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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
Purple Man
for Purple Man in Daredevil: Man Without Fear
Suggested by gibsong
Matthew Murdock wanted to die and he cursed his god for not letting him. Matt had been Daredevil for years and in that time he lost the love of his life Karen Page. Matt and Foggy were going through a rough patch. Years of lies bubbling to the surface. Matt took out his anger on the criminals of New York City becoming more violent. Ben Urich a reporter at the Daily Bugle noticed this and he set out to find out who Daredevil really was. Ben confronted Matt once he figured it out but vowed not to tell anyone else. Melvin Potter one of Matts old clients went back to being the Gladiator a costumed criminal. Melvin held a museum hostage but Daredevil made a deal that he’d save his wife in exchange for turning himself in. Matt didn’t think Melvin had much of a choice in becoming the Gladiator again so he did some digging and found about the Purple Man. An urban legend among Hells Kitchen. Matt started seeing the public was getting angrier and he almost got killed by Foggy. Matt knew something was wrong and discovered that the Purple Man could control people he had made eye contact with. Matt found and beat Killgrave near to death but had to watch as Ben under Killgrave’s control killed himself. Matt blamed himself but realised he had to rely on Foggy and their new worker Kirsten McDuffie to help him move through his loss. The Daredevil became more like his old self and visited Melvin in prison regularly. Matt wrote a letter to Karen to gain closure and peace.
