Age: 50
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Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 1976) is an Irish actor. He made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation. His early notable film credits include the horror film 28 Days Later (2002), the dark comedy Intermission (2003), the thriller Red Eye (2005), the Irish war drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), and the science fiction thriller Sunshine (2007). He played a transgender Irish woman in the comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto (2005), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. Murphy began collaborating with filmmaker Christopher Nolan in 2005, playing Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) and portraying the lead role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biographical epic Oppenheimer (2023). By the year 2023, Murphy has already worked with Nolan for around 20 years and six films. He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). 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. In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors.
Cillian Murphy
Victor Von Doom
for Victor Von Doom in Black Panther
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King T’Chaka of Wakanda travels to Latveria on a diplomatic mission to stop rising tensions. Latverian scouts have been caught stealing Vibranium—T’Chaka hopes to strike a trade deal: Vibranium in exchange for Latverian tech and resources. But upon arrival, King Victor Von Doom springs a trap. He imprisons T’Chaka, revealing his true plan: force Wakanda’s king to give up all Vibranium and submit to Doom’s rule. Stripped of his tech and cut off from Wakanda, T’Chaka is held beneath Castle Doom. There, he finds an unlikely ally—Namor, king of Atlantis, also captured by Doom for his kingdom’s secrets. Though they distrust one another, the two monarchs forge a temporary alliance. Together, they fight through Doom’s mechanical guards, unlock the castle’s arcane barriers, and spark an escape. The climax is a brutal showdown between T’Chaka and Doom, two kings unwilling to yield. The fight ends in a draw, but the escape is a success. Back home, T’Chaka and Namor declare a formal alliance between Wakanda and Atlantis. Their first act: prepare for war. In the post credits scene we see Doom looking over the Darkhold, as he puzzles as an ancient prophecy, he makes a call, to Mephisto.
