Cillian Murphy | From 21 To 40 Years Old

Cillian Murphy ( born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor of stage and screen. Since making his debut in his home country in the late 1990s, Murphy has also become a presence in British and American cinemas noted by critics for his performances in many independent and mainstream films. He is best known as Jim in 28 Days Later (2002), the Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–12), Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005), Robert Capa in Sunshine (2007), Robert Fischer in Inception (2010) and Thomas Shelby in the BBC series Peaky Blinders. A native of 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. While continuing with stage work he also began appearing in independent films, first coming to international attention in 2002 as the hero of Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later. Murphy's profile continued to grow in 2005 when he appeared in a series of successful films: firstly as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's 2005 blockbuster Batman Begins—a role he reprised in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)—and secondly in the action-thriller Red Eye (2005). For his performance as a transgender woman in Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Murphy received a Golden Globe award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. In 2006, Murphy played the lead role in Ken Loach's Palme d'Or-winning film The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He teamed up again with Boyle for the science-fiction film Sunshine (2007), and with Nolan for the highly successful thriller Inception (2010). Since 2013, Murphy has played the lead in the BBC gangster series Peaky Blinders. He has continued to work on stage, and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Misterman in 2011. Murphy lives with his wife and two children in Monkstown, Dublin. In 2011 Cillian Murphy became patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at the National University of Ireland Galway. Cillian is closely associated with the work of Professor Pat Dolan Director UCFRC and UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement. Filmography: 1997 Quando 1998 The Tale of Sweety Barrett 1999 Eviction 1999 Sunburn 1999 At Death's Door 1999 The Trench 2000 Filleann an Feall 2000 A Man of Few Words 2001 On the Edge 2001 How Harry Became a Tree 2001 Disco Pigs 2001 Watchmen 2002 28 Days Later 2003 Intermission 2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003 Cold Mountain 2003 Zonad 2005 Batman Begins 2005 Red Eye 2005 Breakfast on Pluto 2006 The Silent City 2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2007 Sunshine 2007 Watching the Detectives 2008 The Dark Knight 2008 The Edge of Love 2008 Waveriders 2009 Perrier's Bounty 2009 The Water 2010 Peacock 2010 Hippie Hippie Shake 2010 Inception 2010 Tron: Legacy 2011 Retreat 2011 In Time 2012 Red Lights 2012 Broken 2012 The Dark Knight Rises 2013 Harriet and the Matches 2014 Aloft 2014 Transcendence 2015 In the Heart of the Sea 2016 Anthropoid 2016 Free Fire 2017 The Party 2017 Dunkirk Television: 2001 The Way We Live Now 2013–present Peaky Blinders 2015 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth Music videos: 2009 The Water 2011 Winter Beats 2013 Hold Me Forever 2015 The Clock 2016 Stages 2017 The Ways 2017 The Meetings Of The Waters ________________________________________________________ Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound!