History Creator / CillianMurphy

* ReclusiveArtist: He’s very private and doesn’t give many interviews. He lives in Dublin and not London, eschews social media, has a normal life. It’s known he’s married and has two sons but his wife isn’t famous and his sons have only been publicly photographed a few times.

** He's worked with Creator/ChristopherNolan in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' (on all three movies), ''{{Film/Inception}}'' and ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}''.

* ''Film/DiscoPigs''
* ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''
* ''Film/{{Intermission}}''
* ''Film/GirlWithAPearlEarring'' (He was cast as a butcher, which is quite ironic, because he was a vegetarian at the time)
* ''The Way We Live Now''
* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' (With cameo appearances in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy and]] ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'')
* ''Film/RedEye''
* ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto''
* ''Film/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley''
* ''{{Film/Sunshine}}''
* ''Film/PerriersBounty''
* ''Film/{{Peacock}}''
* ''Film/{{Inception}}''
* ''Film/WatchingTheDetectives''
* ''Film/TronLegacy'' (uncredited cameo)
* ''Film/InTime''
* ''Film/RedLights''
* ''Series/PeakyBlinders''
* ''Film/{{Transcendence}}''
* ''Film/{{Anthropoid}}''
* ''Film/FreeFire''
* ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}''
* ''Film/AQuietPlacePartII''

* ''Film/GirlWithAPearlEarring'' (He was cast as a butcher, which is quite ironic, because he's a vegetarian)

** For ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', he shaved his head into the [[https://i.imgur.com/1xI8FQH.jpg signature hairstyle]] of Tommy Shelby and hit the gym to put on 15 pounds of muscle. He's quite vocal about how much he hates the hairstyle, but with a third season on the way, he admits he's going to have to get used to it.

* PromotedFanboy: He's stated he was a big fan of the first ''Film/{{Tron}}'' movie. He later got a cameo on ''Film/TronLegacy''.

** After ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/RedEye'' came out in the same year and became {{Star Making Role}}s for him, he became best known to mainstream movie goers for playing incredibly creepy villains. He's sworn off playing villains ({{antihero}}es like Tommy Shelby don't count!) again, however, in the hopes of averting this.

** He's worked with Creator/ChristopherNolan in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' (three movies), ''{{Film/Inception}}'' and ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}''.

** He's worked with Christopher Nolan in ''The Dark Knight Saga'' (three movies), ''{{Film/Inception}}'' and ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}''.

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor known mostly for three things. First, his chameleon-like ability to adapt to a wide variety of roles and seem to inhabit them. Second, his amazingly blue eyes, and third, being extremely pretty. He was born on May 25, 1976 and started his career in entertainment as a rock musician. Cillian is a rather private fellow, and he doesn't normally discuss his personal life in interviews.

* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' (With cameo appearances in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga and]] ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'')

* OneOfUs: Was a fan of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' long before auditioning for ''Batman Begins'', and he describes himself as an "avid gamer". He's also stated excitement for Peter Capaldi's casting for ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* FakeAmerican: In quite a few of his roles. He does the accent very well, especially considering how notoriously hard the Irish Accent is to shed.

* IcyBlueEyes: Just look at the page picture!

* SelfDeprecation: When asked how he would've portrayed Batman, he laughed and said, "Come on, do I really look like Batman material to you?"

* DoingItForTheArt: He has said this is the Number One reason he does many of his films and he almost never does it for money.
* DyeingForYourArt
** For certain roles, he's often lost and gained weight to look convincing as a certain character.
** For ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', he underwent astronaut and stunt training, along with taking certain science courses to get into his physicist character.
** For ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'', he often hung out with transgender people and did research on women's beauty regimens.
** For ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', he shaved his head into the [[https://i.imgur.com/1xI8FQH.jpg signature hairstyle]] of Tommy Shelby and hit the gym to put on 15 pounds of muscle. He's quite vocal about how much he hates the hairstyle, but with a third season on the way, he admits he's going to have to get used to it.
* FakeAmerican: In quite a few of his roles. He does the accent very well, especially considering how notoriously hard the Irish Accent is to shed.
* FakeBrit: His Birmingham accent in ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' was shaky during the first season, but spot-on in season two.

* OneOfUs: Was a fan of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' long before auditioning for ''Batman Begins'', and he describes himself as an "avid gamer". He's also stated excitement for Peter Capaldi's casting for ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* PromotedFanboy: He's stated he was a big fan of the first ''Film/{{Tron}}'' movie. He later got a cameo on ''Film/TronLegacy''.

* TypeCasting: After ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/RedEye'' came out in the same year and became {{Star Making Role}}s for him, he became best known to mainstream movie goers for playing incredibly creepy villains. He's sworn off playing villains ({{antihero}}es like Tommy Shelby don't count!) again, however, in the hopes of averting this.
** Meanwhile, in most of his more independent productions, he's known for playing [[TheEveryman everyman]] type characters.

* TypeCasting: After ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/RedEye'' came out in the same year and became {{Star Making Role}}s for him, he became best known to mainstream movie goers for playing incredibly creepy villains. He's sworn off playing villains ([[AntiHero anti-heroes]] like Tommy Shelby don't count!) again, however, in the hopes of averting this.

* TypeCasting: After ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/RedEye'' came out in the same year and became {{Star Making Role}}s for him, he became best known to mainstream movie goers for playing incredibly creepy villains. He's sworn off playing villains ({{anti hero}}es like Tommy Shelby don't count!) again, however, in the hopes of averting this.

* TypeCasting: After ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/RedEye'' came out in the same year and became {{Star Making Role}}s for him, he became best known to mainstream movie goers for playing incredibly creepy villains. He's sworn off playing villains again, however, in the hopes of averting this.

* AttractiveBentGender: When he plays the transgender Kitten in ''BreakfastOnPluto'', he isn't exactly unattractive. [[http://www.moviecritic.com.au/images/cillian-murphy-as-kitten-in-breakfast-on-pluto-dra1.jpg At all.]] The same goes for his role in ''Peacock''. He also currently provides the trope picture as well.

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** For ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'', he often hung out with transgender people and did research on women's beauty regiments.