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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
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Marc Marigold and Fletcher Davis, outlaws closer than brothers, set their sights on the ultimate score: a royal train owned by crime kingpin Oscar Minerva. But Oscar was ready. His men lay in wait, ambushing Marc and Fletcher the moment they board. Captured and bloodied, they’re given a brutal choice—only one can live. Fletcher sacrifices himself, staying behind so Marc can escape. Broken but determined, Marc sets out to build a team to save him. During a bank robbery, he meets Jonathan Jordan, a disillusioned bank teller spiraling into a midlife crisis. Struck by Marc’s reckless freedom, Jonathan offers to join him. Together, they storm Oscar’s fortress. In the chaos, Jonathan snipes Oscar dead. Victory, however, isn’t sweet. Fletcher, hardened by six months under Oscar’s rule, refuses to leave. He sees a chance to turn the criminal empire into something better. Marc, heartbroken, leaves with Jonathan, but not empty-handed—Fletcher gifts them a bruised, half-healed bodyguard: Brutas Birmingham. Marc, Jonathan, and Brutas retreat to Bo’s Bar, where Marc’s old friend Bo Hunter still tends drinks. Bo lost his daughter, Alice, to Marc’s violent past, but the bond between them held. With Bo’s help, and that of his scrappy 17-year-old ward Pete Ramson, Marc makes a decision: they’re starting an agency. One that will rival Fletcher’s empire—and maybe, save their own souls.
