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
Marc Marigold
for Marc Marigold in Swordsmoke: Power Break
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Marc and Strider sit in a dim house, silence broken by footsteps outside. Strider warns there’s no way out—Ren’s men surround them. Marc tries Norman on his comms but nothing connects. Strider urges staying low, but waiting means death. The door blasts open. Eugene Shepard enters, rifle raised: Ren is ready to settle things. Marc growls there’s no room for Ren’s Agency—he’ll kill them before he bows. Shepard aims, but Ellie stops him, saying Ren wants Marc alive. Marc pleads with her, but Ellie spits venom—she’d rather die than follow him. At camp, Norman checks Marc’s tracker. With recruits Erik Reign and Bunny White, he sets out through Hermes Island’s wilds. They fight beasts, slip past guards, but Erik and Bunny are captured. Norman battles until Sgt. Rain intercepts. Norman fights his hardest but Rain dismantles him and knocks him out. Soon Marc, Strider, Norman, Erik, and Bunny kneel in Ren’s stronghold. Shepard declares punishment: three must die. Rain shoots Bunny. Shepard slashes Erik. Ellie raises her pistol at Marc—until Marc asks where Jack Grayson is. “Behind you,” Jack mutters, staggering in blood-soaked. “Ren is dead.” Shepard protests, claiming command. Chaos erupts—Marc strikes Ellie aside, Strider and Norman clash with Shepard and Rain. Jack only watches. Marc and Norman escape. Strider stabs Rain, sending him crashing through glass. Ellie dives after him. When Jack and Shepard move to finish Strider, he’s already gone.
