Cillian Murphy Wiki Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Net Worth, Career & More

Cillian Murphy Wiki Biography: – Cillian Murphy is one of the most popular Irish actors. Other than that Cillian is also a singer, pianist, and songwriter. He was born in Cork, Ireland.

For his audition at Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cillian pressured Pat Kiernan until later in September 1996, he made his acting debut by portraying the role of a volatile Cork teenager in Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs on the stage. Cillian had even starred in the film adaption of Disco Pigs (2001) & reprised his role as a Cork teenager. He played his lead role in the horror film 28 Days Later (2002) directed by Danny Boyle. For his performance in the movie 28 Days Later, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 8th Empire Awards & also for the Breakthrough Male Performance at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards.

Murphy is very popular among his fans on Social Media Platforms. He has around 5.9M followers on Instagram and over 885K followers on Facebook.

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Cillian Murphy’s Age, Height, Weight

He is 48 Years old. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and his weight is 70 Kgs. His eye color is Blue and he has Light Brown colored hair.

Cillian Murphy Family

Cillian was born on 25 May 1976 in Cork, Ireland. The father’s name is Brendan & his mother’s name is currently not known to the media. She was a French teacher while his father used to work for the Department of Education.

Cillian has 3 younger siblings, a younger brother, Paidi Murphy who is an Irish manager, and a TV actor, his sister Orla Murphy and Sile Murphy.

Married Life & Wife

He is married. Cillian married an Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness in 2004. He & Yvonne dated for a long time before marrying. They have two children named Malachy Murphy and Aran Murphy.

Some Interesting & Unknown Facts About Cillian Murphy

• He loves being calm and living an incredibly private life & right now he is living in Dublin.
• Cillian doesn’t like the much of a spotlight & keeps his life private.
• In his starting days in the industry, he even used to play guitar with the band “Sons of Mr. Greengenes” before becoming an actor.
• He initially started his career as a stage actor in late 1990 by acting on stage in short and independent films.
• Then back in 2001, Cillian got his first professional acting role in the film Disco Pigs & a year later he starred in a movie 28 days later in 2002, that got him immense popularity & acclaim.
• Cillian even auditioned for the superhero role of Bruce Wayne/Batman but eventually, the character role went to Christian Bale but the director was so impressed with Cillian that he gave him the supporting role of Dr. Jonathan Crane.
• He is well known for portraying the role of Thomas Shelby, in the famous BBC TV series named Peaky Blinders.
• Cillian is the face & brand ambassador of various popular brands like the Italian luxury fashion company Versace.
• Cillian Murphy was even listed as one of the Gentlemen’s Quarterly, GQ’s 2015 edition’s 50 Best-Dressed British Men along with Welsh Actor Taron Egerton.
• Murphy got global acclaim for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s directed global hit movie Oppenheimer (2023). After the success of the movie, Cillian received numerous nominations & awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor, along with a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
• He remained vegetarian for almost 15 years but started to eat Non-Veg for his role in Peaky Blinders. According to a few reports he has again started eating Vegetarian food only.

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Cillian Murphy’s Net Worth

He has a net worth of over $25 Million and the major source of his income is from acting projects. Cillian’s income also comes from Brand endorsements.

Hobbies, Interests

He is very fond of writing, singing, and listening to music. Cillian also loves reading books & one of his favorite books is The Ginger Man by J.P.Donleavy. Cillian loves eating Vegetarian food & one of his best dishes is Good Cheese.