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Murphy wins Best Actor at Oscars 2024

Cillian Murphy

Cork native Cillian Murphy made history on Sunday night becoming the first Irish-born actor to claim BEST ACTOR at the Oscars for his career-defining role in OPPENHEIMER. As predicted, the film dominated proceedings, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan, and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. Murphy is the third Irish actor to win the best actor Oscar, following Daniel Day-Lewis, who was born in London but holds Irish citizenship, and Barry Fitzgerald who won in 1945. Murphy thanked Nolan and Emma Thomas, his producer, as well as his team and his family. He ended his speech by saying he was a “very very proud Irishman”.

March 11, 2024

Murphy wins Best Actor at SAG Awards

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy has been named best actor at the 30th Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles for his lead performance in Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER. Murphy spoke with dignity as he received the “Actor” statuette. “This is extremely special because it comes from you guys,” he said to his fellow performers. “Twenty-eight years ago I was trying to become an actor. I was a failed musician and I felt like an interloper. But now, looking out and all of you guys here today, I know that I’m part of something truly wonderful.”.

February 25, 2024

Ireland shines at BAFTA 2024

Cillian Murphy

Ireland shines at BAFTA 2024 with multiple wins across several categories, securing recognition for Irish creative talent at the UK’s biggest awards show. Cork actor Cillian Murphy received the best actor award for OPPENHEIMER, having faced competition in the category from Dublin actor Barry Keoghan for his role as Oliver Quick in SALTBURN. Yorgos Lanthimos’s offbeat film POOR THINGS is produced by Dublin-based Element Pictures. Its nominations included a cinematography nod for Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan, though OPPENHEIMER won in that category.

February 19, 2024

Oppenheimer, Poor Things

Cillian Murphy GQ interview

Cillian Murphy

In the latest Cillian Murphy GQ interview, the Cork native talks about his unimpeachable body of work as one of our most versatile actors, while somehow also staying cleverly out of sight. Now, as an Oscar front-runner, the OPPENHEIMER star pulls back the curtain on how director Christopher Nolan chose him for the role of his career. The result was one of the most watched and most acclaimed films of 2023—a nearly billion-dollar blockbuster about a tormented genius (and, yes, the father of the atomic bomb).

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February 16, 2024

Cillian Murphy for 28 DAYS LATER sequel

Cillian Murphy

A long-awaited sequel to the zombie flick 28 DAYS LATER has officially been greenlit at Sony – with OPPENHEIMER lead Cillian Murphy to executive produce and possibly star. Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have returned, with Boyle directing Part One and Garland penning the script. The original film follows a bicycle courier (Murphy) who wakes up from a coma only to find that a virus (dubbed the ‘rage virus’) has all but destroyed society.

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February 1, 2024

The Making of OPPENHEIMER

Cillian Murphy

Co-stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr discuss the Making of OPPENHEIMER, their global smash hit. What is it really like on a Christopher Nolan set? Did Cillian really say yes before reading the script? From pre-production to the release of the film, the cast talk about their favorite on-screen moments and their relationship with director Christopher Nolan.

January 21, 2024

Murphy wins Best Actor for OPPENHEIMER

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy has nothing but love for his wife — and he wasn’t afraid to show it as he won big at the 2024 Golden Globes. The star won best actor in a motion picture, drama, for his role in OPPENHEIMER. lthough in the past the Irish actor has earned praise and accolades — including another Golden Globe nod, in 2006 for the film Breakfast on Pluto — Murphy’s critical acclaim has hit a peak with with this role. He shares Globe recognition this year with Christopher Nolan for both writing and directing, plus costars Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.

January 8, 2024