Cillian Murphy is known for his exceptional acting skills. He has been in the business for over 25 years and has played some memorable characters in different genres. He started his acting career on stage in his hometown of Cork in the late 1990s and went on to become a star in the movie industry. His roles have gotten bigger and more complex over the years, but he has always maintained the same level of prowess that he had from the start.
Murphy is famously humble and barely discusses his acting achievements, even though he’s been on a winning streak for over 25 years. He prefers to understate his abilities, even when promoting the films that have won him various awards. In an interview with NME, he said, “I like to do one thing quite well.” That “one thing” he’s referring to is acting, which he does exceptionally.
In honour of Murphy’s exceptional talents, we’ve compiled a list of some of his best work. From playing a violent teenager in his debut film ‘Disco Pigs’ to his brilliant portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Oscar-winning movie, ‘Oppenheimer’, Murphy has never failed to deliver top-notch performances.
In ‘Red Eye’, Murphy played Jackson Rippner, an evil assassin. His portrayal of this character was exceptional, with some even calling it his most enjoyable bad-guy role. Murphy also played a conflicted physicist obsessed with a bomb in ‘Sunshine’. He spent time with Professor Brian Cox to learn the lingo and became so deeply enmeshed in the world of science that he renounced his belief in God on set.
‘Disco Pigs’ was Murphy’s first film and is an adaptation of his first stage performance. His portrayal of a violent, unpredictable teen tearaway was raw and unfiltered. In ‘28 Days Later’, he played a mostly silent everyman who wanders through the apocalypse on his own. Murphy’s character in ‘Dunkirk’ is unnamed and barely on-screen for 15 minutes but still manages to bring soul to the film and all the horror and madness behind the famous heroics of the 1940 evacuation.
In ‘Batman Begins’, Murphy played Dr Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow. Nolan initially tested Murphy for the role of Batman, but it turned out to be a great decision as Murphy brought a calm, chilling charm into the character of Dr. Crane that proved to be a massive hit. In ‘Inception’, Murphy played businessman Robert Fischer, and his mind became the setting of Nolan’s whole film.
Murphy portrayed the doctor-turned-freedom fighter, Damien O’Donovan, in ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’. His reserve clashing head-first into director Ken Loach’s authenticity fuelled something that feels genuinely real. Finally, Murphy’s brilliant portrayal of Tommy Shelby in ‘Peaky Blinders’ remains as powerful as ever, with his cold-hearted and ruthless character as mysterious as ever.
In conclusion, Cillian Murphy is one of the best
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