref name="Murphy cast in Peacock">Siegel, Tatiana. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980955.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 "Page, Murphy set for ''Peacock''"], ''Variety'', [[14 February]] [[2008]]. Accessed [[14 February]] [[2008]].</ref> He is slated to shoot another biopic, ''[[Dali & I: The Surreal Story]]''<ref name="Murphy cast in Dali">Kit, Borys. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iea0c1de54a1d7b8aee445ab38c74101f "Murphy joins Pacino in ''Dali'' portrait"], ''The Hollywood Reporter'', [[13 September]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[12 September]] [[2007]].</ref> (though it is on hold due to a possible actor's strike),<ref name="Bazaar" /> paired with [[Al Pacino]], an actor with whom Murphy has said he hoped to work.<ref name="Irish Tatler" /> He has credited a teenage viewing of Pacino in 1973's ''[[Scarecrow (1973 film)|Scarecrow]]'' (Murphy's favorite film<ref name="EW Must 2005">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1072975_0_1072888_10,00.html "Must List 2005: Cillian Murphy, King of the Brogue"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', [[15 June]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[13 September]] [[2007]].</ref>) as awakening him to the potential power of film acting.<ref name="Independent action hero" /> Murphy has also signed on to star in the Scottish drama ''[[White Male Heart (film)|White Male Heart]]'',<ref name="VarietyWMH">Jaafar, Ali. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986005.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 "Murphy, Redmayne join ''Male Heart''"], ''Variety'', [[18 May]] [[2008]]. Accessed [[18 May]] [[2008]].</ref> which shoots in late summer 2008.<ref>[http://www.brocken-spectre.com/featurefilms.html "''White Male Heart''"], Brocken-Spectre.com. Accessed [[18 May]] [[2008]].</ref>
As for future roles, Murphy has long wanted to portray a cowboy in a [[Western (genre)|Western]], because as a child, he enjoyed watching [[John Wayne]] movies with his father.<ref name="LAT pale blue eyes" /> In 2005, he commented that he'd like to play the jazz musician [[Chet Baker]].<ref name="WashPost">O'Sullivan, Michael. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/22/AR2005122200502.html "For Cillian Murphy, A Transformative Year"], ''The Washington Post'', [[23 December]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[18 October]] [[2007]].</ref> Murphy would like to work with director [[Michel Gondry]] someday;<ref name="Vogue 2005">Franck-Dumas, Elisabeth. "Killer Talent", ''Vogue'', December 2005.</ref> among the actors he hopes to work with are [[Johnny Depp]], [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]].<ref name="Irish Tatler" /> He also admires [[Jeff Bridges]], [[Sean Penn]],<ref name="Metro 60 Sec" /> [[Edward Norton]] and [[Joaquin Phoenix]].<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> When ''[[Jane (magazine)|Jane]]'' magazine asked him which celebrity he'd like to make out with, he picked [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], calling her "pretty foxy" and "smart."<ref name="Jane">Trong, Stephanie. "The Same Five Questions We Always Ask", ''Jane'', August 2003.</ref> Not wishing to be typecast or repeat himself, Murphy says he does not want to play any more villains.<ref name="Metro 60 Sec" /><ref name="GQ UK">Naughton, John. "Actor of the Year - Cillian Murphy", ''GQ UK'', October 2006.</ref> Although he does not want to move to Los Angeles because of the cultural differences<ref name="Vogue 2005" /> and distance from his family,<ref name="Metro 60 Sec" /> Murphy feels it is both wise and artistically worthwhile for him to make both big Hollywood pictures and smaller independent films.<ref name="Nerve Q&A">Gottlieb, Akiva. [http://www.nervepop.com/filmlounge/interview/cillianmurphy/index.aspx "Q&A: Cillian Murphy"], ''Nerve'', [[16 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[22 August]] [[2007]].</ref>
==Personal life==
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Murphy married his long-time<ref name="Strut" /> live-in girlfriend, artist [[Yvonne McGuinness]], in the summer of 2004 in [[Provence]], [[France]]. The couple live in west London with their two young sons, born in 2005 and 2007.<ref name="Bazaar">Mecke, Ralph. "No More Mr Nasty Guy", ''Harper's Bazaar U.K.'', July 2008.</ref> Murphy is known for being reluctant to speak about his personal life. He frequently gives interviews about his work but does not do TV chat show appearances where actors customarily share information about their private lives.<ref name="Strut" /> He does not have a stylist<ref name="Metro 60 Sec" /> or a personal publicist, travels without an entourage,<ref name="Strut" /> and often attends premieres alone. Shy and private, Murphy professes a lack of interest in the celebrity scene, finding the red carpet experience "a challenge... and not one I want to overcome."<ref name="Hot Press" /> He intentionally practices a lifestyle that will not interest the tabloids: "I haven't created any controversy, I don't sleep around, I don't go and fall down drunk."<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> Murphy is friends with fellow Irish actors [[Colin Farrell]]<ref name="Sunday Herald 2005">Didcock, Barry. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20050612/ai_n14679938 "The Man Behind the Mask: The Scarecrow Speaks"], ''The Sunday Herald'', [[12 June]] [[2005]]. Archived on ''FindArticles.com'', accessed [[21 July]] [[2007]].</ref> and [[Liam Neeson]], looking up to the latter like a "surrogate movie dad."<ref name="Cinema Confidential">Halper, Jenny. [http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0511153 "Interview: Cillian Murphy on ''Breakfast on Pluto''"], ''Cinema Confidential'', [[15 November]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[20 July]] [[2007]].</ref> But primarily, Murphy's close friends are those he made before becoming a star.<ref name="GQ UK" /><ref name="Declan Cashin Independent">Cashin, Declan. [http://lowlyjourno.blogspot.com/2007/04/interview-from-day-and-night-magazine.html "Reluctant Hero"], ''Irish Independent'', [[6 April]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[6 August]] [[2007]].</ref>
Music is still an important part of Murphy's life. In 2004, he said, "The only extravagant thing about my lifestyle is my stereo system, buying music and going to gigs."<ref name="From Cork to Gotham" /> He no longer plays in a rock band, but regularly plays music with friends and on his own,<ref name="Declan Cashin Independent" /> and still writes songs.<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> Unlike many other famous actors who are also musicians, he does not plan to start another band: "Even if I was good, the very notion of being an actor with a rock band on the side would mean I'd never be taken seriously."<ref name="Observer O'Hagan" /> Murphy is also a dedicated [[running|runner]].<ref name="Elle UK">Odell, Michael. "The Cult of Cillian", ''Elle UK'', March 2007.</ref>
Though raised [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] before turning [[agnosticism|agnostic]] in his teens, Murphy ultimately became an [[atheism|atheist]] after researching his role as a nuclear physicist/astronaut in the science fiction film ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''.<ref name="Daily Record Golden Boy">Fulton, Rick. [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=danny-s-new-golden-boy--&method=full&objectid=18831455&siteid=66633-name_page.html "Danny's New Golden Boy"], ''The Daily Record'', [[30 March]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[18 July]] [[2007]].</ref> He is a longtime [[vegetarian]], not due to any moral objection to the killing of animals, but because of qualms about unhealthy [[agribusiness]] practices.<ref name="Wonderland">Wallick, Lee. "A, B, Cillian–Z", ''Wonderland'', April/May 2007.</ref> Son-in-law to [[John J. McGuinness]], a [[Teachta Dála|TD]] in the [[Oireachtas|Irish parliament]], Murphy participated in the 2007 [[Rock the Vote]] Ireland campaign targeting young voters for the general election.<ref name="Declan Cashin Independent" /> He has also campaigned for the rights of the [[homeless]] with the organization [[Focus Ireland]].<ref>Cunningham, Grainne. "Plea From ''Playboy'' Star Puts Problems of Young Homeless People Into the Spotlight", ''Irish Independent'', [[24 February]] [[2004]].</ref>
==Stage and screen credits==
===Feature films===
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{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''The Tale of Sweety Barrett''
| Pat the Barman<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''Sunburn''
| Davin McDerby<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[The Trench (film)|The Trench]]''
| Rag Rockwood<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2001
| ''[[On the Edge (film)|On the Edge]]''
| Jonathan Breech<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''How Harry Became a Tree'' (AKA ''Bitter Harvest'' in U.S.)
| Gus<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Disco Pigs]]''
| Darren/"Pig"<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[28 Days Later]]''
| [[Jim (28 Days Later)|Jim]]<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2003
| ''Zonad''
| Guy Hendrickson<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
| unreleased<ref name="Variety Zonad">Dawtrey, Adam. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970464.html?categoryId=1246&cs=1 "''Once'' director remains close to roots: Carney to make ''Zonad'' before Fox's ''House''"], ''Variety'', [[17 August]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[17 August]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| ''[[Intermission (film)|Intermission]]''
| John<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]''
| Pieter<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]''
| Bardolph<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2005
| ''[[Batman Begins]]''
| [[Scarecrow (comics)|Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow]]<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]''
| Jackson Rippner<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]''
| Patrick "Kitten" Braden<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]''
| Damien O'Donovan<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2007
| ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]''
| Robert Capa<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Watching the Detectives]]''
| Neil<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
| straight to DVD<ref name="RTdetect">[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1178447-_watching_the_detectives/ "''Watching the Detectives'' (2008)"], RottenTomatoes.com. Accessed [[26 May]] [[2008]].</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|2008
| ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''
| The Scarecrow<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[The Edge of Love]]''
| William Killick<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| ''[[Wave Riders]]''
| Narrator<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
| documentary
|-
| ''[[Hippie Hippie Shake (film)|Hippie Hippie Shake]]''
| [[Richard Neville (writer)|Richard Neville]]<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
| ''Peacock''
| John Skillpa<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />/Emma<ref>[http://www.pmscasting.com/casting-peacock.html Casting Calls: ''Peacock''], PMSCasting.com. Accessed [[16 April]], [[2008]].</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Dali & I: The Surreal Story]]''
| [[Stan Lauryssens]]<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|
|-
| unknown
| ''[[White Male Heart (film)|White Male Heart]]''
| unknown<ref name="VarietyWMH" />
|
|-
|}
===Short films===
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''Quando''
| Pat
| <ref name="Declan Recks">[http://www.declanrecks.com/pages/quando.html ''Quando''], ''DeclanRecks.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''Eviction''
| Brendan McBride
| <ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|-
| ''At Death's Door''
| The Grim Reaper, Jr.
| <ref name="Death's Door">[http://www.atomfilms.com/film/at_deaths_door.jsp ''At Death's Door''], ''AtomFilms.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| ''Filleann an Feall''<ref name="gearrscannain">[http://www.oideas-gael.com/gearrscannain_dvd/gearrscannain.html ''Gearrscannáin''], ''Oideas-Gael.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref> (also known as ''The Treachery Returns'')<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
| Ger
| <ref name="Filleann" />
|-
| ''A Man of Few Words''
| Best Man
| <ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|-
| 2001
| ''Watchmen''
| Phil
| co-wrote script with director [[Paloma Baeza]]<ref name="Agent Lisa Richards' website">[http://www.lisarichards.ie/actor_642.html "Cillian Murphy"], ''LisaRichards.ie'' (Murphy's agent's website). Accessed [[10 April]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''The Silent City''
| unnamed
| <ref name="Director Ruairí Robinson's website, with cast list and video">[http://www.ruairirobinson.com/main.htm ''The Silent City''], ''RuairiRobinson.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
|}
===Television===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Way We Live Now]]''
| Paul Montague
| [[BBC]] [[miniseries]]<ref name="Cillian Murphy IMDb Page" />
|-
|}
===Stage===
{|class="wikitable"
! Dates
! Play
! Role
! Theatre Company
|-
| September 1996–January 1999, including tours
| ''Disco Pigs'' by [[Enda Walsh]]
| Pig/Darren
| [[Corcadorca Theatre Company]]<ref name="Corcadorca" />
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]
| Claudio
| Bickerstaffe Theatre Company<ref name="Agent Lisa Richards' website" />
|-
| May–June 1999
| ''[[The Country Boy]]'' by [[John Murphy (playwright)|John Murphy]]
| Curly
| [[Druid Theatre Company]]<ref name="Agent Lisa Richards' website" />
|-
| September 1999
| ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]'' by [[Sean O'Casey]]
| Johnny Boyle
| Druid Theatre Company<ref name="Agent Lisa Richards' website" />
|-
| February 2002
| ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' by [[Neil LaBute]]
| Adam
| [[Gate Theatre]]<ref name="Shape of Things" />
|-
| August 2003
| ''[[The Seagull]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]]
| Konstantine
| [[Edinburgh International Festival]]<ref name="Seagull">[http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2003/eif/review.shtml?seagull ''The Seagull''], ''EdinburghGuide.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| February–April 2004 tour
| ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' by [[John Millington Synge]]
| Christy Mahon
| Druid Theatre Company<ref name="Playboy Druid">[http://www.druidtheatre.com/productions.php?type=1&id=193 ''The Playboy of the Western World''], ''DruidTheatre.com''. Accessed [[25 June]] [[2007]].</ref>
|-
| December 2006–February 2007
| ''Love Song'' by John Kolvenbach
| Beane
| [[New Ambassadors Theatre]]<ref name="Love Song" />
|-
|}
==Awards and nominations==
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===Golden Globe Awards===
* Nominated: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy]] (2006), ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]''<ref name="2006 Globes news" />
===BAFTA Awards===
* Nominated: [[Rising Star Award, BAFTA|Rising Star Award]] (2007)<ref name="Rising Star Award">[http://www.bafta.org/site/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/287;jsessionid=3EB0B35A73256DA1556B901143F79625 "Latest Winners and Nominees"], ''BAFTA.org''. Accessed [[20 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
===Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA)===
* Nominated: Best Actor in a Feature Film (2003, January's biennial ceremony), ''[[Disco Pigs]]''<ref name="Emigrant.ie archive">Stewart, Miriam. [http://www.emigrant.ie/files/indexfile.asp?id=319 "News: Irish Film and Television Academy Awards"], ''Arts Ireland'', December 2002. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref><ref name="4rfv">[http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=540 "IFTA Awards set for Belfast in January 2003"], ''4RFV.co.uk'', [[26 November]] [[2002]]. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]]. Verifies that the [[IFTA Awards]] were once biennial.</ref>
* Nominated: Best Actor in a Film, and Best Actor/Public Vote (2003, November's first annual ceremony), ''[[28 Days Later]]''<ref>[http://www.ifta.ie/awards/winnersdocs/IFTAWinners2003.pdf "The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Winners"], ''IFTA.ie''. Accessed [[21 October]] [[2007]].</ref>
* Nominated: Best Irish Actor in a Feature Film (2005), ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]''
* Nominated: Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film (2005), ''[[Batman Begins]]''<ref>[http://www.ifta.ie/awards/winnersdocs/IFTAWinners2005.pdf "The 3rd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Winners"], ''IFTA.ie''. Accessed [[21 October]] [[2007]].</ref>
* '''Won: Best Actor Lead Film (2007), ''Breakfast on Pluto''''' (also nominated for ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]'' in the same category)<ref name="4th IFTA" />
* Nominated: Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film (2008), ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]''<ref>[http://www.ifta.ie/nominees0708/index.htm "Nominees of the 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards"], ''IFTA.ie''. Accessed [[9 January]] [[2008]].</ref>
===Other awards===
* Nominated: [[Empire Movie Awards]] Best Newcomer (2003), ''28 Days Later''<ref name="2003 Empire" /><ref name="Z Empire" />
* Nominated: [[MTV Movie Awards]], Breakthrough Male Performance (2004), ''28 Days Later''<ref name="2004 MTV" />
* Nominated: [[London Film Critics Circle|London Film Critics Circle Awards]], British Actor in a Supporting Role (2005), ''Batman Begins''<ref>[http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2006/cirtics_awards/london.htm "2005 London Film Critics"], ''MovieCityNews.com'', [[15 December]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
* Nominated: [[Satellite Awards]], Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (2005), ''Breakfast on Pluto''<ref>[http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/index.html "10th Annual Satellite® Awards Nominations Announcement"], ''PressAcademy.com'', [[17 December]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
* Nominated: [[British Independent Film Awards]], Best Actor (2006), ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley''<ref>[http://www.bifa.org.uk/nominations.php?ceremony=11 "2006 Nominations"], ''BIFA.org.uk''. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
* Nominated: [[European Film Awards]], European Actor of the Year (2006), ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' and ''Breakfast on Pluto''<ref>Roxborough, Scott. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id6c4ee2d0ce56f12fc4e226c7fc1b06e ''Volver'', ''Lives'' Top EFA Nods"], ''The Hollywood Reporter'', [[6 November]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
* '''Won: European Film Festival Palic, Best Actor (2006), ''Breakfast on Pluto'''''<ref>[http://www.palicfilmfestival.com/2006/index.php?l=2&s=3&m=1&sm=&start=0 "Decision of the International Jury"], ''PalicFilmFestival.com'', [[21 December]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[21 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
* Nominated: MTV Movie Awards, Best Villain (2006), ''Batman Begins''<ref name="MTV 2006" />
* Nominated: [[Saturn Awards]], Best Supporting Actor (2006), ''Red Eye''<ref>[http://www.saturnawards.org/32SaturnAwardsNom.doc "''Star Wars:Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' leads the nomination list for The 32nd Annual Saturn Awards"], ''SaturnAwards.org'', [[15 February]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[18 October]] [[2007]].</ref>
* '''Won: ''[[GQ|GQ UK]]'' Men of the Year Awards, Actor of the Year (2006)'''<ref name="BBC GQ 2006" />
* Nominated: British Independent Film Awards, Best Actor (2007), ''Sunshine''<ref>Kemp, Stuart. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards_festivals/news/e3i1b5eaa9788e54461e77d2a5a233d7256 "Brit indie film noms favor ''Control''"], ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Accessed [[23 October]] [[2007]].</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0614165|name=Cillian Murphy}}
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[[cy:Cillian Murphy]]
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[[es:Cillian Murphy]]
[[fr:Cillian Murphy]]
[[it:Cillian Murphy]]
[[hu:Cillian Murphy]]
[[nl:Cillian Murphy]]
[[ja:キリアン・マーフィー]]
[[pl:Cillian Murphy]]
[[pt:Cillian Murphy]]
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[[tr:Cillian Murphy]]
[[zh:斯里安·墨菲]]