Cillian MurphyThis time’s guest is hollywood reporter‘s award chat Podcast, great Irish actor. of new york times “He is known for his unconventional and shocking turns in films both big and small.” backstage called him “a chameleon-like performer, a character actor trapped within the skeleton of a leading role.” interview The magazine notes that although he has had a very impressive career, he “remains somehow brutally underrated, and it’s only going to get better.”
Murphy’s notable film credits include 2002; 28 days later; Year 2005 breakfast on pluto, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.And in 2021 A Quiet Place Part II. He also served as the anchor from 2013 until his 2022. peaky blindersis a hit drama series about Birmingham gangsters between World War I and World War II. In the UK, He was broadcast on BBC2 and streamed to a large audience on Netflix.
But it’s the next movie he’s most associated with. christopher nolandescribed him as “one of the great actors of his generation, both on stage and in film.” Murphy has appeared in six of his films over nearly 20 years. batman begins,2008 dark Knight2010s inception,year 2012 dark knight rising2017 Dunkirk and most recently in 2023. oppenheimer. In the latter he depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist and father of the atomic bomb, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for this work. He was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor and has also been nominated for the SAG Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor.
During a conversation in my office in Los Angeles, hollywood reporter, the 47-year-old reflected on why and how he suddenly transitioned from music production to acting.Why and how he competed for the role of Tommy Shelby peaky blindershow he and Nolan first came to work together; What are the differences between Nolan’s sets and films and other films? He also talked about his reaction when he was offered the lead role in his first Nolan film. oppenheimer.