Profile: Cillian Murphy

A man of many hats

Factfile

Age: 41

Appearance: high-cheekboned, sharp-eyed

Newsworthiness: winning plaudits for his role in the new WWII blockbuster Dunkirk

Cillian Murphy knows what it’s like to be Hollywood’s next big thing.

Back in 2003, Murphy was the subject of a glowing profile in the New York Times, which documented the Cork-born thespian’s then scruffy surroundings. Murphy was living in a walk-up, one-bedroom apartment in London, with a washing machine on the blink and a ...