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 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 Ó Súilleabháin, and Maria-Theresa Grandfield in 1992 He is married to Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness, with whom he has two sons, and resides in Dublin. 12 on The Irish Times ' list of 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.
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Since 2013, he has 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 Emmett in the horror A Quiet Place Part II (2021). Murphy is 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 in the upcoming biopic Oppenheimer. For his performance as a trans woman in the latter, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor.
His first notable film roles include Darren in the drama Disco Pigs (2001), Jim in the zombie horror 28 Days Later (2002), John in the dark comedy Intermission (2003), Jackson Rippner in the action thriller Red Eye (2005), and Patrick "Kitten" Braden in the comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto (2005). Murphy turned down a record deal in the late 1990s and began acting on stage and in short and independent films. He started his performing career as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band The Sons of Mr. Cillian Murphy ( / ˈ k ɪ l i ə n/ born ) is an Irish actor.