Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about Cillian Murphy?
How well do you know the Peaky Blinders star?
CILLIAN MURPHY TURNED 46 this week.
The award-winning Irish actor started his career in theatre and went on to grace our screens for twenty years (and counting).
How well do you know him?
Which beloved Irish actor has Murphy called his "surrogate movie dad"?
PA Archive
Colm Meaney
Brendan Gleeson
Peter O'Toole
Liam Neeson
What comic book villain did Murphy play opposite Christian Bale in 2005's 'Batman Begins'?
Warner Bros/ DC Entertainment
The Riddler
Scarecrow
Bane
Hush
Murphy starred in the iconic 2006 film 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'. What job did Murphy's character Damien O'Donovan have before joining the IRA?
Sixteen Films/ Matador Pictures
Lawyer
Teacher
Bank teller
Doctor
One of Murphy's best known roles is as Tommy Shelby in hit show Peaky Blinders. Excluding the most recent season, which co-star is not tied with Murphy for the most appearances?
Birmingham Mail
Sophie Rundle (Ada Shelby)
Finn Cole (Michael Gray)
Helen McCrory (Polly Gray)
Paul Anderson (Arthur Shelby)
Which British actor auditioned for the role of Tommy Shelby but lost out to Murphy?
BBC
Tom Hardy
Jason Statham
Charlie Hunnam
Tom Holland
In a recent interview, Murphy said that he decided in 2015 to move his family back to Ireland because his children were developing "posh English accents" from living abroad. What county did they take up roots in?
Leah Farrell/RollingNews
Dublin
Wexford
Cork
Galway
What film earned Murphy a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical?
Getty Images
Breakfast on Pluto
Les Miserables
Tropic Thunder
Sing Street
Murphy will star in the film Oppenheimer in 2023, playing physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer delivered the famous quote "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds", after seeing the first nuclear bomb test. What holy book was the quote originally from?
Getty Images
The Bible's Old Testament
The Quran
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bible's New Testament
Murphy has worked with the director of Oppenheimer five times in the past. Which director is it?
IMDb
Steven Spielberg
Christopher Nolan
Tim Burton
Joel Coen
Murphy was a vegetarian for 15 years before going back to eating meat. What reason did he give in an interview for being vegetarian?
Shutterstock
He was afraid of mad cow disease
Allergies
He didn't like beef
Moral reasons
You scored out of !
Turtley Awesome!
You must be a superfan
You scored out of !
Clever Cat
Not too shabby
You scored out of !
Just horsing around?
Did you even try?
have your say