Novelist William Wall, who was his English teacher, encouraged him to pursue acting but he was set on becoming a rock star. He later described the experience as a "huge high" and a "fully alive" feeling that he then set out to chase. Murphy got his first taste of performing in secondary school, when he participated in a drama module presented by Corcadorca Theatre Company director Pat Kiernan. Not keen on sports, which was a major part of the school's curriculum, he found that artistic pursuits were neglected at the school. He was raised Catholic and attended the fee-paying Catholic secondary school Presentation Brothers College, where he did well academically but often got into trouble, sometimes being suspended he decided in his fourth year that misbehaving was not worth the hassle. He started writing and performing songs at the age of 10. He was raised in Ballintemple, Cork, alongside his younger brother Páidi and two younger sisters Sile and Orla. His grandfather, aunts, and uncles were also teachers. His mother taught French while his father, Brendan, worked for the Department of Education and Skills. Murphy (third from the left) with Tim Smyth, Eoin O'Sullivan, and Maria-Theresa Grandfield in 1992 In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors. In 2011, Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play Misterman. From 2013 to 2022, he starred as Tommy Shelby in the BBC crime drama series Peaky Blinders, for which he won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in 20. Other films in which he has appeared include the war drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), the sci-fi thriller Sunshine (2007), the sci-fi action thriller In Time (2011), Jozef Gabčík in the war drama Anthropoid (2016), and the horror A Quiet Place Part II (2021). Murphy is also known for his collaborations with director Christopher Nolan, playing the Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy of superhero films (2005–2012) and appearing in the sci-fi action thriller Inception (2010), the war drama Dunkirk (2017), and starring in the upcoming biopic Oppenheimer (2023) as the titular physicist.
He played a transgender Irish woman in the comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto (2005), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
His first notable film credits include Jim in the zombie horror 28 Days Later (2002), the dark comedy Intermission (2003), and the action thriller Red Eye (2005). Green Genes, he turned down a record deal in the late 1990s and began acting on stage and in short and independent films. Originally the lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist of the rock band The Sons of Mr. Cillian Murphy ( / ˈ k ɪ l i ə n/ born ) is an Irish actor.
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