Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor who became famous in early 2000 thanks to his roles in the horror films 28 Days Later, Batman, and the television series Peaky Blinders. The appearance of this man leaves no one indifferent. It's easy to remember. Proportional facial features, a clear jawline and cheekbones, as well as bottomless blue eyes make Killian a favorite of all admirers of male beauty.
But what did Cillian Murphy look like before and after plastic surgery? After all, both fans and plastic surgeons claim that the actor’s striking data is not only a gift of nature, but also a medical intervention.
Cillian Murphy as a child
The actor was born on May 25, 1976 in Douglas. There were 3 more children in his family, Killian being the eldest. Here is a photo of the guy as a child:
Already from an early age, Killian’s facial features were expressive, especially his bright, plump lips. In childhood photographs of the actor, plump cheeks are also noticeable, which are in no way similar to his current sunken cheeks, with pronounced cheekbones. But this can be attributed to natural facial changes associated with growing up.
Photo of Cillian Murphy in his youth
This is what the actor looked like as a teenager (approximately 16-19 years old). The facial features have changed, the jaw line has become more expressive. It is noticeable that Murphy no longer has chubby cheeks, his face has become much thinner and longer.
At the age of 20, Cillian Murphy was studying law at the National University of Ireland and accidentally came across an experimental theater production of A Clockwork Orange. He applied to join a local troupe and subsequently played there.
He made his film debut by playing a small role in the drama “The Tale of Sweety Barrett.” The actor was 23 years old. Here's what he looked like then:
In 2000, at the age of 24, the actor was invited to play the main role in the film “Disco Pigs”. It was a teen drama where Killian played a lovestruck teenager. It was not difficult to create a visually convincing image, since he looks younger than his age. Stills from the film for a closer look at Murphy's face:
It is unknown whether the photo shows actor Cillian Murphy after or before plastic surgery. But we see that the cheeks have become more sunken and the cheekbones more expressive, which is likely due to age-related changes.
In 2002, he played in the horror film 28 Days Later. During this period, 26-year-old Cillian Murphy looked like this:
The man's build explains why his cheekbones stand out so much - he is very thin.
In 2008, Murphy played in the film “Batman” and the actor’s facial features can be seen in the still frames: his nose and cheekbones, which raise the most questions among fans. It is noticeable that the bridge of the nose from the frontal view does not have an ideal shape.
Photos of the actor dating back to 2013, when he began filming the TV series Peaky Blinders, show that his nose has really changed, becoming more even.
As for the cheekbones, they remain as expressive as before. For the filming of Peaky Blinders, the actor, after 15 years of vegetarianism, began to eat meat again, so that, as he himself stated in an interview:
Don't look too skinny.
He also admitted that he was hardly impressive looking. Therefore, Killian had to work hard to look like a real gangster in this series and command authority. Vegetarianism fully explains sunken cheeks and thinness.
Movies
A successful debut in the acclaimed play “Disco Pigs,” which was shown at the Dublin Festival, inspired 20-year-old Murphy so much that the young man finally decided to focus on his acting career. Killian regularly performs on the theater stage, but now in Dublin, and during the breaks he manages to act in films.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film "On the Edge")
His debut on the screen was the film “Sunburn”, released in 1999. The role of a playmaker who ran away from his pregnant girlfriend to America in this film becomes a real breakthrough for Cillian Murphy. From this moment on, the actor appears more and more often on the set and less and less on the theater stage. The young artist got a new star image in the melodramatic film “On the Edge,” which was about the young man Jonathan, who decides to commit suicide.
And in 2001, Cillian Murphy tried his hand as a screenwriter for the first time - he wrote the script for the comedy “Observers” and played the main role in it. The film was shown at the Edinburgh Festival and received a lot of warm reviews. In the same year, director Kristen Sheridan invited Cillian Murphy to participate in the film adaptation of the already familiar play “Disco Pigs.” The actor not only agreed, but also wrote the soundtrack for this film.
Cillian Murphy (still from the movie "Disco Pigs")
A dark comedy called The Break has broken all previous box office records in Ireland. The plot centers on Colin Farrell's character, a professional robber who sets out to rob a bank. Killian is assigned the role of an accomplice. The director of the project is John Crowley, the same one who directed the drama “Brooklyn”, nominated for an Oscar in 3 nominations, with Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson.
The actor worked with Domhnall's father, Emmy winner and Golden Globe nominee Brendan Gleeson, on the post-apocalyptic thriller 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle's film, which was released on big screens, grossed over $80 million at the box office, and also became a stepping stone for the artist's professional growth: after that, Killian was invited to Hollywood.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film "28 Days Later")
Murphy was soon seen in a mini-series called “The Roads We Take.” It was a career boost, because the film was shown on the BBC channel. But to play the role of a romantic aristocrat, Irishman Murphy had to work a lot on his English accent. The series was a huge success, and the actor was recognized far beyond the borders of his native Ireland.
In 2003, Cillian Murphy again performed on the theater stage, which in his youth he perceived as a hobby. The actor played Konstantin from Chekhov's The Seagull. The play was directed by Peter Stein. The director initiated the fact that the artists involved in the production went to Russia, where, to better get into character, they visited the estate of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in Melikhovo. The production was a great success and was shown at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival in 2003.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film “Cold Mountain”)
In the famous film Cold Mountain, the main roles belong to Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renee Zellweger. Killian's fans on social networks subsequently expressed regret that their favorite had so little screen time in the film, nominated for an Oscar in 7 nominations and a BAFTA in 13.
That same year, Cillian Murphy appeared on screen as a butcher. This happened in the drama “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” in which Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth shone. The problem was that Killian is a committed vegetarian. Therefore, staying at the slaughterhouse to get used to the role turned out to be a difficult test for the Irishman.
Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Batman Begins")
After this work, several more images of negative characters appeared in Cillian Murphy’s film repertoire. First of all, this is the psychiatrist Crane in the blockbuster Batman. Inception" by Christopher Nolan, where the main character was played by Christian Bale, and the anti-hero Joker was played by Heath Ledger. Murphy later starred in the franchise's sequels, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Revival of a legend."
This film was followed by the thriller Night Flight, in which Murphy played Jackson Rippner (The Ripper), a creepy terrorist collaborator with an angelic appearance. Killian's partner in this film was Rachel McAdams. Subsequently, the actor joked that he did not understand people who saw the picture and were not afraid to board the same plane with him. The role of “ideal villain” was stuck to him.
Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Night Flight")
Murphy decided to change this state of affairs and starred in the dramatic film “Breakfast on Pluto,” in which fans saw him in the image of transvestite Patrick Braden. The antihero label was over. Moreover, the role brought him a new dose of fame: Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe and awarded an Irish Television Academy prize.
Critics consider this work to be the best in Killian’s acting career, as well as his work in the film “The Wind That Waves the Heather.” This is a historical drama that tells the story of the Irish struggle for independence. It is noteworthy that the filming took place in Cillian Murphy’s native county of Cork.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Inferno")
2007 was a successful year for star roles. This was the year the science-fiction thriller Inferno was released, where Murphy appeared as a scientist saving the planet from freezing. In preparation for this work, the actor consulted for a long time with physicists from the Geneva laboratory. Mark Strong, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh played members of the crew of the spaceship trying to reanimate the Sun through a nuclear explosion.
And in 2007, two romantic films were released - the comedy “After Watching Detectives” and the melodrama “Forbidden Love”. In the first, the heroine Lucy Liu, a fatal beauty, bursts into the life of the owner of a video rental store, who imagines himself to be a film connoisseur, and turns it upside down.
Cillian Murphy and Keira Knightley (still from the film “Forbidden Love”)
The second, based on real events, is about the difficult relationship between two married couples. Here, Sienna Miller and Graham McPherson starred alongside Killian. The film was produced by the granddaughter of the heroes Murphy and Keira Knightley. The film was a great success with viewers and critics.
A significant project of 2010 was the thriller Peacock, where the artist played in a duet with Susan Sarandon. Murphy's character, John, suffers from a split personality disorder. After the death of his mother, the young man begins to dress in women's clothing and introduces himself to others under the name Emma. A lie brings the hero to forced murder.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Inception")
The same year, Murphy participated in Christopher Nolan's next project - the thriller Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. It grossed $800 million and is ranked among the best films of all time. Murphy plays the head of a powerful financial corporation, Robert Fisher, who becomes the target of industrial spy Cobb.
In the science fiction action movie “Time,” Killian played the role of a negative character—time guard Raymond Leon, who serves the government of a civilization where time is considered the only currency. Justin Timberlake also starred in the film.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Time")
The dramatic thriller “Prison Break” also won high ratings, where Cillian Murphy appeared in the ensemble cast along with Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell, reincarnating as heroes who accidentally survived the attack of a deadly virus on human civilization.
In 2012, the artist’s filmography was expanded with another blockbuster - the thriller Red Lights, in which he played physicist Tom Buckley. The Irishman's partners on the stage were Hollywood stars Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro.
Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Red Lights")
The drama “Broken,” first of all, according to the actor who plays the teacher, Cillian Murphy, is a story about the fact that there is no such thing as an ideal family, about the problem of fathers and children, about the fact that a person, in fact, does not grow up.
“My parents are teachers, so it’s great that I get to play a character that I understand so much about - I know what it’s like. On the one hand, I remember very well what it is to be a student, on the other, what teachers are like.”
In 2013, Killian produced the crime series Peaky Blinders, where he also played the main character, gang leader Thomas Shelby. The gangster saga is about the confrontation between the Shelby gangster clan and the British police in the person of Inspector Chester Campbell (Sam Neill). The action takes place in Great Britain in the post-war years.
Cillian Murphy (still from the series "Peaky Blinders")
And again, Murphy needed to overcome himself a little: his hairstyle, the gangster’s manner of moving and talking were just ways to “look like a tough bastard,” which he was not in life. At the BAFTA TV Awards 2022, the National Film Academy presented the Peaky Blinders project with an award in the Best Drama Series category.
In 2016, the military drama “Anthropoid” premiered, where Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan played heroes of the Czech resistance who managed to carry out a plan to destroy the statesman of the Third Reich, Reinhard Heydrich.
Mark Rylance and Cillian Murphy (still from the film "Dunkirk")
At the end of autumn, filming of the comedy action film “Shootout,” produced by Martin Scorsese, was completed. The film is about a clandestine arms deal gone wrong. Murphy again tried on the image of a gang member.
In July 2022, the military drama Dunkirk premiered, starring Tom Hardy, where Killian played the cameo role of a soldier. The film is dedicated to the military operation of the same name to evacuate soldiers caught in the blockade, carried out by the anti-Hitler coalition at the very beginning of World War II.
Possible rhinoplasty: photo
It is not known for certain whether the actor had a nose job, but cosmetologists and especially observant fans believe that he did. This is explained by the photos before and after plastic surgery, in which it is noticeable that Killian’s nose is naturally wide and large. Whereas in the new photos this part of the face has become narrower, the back is perfectly flat, and the tip is upturned. In general, the actor’s nose has become more neat and refined. There is a noticeable difference in these photos:
This is not to say that Killian has become unrecognizable, but some changes are visible. Perhaps this is the result of the play of light and the shooting angle. It is only possible to objectively assess whether an intervention actually took place while driving. Those who did not really like such changes in men note the different shape of the nostrils. But the nostrils are different even in people who have not undergone rhinoplasty, because the human face as a whole is not symmetrical and the two sides are different from each other.
Images of him standing in profile also raise doubts about whether Cillian Murphy had plastic surgery. In the first picture a small hump is noticeable, while in the second the back is perfectly straight. But the position of the actor’s face is not identical, so the presence of plastic surgery remains in question.
Cillian Murphy: height, weight and interesting facts about the actor
- The hero of our story today is a vegetarian.
- Killian knows Gaelic and also speaks excellent French, as his mother is a school teacher in this subject.
- The actor is not very interested in team sports. However, he loves to run and this is how he keeps himself in excellent physical shape.
- Murphy's idol is Liam Neeson, whom he jokingly calls "his surrogate movie father."
- When Killian was a teenager, his main hobby was music. At that time he played in several bands, the most serious of which could be called The Sons of Mr. Green Genes. Murphy played guitar, sang and wrote songs. In addition, he infected his younger brother Paidy with his enthusiasm, who later also became a member of the group.
- In 1996, one of the record companies even offered Killian and his team a contract. However, the parents did not allow their sons to sign it, as they were afraid of the consequences: after all, their children had no experience in the “cutthroat” music industry. As it turns out, they were right in the end, as the contract deprived the Murphy brothers of all rights to their songs.
- The actor's height is 174 centimeters and his weight is 75 kilograms.
Removing Bisha's lumps: did it happen?
Another operation that is attributed to the actor is the removal of Bish’s lumps. These are fat deposits in the cheek area that make them appear plumper and “hide” the cheekbone. If they are removed, the cheekbones immediately become more expressive.
More than one Hollywood star has decided to undergo this operation, and Cillian Murphy, as observant people say, is among them. Older photos show that his cheekbones were not so visible before.
But these images do not prove that there was plastic surgery. After all, the actor himself is thin, and even a couple of kilograms gained can change his appearance:
Cillian Murphy's Lip Change
Experts in the field of plastic surgery and cosmetologists unanimously note that Cillian Murphy’s lips have this shape by nature. Not a single photo showed any outlines characteristic of the use of fillers. In both the early and latest photographs of the actor, the lips are equally plump and have a clear shape.
Contouring and Botox
Murphy's fans claim he had facial contouring and Botox to get rid of wrinkles. After all, Killian is over 40 years old, and there are practically no wrinkles on his face. But the lack of changes is explained by both good genetics and a healthy lifestyle. In the photo where he uses facial expressions, wrinkles are noticeable in the nasolabial area, around the eyes, and on the forehead. Therefore, if the actor resorted to botulinum therapy, it was only slightly. The facial expressions remained lively, mobile and natural.
What does it look like now?
Killian will turn 45 on May 25, 2022. He looks good for his still quite young age. Only the emerging gray hair gives him away.
The actor does not maintain pages on social networks and rarely gives interviews. Therefore, what Cillian Murphy looks like now can only be seen in paparazzi photographs and during his appearances at film premieres. He has a wife, Yvonne Mac Guinness, whom he has known since he was 18, as well as children, two sons - Malachi (born in 2005) and Aran (2007).
There are not very many photos of the family on the Internet, since the star protects her family from the paparazzi and leads a quiet lifestyle. You can also judge his appearance from his photographs with his wife:
Personal life
Cillian Murphy really doesn’t like to talk about his relationships and almost always ignores such questions from journalists. However, it is known that in 2004 he and his long-time girlfriend Yvonne McGuinness officially got married. Before this, their romance lasted about 8 years. Today, Cillian Murphy and his wife have two sons: Malachi (born in 2005) and Carrick (born in 2007). The whole family lives permanently in London, in the Hampstead area.
Cillian Murphy's comments on surgery
The man does not talk about interventions in his appearance, so it is impossible to say with 100% certainty about their presence. There are no photos on the Internet that show exactly what Cillian Murphy looked like before and after plastic surgery. The actor has changed quite a lot in the process of natural maturation. But even if there was plastic surgery, no one will say that it turned out ugly.
The man looks impeccable, and here we must pay tribute either to his genetics and correct lifestyle, or to the professionalism of the surgeons who were able to emphasize his natural beauty.
Judging by the actor’s indirect comments, it is clear how he feels about his appearance. Killian noted that he does not consider himself a fashionista. He loves simple and comfortable things, but does not express himself through clothes. He wears it until it's completely worn out, and he likes things that age naturally. Random photos demonstrate this:
Whether such a person would undergo plastic surgery or not - this question remains open. In 2022, filming of the series Peaky Blinders continued and we will see how the actor looks now not only in the episodes themselves, but also at the premiere of season 5.
Cillian Murphy's appearance was and remains memorable and striking. It is not known for sure whether the surgeon had a hand in this. But the fact that the star did not become a victim of plastic surgery is a fact. Any changes, if there were any, only benefited him and emphasized the already striking features given by nature.
Career continuation
Cillian Murphy, whose filmography already consisted of a number of very successful films in Europe, remained practically unknown on the other side of the Atlantic. This situation changed in 2003, when Danny Boyle's zombie thriller 28 Days Later was released. By the way, on the screen Killian demonstrated not only his excellent acting, but also his full-length naked body. Be that as it may, Murphy has gained quite a bit of fame all over the world.
Despite his successful debut in Hollywood, the young actor’s subsequent works went virtually unnoticed by critics and audiences alike. Thus, he took part in the filming of such films as “Break”, “Cold Mountain” and “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.
