Cillian Murphy Biography

Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas and is the oldest child of Brendan Murphy who works for the Irish Department of Education and a mother who is a teacher of French. 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 Days Later... (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 films such as Cold Mountain (2003) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and then was cast in two villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005). Although slight in nature for a villain Murphy's piercing blue eyes helped to create creepy performances and critics began to take 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.

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