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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
Jericho Hale / The Shepherd
for Jericho Hale / The Shepherd in Saw XI: Revelations of Flesh
Suggested by roma_007
In a decaying metropolis gripped by fear, a new killer rises—not as a copycat of Jigsaw, but as a self-proclaimed messiah. Known only as The Shepherd, this prophet of pain has reimagined John Kramer’s legacy into a religious crusade, judging not only individuals but humanity itself. His intricate traps are more than tests—they’re sermons carved in blood, meant to transform or destroy. FBI profiler Helena Doyle, a survivor of a trap from five years ago, is brought back into the field when a series of ritualistic murders point to something darker than any of the Jigsaw copycats before. With a cult of devoted followers behind him, The Shepherd turns the city into a sanctuary of suffering. As Helena unravels his twisted theology, she realizes the final revelation might demand a sacrifice far greater than she ever imagined.
