Age: 73
male
Thomas Francis Murphy was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1953. Early on in his adult life he made his living in dairy barns and on factory floors. He has trained as a hard hat diver, an ambulance driver, worked as a social worker, and freelance theatre critic. In his thirties, while living in Little Rock, AR, Murphy decided to take an acting class. The class changed his direction in life and acting suddenly filled the void. He spent over 20 years on the East Coast with a paintbrush in one hand and a script in the other while pursuing a career in the theatre. He trained with Shakespeare& Co of Lenox, MA and spent years performing in off off Broadway houses in New York where his work in the plays of Sam Shepard garnered high praise in the New York Times and several other publications. Murphy moved to New Orleans in 2013 and has worked across from many of Hollywood's A-list actors including Woody Harrelson in True Detective, Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave, and Keanu Reeves in The Whole Truth. Murphy also had principle roles in the soon to be released, Free State Of Jones, with Mathew McConaughey and Same Kind of Different As Me, with Greg Kinnear and Renee Zellweger, and as a somewhat series regular on Salem. He has appeared on American Horror, and a host of other projects.
In Maine 1985, a lighthouse keeper named Thomas Curry rescued a woman named Atlanna, the queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and took her in. The two fell in love and raised a child named Arthur, who would be the first child raised half a man from the land and sea. One day sea soldiers came to retrieve Atlanta after escaping Atlantis and her arranged marriage with Orvax Marius. She attacks the soldiers before leaving Thomas and Young Arthur as she returns to Atlantis to face the consequences along with protecting her son and husband. Later on in life Arthur would grow up and one day be trained by Atlanna’s advisor and mentor Nuidis Vulko. When he was ready, Vulko revealed to Arthur that Atlanna was executed for having a relationship with a human and raising a half-breed child. Once discovering the truth, Arthur rejects the city of Atlantis and chooses to work with father at the lighthouse.
