<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Yvonne McGuinness (m . 2004) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Cillian Murphy (/ ˈkɪliən /; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor of stage and screen . Since making his debut in his home country in the late 1990s, Murphy has also become a presence in British and American cinemas noted by critics for his performances in many independent and mainstream films . He is best known as Damien in The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Jim in 28 Days Later (2002), the Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005--12), Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005), Robert Capa in Sunshine (2007), Robert Fischer in Inception (2010) and Thomas Shelby in the BBC series Peaky Blinders . </P> <P> A native of Cork, Murphy began his performing career as a rock musician . After turning down a record deal, he made his professional acting debut in the play Disco Pigs in 1996 . While continuing with stage work he also began appearing in independent films, first coming to international attention in 2002 as the hero of Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later . Murphy's profile continued to grow in 2005 when he appeared in a series of successful films: firstly as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's 2005 blockbuster Batman Begins--a role he reprised in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)--and secondly in the action - thriller Red Eye (2005). For his performance as a transgender woman in Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Murphy received a Golden Globe award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy . </P>

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