Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy

Nacimiento : 1968-01-15, Salisbury, Rhodesia

Muerte : 2007-10-06

Historia

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.

Perfil

Tom Murphy

Películas

Dentro del campo
Barry
Después de disfrutar de un encuentro de una noche, dos hombres gays de un modesto club de rugby se encaminan sin saberlo a una aventura adúltera. Deberán ocultar sus sentimientos o arriesgarse a destruir el club que aman.
Small Engine Repair
Christy
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.
48 Angels
Stevie (as Tom Jordan Murphy)
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.
Man About Dog
Cerebral Paulsy
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.
Adam & Paul
Paul
Adam y Paul buscan por Dublín el siguiente pico durante veinticuatro horas. Dos politoxicómanos lastimosos unidos desde la infancia. El día comienza para ellos en un colchón abandonado en medio de un prado. Por supuesto que no recuerdan cómo llegaron a él.
En América
Actor in Queue
Una familia irlandesa emigra a Nueva York, donde el padre sueña con triunfar como actor en el mundo del espectáculo. Llenos de ilusión, se alojan en un destartalado apartamento de Manhattan, en un barrio lleno de yonquis y travestis; pero, mientras intentan adaptarse a su nueva vida, la familia no puede evitar el recuerdo de la pérdida de uno de sus hijos.
Intermission
Brian - Video Store Manager
La rotura de una pareja hace mezclarse a gente y eventos aparentemente sin relación. Actos delictivos y relaciones personales en una comedia urbana ambientada en el Dublín de nuestros días.
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Major Franks
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.
Boxed
Father Brendan
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
The Abduction Club
Knox
Un grupo de nobles irlandeses secuestra a niñas para casarse con su fortuna y evitar ser sacerdotes o soldados.
El general
Willie Byrne
Historia de Martin Cahill, un capo de la mafia irlandesa, que mantuvo en jaque a la policía durante 25 años.
Michael Collins
Vinny Byrne
Michael Collins (1890-1922) fue un líder revolucionario irlandés que luchó encarnizadamente contra la ocupación inglesa de su patria. Con sus jóvenes pistoleros llevó a cabo una serie de sanguinarios atentados que generaron una no menos cruel represión.
Café irlandés
Pal #1
Los miembros de una familia numerosa irlandesa reaccionan de forma distinta ante la noticia de que la hija mayor está embarazada, sobre todo, porque ni siquiera tiene novio; así que sus familiares están intrigados por saber quién es el padre de la criatura.
Hurray for Betty Boop
Announcer / Walter Walters / Villain / No Problem Man / Additional (voice)
Betty Boop runs for president in a loose storyline assembled from Fleischer cartoons redrawn by Korean animators.