BBC Peaky Blinders: Cillian Murphy's real life, wife, accent and shunning fame
27.02.2022 - 16:59
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Hollywood actor Cillian Murphy returns to screens this weekend in the trademark grey flat cap as he embodies perhaps his most famous role - Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby.
Away from the explosive BBC drama and gangster life of 1930s Birmingham, Cillian has had a distinguished acting career in some huge movies and has long been considered one of the most talented actors to ever hail from the Emerald Isle.
Originally from County Cork, Ireland, the 45-year-old actor started his career on the stage in a number of small plays and independent movies.
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As his incredible on stage persona and acting abilities began to garner attention, Cillian was snapped up by some of biggest names in the movie industry and landed starring roles in huge blockbuster movies including Danny Boyle's 2002 horror, 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain, and Batman Begins.
Despite the fact he quickly became one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood in the early 2000s, it was Cillian's triumphant performance as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders that earned him global notoriety and fame, writes The Mirror.
The Irish actor has starred as Shelby in the BBC series about a criminal gang in Birmingham during the post-World War I period since 2013.
While he’s happy to say goodbye to the 'gruesome' job of becoming Tommy Shelby over the past ten years, it hasn’t completely sunk that it’s over, as the sixth and final series approaches.
“It’s weird to talk about. I don’t have much yet. Maybe I’ll have some perspective when it’s over," he recently told The Guardian.
"It’s the end of 10 years of my life; with many colleagues and people. A great adventure that I have become very close