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
Severus Snape
for Severus Snape in The Story of AstoriaⅠ
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Astoria Greengrass, the second daughter of the ancient and noble Greengrass family, is about to enter her third year in Slytherin. But her current situation is always full of troubles: her sister and mother are no longer as close to her as a childhood, the friendship with rival college classmates can only be secret, and the oppression of family conventions and college prejudices is deepening, all of which makes it difficult for her idealistic to adapt. The new term also brings unexpected new challenges: the Triwizard Tournament and a visit from a foreign friend, the unexpected benefits of a potential romance between two sisters, the opportunities and dangers of Muggle studies class... Most of all, she explores the truth of her chaotic childhood memories, and the stories and conspiracies behind them - for good or ill. How will Astoria make it through this colorful, but disastrous, special school year? Can her faltering relationships turn around? Can she overcome her dissatisfaction with the present and her excessive nostalgia for the past, and find the meaning of life that she believes in?
