Cast & creator
Tom Murphy
Best known for Michael Collins, Pure Mule, In from the Side
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.
Also known as: Tom Jordan Murphy
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film credits
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television credits
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1980–2022 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (18)
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Michael Collins
Vinny Byrne
1996
Pure Mule
Shamie Donoghue
2005
In from the Side
Barry
2022
In America
Actor in Queue
2003
Intermission
Brian - Video Store Manager
2003
Adam & Paul
Paul
2004
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Major Franks
2003
Hurray for Betty Boop
Announcer / Walter Walters / Villain / No Problem Man / Additional (voice)
1980
The General
Willie Byrne
1998
The Snapper
Pal #1
1993
The Abduction Club
Knox
2002
Man About Dog
Cerebral Paulsy
2004
Small Engine Repair
Christy
2006
Mystics
Denis
2003
48 Angels
Stevie (as Tom Jordan Murphy)
2006
In Till You Die
Fireman 1
1992
Boxed
Father Brendan
2002
The Last Season
Sandy
1987