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: The Fall
Suggested by underworld_stories
Marc, Bo, Strider, Sasha, Ellie, Norman, Grace, Bao, Link, and Tommy awaken in a warehouse. Gunn drags a frail Jack across the floor. Behind him, Sgt. Rain—cold and silent—aims a gun at them all. Then Shane Jarvis enters, smiling. “No more games,” he says. Norman begs to rejoin Mercenary. Shane answers with a strike across his eye, leaving a bloody gash. “Eleven of you now,” Shane says. “Only six walk out.” Marc pleads to be the one to die, to spare the others. Rain silences him with a rag shoved in his mouth. Shane eyes Link. “He hit Gunn. He’s first.” A shot rings out—Link falls. Strider struggles against his restraints, but Rain slams him down. Tommy is next. Thrown to the ground, he doesn’t even scream as Shane shoots him. Two gone. Ghost Squad nearly wiped out—only Marc and Strider remain. Bo begs Shane to stop. Instead, Shane slices Bao’s throat. Marc thrashes in silence, watching Bao bleed out. Shane considers Ellie, then pivots, stabbing Grace in the chest. Jack howls in horror. Gunn slams him down. Bo whispers to be the last. Shane smirks. “You don’t get that choice.” He shoots Sasha in the head. Shane, Gunn, and Rain leave. “Mercenary prevails,” Shane says. Bo removes Marc’s gag. They kneel among the bodies. Marc stands. “It ends tomorrow.” Bo asks if he really thinks he can win. Marc stares forward. “There’s no war without loss.” Strider moves to comfort Jack. Jack shoves him off. Strider chuckles bitterly. Bo warns him to show respect. Strider brushes past.
