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Cillian Murphy
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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 Cork, Douglas, on May 25, 1976. A citizen of the Republic of Ireland, he is of Irish ethnicity and speaks English. He attended University College Cork and began his professional work period in 1995. His fields of work include film production and music.

Murphy has received several major accolades, 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. 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.

He is married to Yvonne McGuinness. His notable roles include J. Robert Oppenheimer. As an author, he is associated with works such as *Breakfast On Pluto*, *Daniel vs KooKoo the Harizoko*, and *Ionbhá*.

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  • Daniel vs KooKoo the Harizoko
  • Ionbhá

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Gender
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Ireland
Active from
1976

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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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