Cillian Murphy Biography

Fast Facts

• Used to play guitar in a band called Sons of Mr
• Greengenes
• Briefly studied law in college
• Made his stage debut in the play Disco Pigs (1996), and later starred in the 2001 movie version
• Breakout movie role was as a survivor of a zombie plague in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002); reunited with Boyle in 2007 for the sci-fi thriller Sunshine
• His film The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2005) was shot in his home town of Cork, Ireland
• Frequently works with Christopher Nolan, appearing in the director's Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and Inception (2010)