Cillian Murphy (Cillian Murphy): the filmography and the personal life of the actor

Today we offer to learn more about the actor of Irish origin - Killian Murphy. In his native Britain, he became famous after the film "Diskosvignyi." Viewers of the whole world know him thanks to roles in a series of paintings about Batman, where he played the villain Crane, as well as participation in the tapes "Beginning", "Broken", "Red Lights" and others.

Biography of Killian Murphy

The future Hollywood celebrity was born May 25, 1976 in a suburb of the Irish city of Cork. Killian was the eldest of four children of the Murphy family. Both his parents were engaged in teaching activities: his father worked in the Irish Department of Education, and his mother was a teacher of French in the school. It is interesting that many other relatives of Killian are teachers: grandfather, uncle and aunt. From an early age, Murphy was passionately passionate about music and secretly cherished the dream of ever becoming a real rock star.

The first steps on the way to an actor's career

During his studies in high school, Killian Murphy accidentally got into an occupation that was held by Pat Kiernan, art director of the Theater Company of Cork. Then the young man realized that his calling was an acting career. In order not to lose time, 16-year-old Killian leaves school and begins to persist in attending auditions at the local Theater Company. One day, the young man's perseverance was rewarded, and he was invited to the role of Swine in the most popular at that time in Ireland, a play called "Diskosvignyi." The plot told of the fate of two savage adolescents, possessed by love. The performance was very successful, and also received the first prize at the Dublin Regional Festival. Since Killian in the production played the main role, his brilliant work was appreciated, and the very beginning actor was paid close attention to both theatrical and filmmakers of Great Britain.

Killian Murphy: Filmography, Film Debut

For the first time a young actor appeared on the screens in 1998 in an episodic role. His debut took place in the film "The History of Svaty Barrett." Next time, Killian was offered the main role in the project of the same year 1998 "Sunburn". However, the film did not have much success at the box office, and several more episodic appearances of the actor followed in such tapes as "In July 1916: The Battle of the Somme", "At Death", "Expulsion", "Betrayal Returns", "The Absent Person" And "How Harry turned into a tree."

In 2001, Murphy appeared on the screen in the lead role in the drama "On the Edge", dedicated to the now topical at the time problem of increasing the number of teen suicides.

First success

In 2001, a rental of Kristen Sheridan's painting called "Diskosvigny," which became a screen version of the sensational novel of the same name. The main roles in this project were played by Elaine Cassidy and, in fact, Killian Murphy. The picture was a great success in Europe, and especially in the UK. Local critics argued that Killian Murphy is an actor who will still make himself talk about himself in the near future. As for Russia, here the film was adopted more than unfriendly. The acting game of Murphy and his partners on the set also absolutely did not impress domestic film critics.

Continuation of career

Killian Murphy, whose filmography already consisted of a number of very successful European films, remained virtually unknown on the other side of the Atlantic. This situation changed in 2003, when a thriller about the zombie Danny Boyle , entitled "28 days later", was released. By the way, on the screen Killian showed not only a great acting game, but his naked body in full growth. Be that as it may, Murphy has gained enough fame throughout the world.

Despite the successful debut in Hollywood, the subsequent work of the young actor was virtually ignored by either critics or spectators. So, he took part in the filming of such films as "Razryv", "Cold Mountain" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

Another success

In 2005, Killian auditioned for the main role in the movie "Batman: The Beginning," but it went to Christian Bale. Murphy also offered to play villain Crane. This character was a great success for the actor, so after the release of the film he got a huge number of new fans of his talent. In the same year, Killian fell out another villainous role in the tape "Night voyage." It's safe to say that the game Murphy literally saved the film from failure, since his script was, to put it mildly, rather weak. 2005 was surprisingly fruitful for Killian. So, in the same year in the rental went another movie with his participation - "Breakfast on Pluto". Due to the role in this project, the actor was nominated for the prestigious Golden Globe Award.

Movies with Killian Murphy continued to regularly appear on the big screen. So, in 2006, the light saw the picture "The Wind That Stirs the Barley" directed by Ken Loach. In this project, the actor brilliantly played the role of a closed theoretical physicist, who had neither more nor less than to save our planet from complete freezing. Then followed the work of Murphy in the paintings "Hell" and "Watching Detectives."

In 2008 the same year, another Batman film about the title "The Dark Knight" was released, in which the actor again appeared in the familiar role of the villain Crane. True, the appearance of the actor on the screen was episodic, but the audience was happy to see their idol.

Last works

Killian Murphy continues to act actively. Among his recent works are films such as Forbidden Love (2008), Peacock (2010), Beginning (2010), Retreat (2011), Time (2011), Broken ( 2011), "Red Lights" (2012), the next part of the story about Batman - "The Dark Knight: The Renaissance of the Legend" (2012) and "The Sharp Peaks" (2013). In the current year, 2014, there are also expected to be a rental of several films with the participation of the actor: "Excellence", "Dali and I", "Clash of personalities". In addition, now Killian is busy in the work on the painting "In the Heart of the Sea", which should appear on the big screen in 2015.

Personal life

Killian Murphy does not like to talk about his relationship and almost always ignores such questions from journalists. However, it is known that in 2004 he and his longtime friend Yvonne McGuinness officially married. Before that, their romance lasted about 8 years. Today Killian Murphy and his wife raise two sons: Malachi (2005) and Carrick (2007). The whole family lives permanently in London, in the Hampstead area.

Killian Murphy: height, weight and interesting facts about the actor

• The hero of our today's story is a vegetarian.
• Killian knows the Gaelic language, and also speaks excellent French, since his mother is a schoolteacher in this subject.
• The actor is not very attracted to team sports. However, he likes to run and this is how he maintains himself in excellent physical shape.
• Murphy's idol is Liam Neeson, whom he jokingly calls "his surrogate filmmaker."
• When Killian was a teenager, his main passion was music. At that time he played in several bands, the most serious of which can be called The Sons of Mr. Green Genes. Murphy played the guitar, sang and wrote songs. In addition, he infected his enthusiastic younger brother Pady, who later also became a member of the group.
• In 1996, one of the record companies even offered to Killian and his team a contract. However, the parents did not allow his sons to sign it, because they feared the consequences: after all, their children did not have any experience working in the "merciless" music industry. As it turned out, in the end they were right, since the contract deprived the Murphy brothers of all rights to their songs.
• The height of the actor is 174 centimeters, and the weight is 75 kilograms.