Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 1976 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actor and musician. Cillian is an Irish name and is also sometimes incorrectly spelled Killian; both spellings are pronounced "Kil ee an".

Trivia

• He originally auditioned for the role of Bruce Wayne and Batman in the Batman movie Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan was reportedly impressed with his audition however decided to give Christian Bale the lead role and tied Murphy to the project by persuading him to play Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow.
• According to Entertainment Weekly magazine, he is currently at number 3 of The Most Valuable Players of Summer 2005, a list for entertainers who have breaktrough outstanding performances for the year 2005. He is just behind Terrence Howard and Matt Dillon. The magazine even going further by comparing him with Robert Mitchum. Entertainment Weekly notes that Cillian Murphy's performances are impressive, sensual toward the demonic but also the zen delivery that goes with it.