Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy

Born: January 15, 1968
Died: October 6, 2007
in Salisbury, Rhodesia
Tom Jordan Murphy (15 January 1968 – 6 October 2007) was an Irish theatre and film actor best known for his 1998 Tony Award winning performance in The Beauty Queen of Leenane and for the 2004 film Adam and Paul, which he starred in as Paul opposite his partner Mark O'Halloran, who also wrote the film. Murphy died in a Dublin hospital following treatment for lymphatic cancer on 6 October 2007. He was just 39.

Movies for Tom Murphy...

In from the Side
Title: In from the Side
Character: Barry
Released: September 16, 2022
Type: Movie
Mark, a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren, a seasoned first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair they struggle to hide from their partners and teammates.
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Small Engine Repair
Title: Small Engine Repair
Character: Christy
Released: September 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. His wife has left him and only his best friend believes in him. But he has one last chance to make it.
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48 Angels
Title: 48 Angels
Character: Stevie (as Tom Jordan Murphy)
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Seamus is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail.
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Title: Pure Mule
Character: Shamie Donoghue
Released: September 6, 2005
Type: TV
Multiple award winning drama series written by Eugene O'Brien, produced by David Collins, Ed Guiney and Peter Norris, and directed by Declan Recks and Charlie McCarthy. Pure Mule is set in modern rural Ireland, in a midlands market town. Each of the six episodes of the original series (which first aired on RTE in 2005) focuses in on one particular character from Friday evening to Monday morning.
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Man About Dog
Title: Man About Dog
Character: Cerebral Paulsy
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads head south on a road trip in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic.
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Adam & Paul
Title: Adam & Paul
Character: Paul
Released: August 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug—who only drags them into more shady activities.
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In America
Title: In America
Character: Actor in Queue
Released: October 31, 2003
Type: Movie
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
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Intermission
Title: Intermission
Character: Brian - Video Store Manager
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
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Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Title: Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Character: Major Franks
Released: January 13, 2003
Type: Movie
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold rose from humble origins to become the most respected and feared of America's generals. He won brilliant military victories against the English colonists and was Washington's favorite soldier. But two conflicting forces battled inside Arnold's heart; a deep concern for his country and his passionate love for an enchanting and manipulative English woman, Peggy Shippen. Blinded by desire, Arnold defected to the English army, orchestrating an attempt to assassinate his own mentor, George Washington.
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Boxed
Title: Boxed
Character: Father Brendan
Released: August 23, 2002
Type: Movie
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha a change of heart, deciding to fight for the life of the captive. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The Abduction Club
Title: The Abduction Club
Character: Knox
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
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The General
Title: The General
Character: Willie Byrne
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
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Michael Collins
Title: Michael Collins
Character: Vinny Byrne
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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The Snapper
Title: The Snapper
Character: Pal #1
Released: August 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
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In Till You Die
Title: In Till You Die
Character: Fireman 1
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Inadequate musician's pay results in him resorting to more extreme income-getting measures.
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The Last Season
Title: The Last Season
Character: Sandy
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Four drunken hunters, eager to kill, accidentally shoot a young man's dog. The exploding chain of events that follow lead to murder... and more! The four killers cannot stop the gruesome quest for vengeance in this horrifying nightmare of revenge.
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Hurray for Betty Boop
Title: Hurray for Betty Boop
Character: Announcer / Walter Walters / Villain / No Problem Man / Additional (voice)
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Betty Boop runs for president in a loose storyline assembled from Fleischer cartoons redrawn by Korean animators.