Age: 50
male
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
Marc Marigold
for Marc Marigold in Swordsmoke: Gladiator
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Marc wakes up in a massive barn with dozens of men. A door opens--armed guards order them to line up. They’re led to a brutal arena where a voice echoes: “Welcome to the Games.” A giant figure descends--General Ceaser. He announces the contest: 100 elite men, only a few will earn a place in his army. Sgt. Rain appears, revealing he works for Ceaser now and handpicked Marc. Ceaser splits them--50 red, 50 blue. First game: capture the flag. Marc is approached by John Alexander, a stockbroker from Apollo Island. His allies are Red Caraway, a resistance fighter, and Ken Thomas, a farmer with a missing brother. During the chaos, Marc grabs the flag and wins it with John’s help. Red Team wins. The Blue Team is forced to fight guards or die. Most fall--only a few survive. 38 remain. Next game: Simon Says--with death for mistakes. 14 die quickly. 24 left. Mino, a brute, targets John. In a brutal standoff, John kills Mino. 12 remain. Final round: gladiator duels. Red fights ex-boxer Aaron Devhart and is slain. Ken wins his match. Then Marc faces John. Marc pleads for unity--John refuses. Marc wins. The last six are presented to Ceaser--but Marc surprises everyone, stabbing Ceaser with a hidden blade. He takes control. “You work for Ghost now,” he tells the survivors. As Sgt. Rain escapes, he makes a call: “Ren.” The film ends with Marc returning to base, leading his new army, only to hear Norman whisper with tears, “Bo is dead.”
