Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (/ˈkɪliən/ KILL-ee-ən;^[1] born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Famed for his collaborations with film director Christopher Nolan, 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 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.