Golden Beaus - Cillian Murphy

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"I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it."

"You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor."

"I can have a bit of fun with it, too, because my only motivation really is being bad. I love doing proper dramatic character studies, but it's also good to have a bit of fun, dress up and stuff". - On accepting the role of the Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005).

"Well, we are doppelgangers." - on that Howard Stern nearly played Cillian's role in 'Batman Begins' (2005), the "Scarecrow", in an early attempted adaptation.

"It's easy to take the check, you know, but if you want to have any longevity, just take things that have artistic merit in them. I want to do quality. If it's good telly, I'll do it. If it's good theater, I'll do it."

“I've a very, very close-knit group of friends from Ireland. They and my family are the most important things to me.”

"I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again." - on his role as a terrorist in "Red Eye"

"It's basically lazy journalism if they say I'm the new Colin Farrell. This thing about heat, it's all just hot air".

Birth Name: Cillian Murphy

Birth Date: 25 May 1976

Birth Place: Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Height: 5'9''

Why he is a Golden Beau: The intensity of his acting comes out through his piercing blue eyes.

Movies you should see: Batman Begins, Intermission

Other Stuff:

-Married to Yvonne McGuinness (2004 - present), they have one child, a son named Malachy.

-He schooled at Presentation Brothers College Cork.

-Nickname: Cilly

-Lives in London, England.

-He plays in a Frank Zappa-influenced band called 'Sons of Mr. Greengenes'.

-First name pronounced "Kill-ian".

-He was planning a career in law until he discovered the world of acting.

-Although he is a vegetarian, he learned to chop up meat in an abattoir for his role as butcher in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003).

-Auditioned for the role of Batman in Batman Begins (2005). The role was eventually given to Christian Bale. But director Christopher Nolan liked Cillian's audition so much that he gave him a role as Batman's arch- nemesis Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, who is a developing character in this movie.

-Proposed to wife while hill-walking in Ireland.

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