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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 Rise
Suggested by underworld_stories
Marc, Bo, Ellie, Norman, and Strider prepare for the final fight. Marc is ready to end Mercenary—and Shane Jarvis—once and for all. Norman isn’t sure where he stands. The Hunters are gone, Mercenary doesn't want him, and trust is thin. Bo, shattered by Sasha’s death, stays quiet but focused. Strider keeps pushing buttons, irritating Bo and raising Marc’s suspicions. Ellie, grieving her best friend, Sasha, keeps her eyes on the mission. Jack hasn’t answered any of Marc’s calls, and Marc wonders if he’ll have enough to win. Still, they press on. The bunker’s location is confirmed. It’s time. Their attack takes Mercenary by surprise. Alarms blare. Shane orders his guards to stand down. He wants to face Marc himself. As Marc storms closer, Shane greets him calmly. “Only one of us leaves,” he says. Marc raises his gun—but Gunn appears and slams him down. Bo and Ellie rush in, knocking Gunn back. Bo turns to Shane. “Your men are gone.” Shane laughs. “You think this ends with me? Mercenary has more.” Bo doesn’t wait. He shoots Shane in the head. Marc gets up and finishes Gunn. It's over. They return to an old outpost—now their new base. Bo asks Marc, “Is it really done?” Marc looks out over the desert. “Maybe not forever. But for now… Ghost is alive.” They'll carry the legacy of the fallen—and fight on.
