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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: The Chosen
Suggested by underworld_stories
Marc meets with Strider, an old Ghost Squad brother. They served together in the military—tight bond, hard history. Marc’s ready to rebuild Ghost. Strider’s in. Bo calls—possible lead. A submarine off the coast. Could be Mercenary’s real base. Marc returns, introduces Strider to the team. Bo eyes him warily but nods. For now, he’s in. Bo, Bao, and Jack show Marc recon photos. The sub is heavily guarded. They’ll need a keycard—only one place to find it: the same outpost where Brutas died. Before they leave, Sasha pulls Bo aside. “Be careful,” she says—and kisses him. Marc, Strider, Bo, Bao, and Jack hit the outpost. A brutal firefight erupts. Marc grabs the keycard. Bao raises an icewall to protect them—but a bullet strikes him. He falls, hard. They can’t turn back. They escape with the card, steal a Mercenary watercraft, and board the submarine. Inside: wave after wave of guards. They reach the control room. Waiting for them: Agent Gunn. And someone else. Shane Jarvis. The Chosen. The true leader of Mercenary. “This… was my invitation,” Shane says. “You came right in.” Jack lunges, but Shane catches him, slams him down. Gunn stuns him. “You’re tough,” Shane smirks. “But not enough.” He throws Jack in a cell. “He stays.” Marc, Bo, and Strider flee and call Sasha. She answers, shaken. “The base is gone,” she says. “Mercenary took it.” She, Ellie, and Norman are hiding in an old farmhouse. But Grace is still trapped at the rebel base.
