His second film with the visionary director was Inception (2010). He reprised the role in both sequels of the movie, The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and provided the voice for the character in Batman Begins video game (2005). Murphy wanted to make the character less theatrical in Nolan’s film which was grounded in realism, to begin with. In the film, Scarecrow is a corrupt psychopharmacologist serving as the Chief Administrator of Arkham Asylum. For his role as the nuclear physicist/astronaut Robert Capa, Murphy consulted with physicist Brian Cox.Ĭillian Murphy first worked with Nolan in 2005 superhero film Batman Begins, playing Jonathan Crane or Scarecrow. They worked together again in the sci-fi thriller Sunshine (2007). Made with an $8 million budget, Boyle’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror earned $84.7 million at the box office. In 1999, he starred in his debut feature film, Sunburn, alongside Paloma Baeza and Sinead Keenan.Īfter a succession of independent films, Murphy was cast as the lead in 28 Days Later (2002). About a year later, he acted in Declan Recks’ short film Quando.
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In September 1996, he debuted as a professional actor in the play Disco Pigs.
According to Murphy, his primary motivation then was to party and meet women, not to begin an acting career. Murphy also played the lead in a University College Cork Drama production of Little Shop of Horrors, which was performed in the Cork Opera House. His first major role was in the University College Cork Drama Society's amateur production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, which also starred Irish-American comedian Des Bishop. Murphy’s love for acting increased exponentially after watching Corcadorca Theatre Company’s production of A Clockwork Orange in Dublin. Murphy confessed: "I'm very glad in retrospect that we didn't sign because you kind of sign away your life to a label and the whole of your music." Greengenes were offered a five-album record deal by Acid Jazz Records, but they did not sign the contract due to Murphy's brother still being in secondary school and the little money involved in ceding the rights to Murphy's compositions to the record label. Murphy sang and played guitar in the band, which he has said: "specialized in wacky lyrics and endless guitar solos." In 1996, The Sons of Mr.
Greengenes", after a 1969 song by another idol, Frank Zappa. The Beatles-obsessed pair named their most successful band "The Sons of Mr. In his late teens and early twenties, Cillian Murphy worked toward a career as a rock musician, playing guitar in several bands alongside his brother Páidi.
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