Timothy V. Murphy
| Timothy V. Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Timothy Vincent Murphy 5 April 1960 Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Timothy V. "Tim" Murphy (born 5 April 1960 in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish actor based in Los Angeles. His notable 2015 roles have been on The Bastard Executioner, Grace and Frankie and True Detective. He played 'Galen O'Shay' for three seasons on the Kurt Sutter FX series, Sons of Anarchy. For his portrayal, Murphy won the 2013 BuzzFocus Readers Choice Award for "Best Villain". He appeared for two seasons on NCIS: LA as Russian super-villain ‘Sidorov’ and a season on the CBS series, Criminal Minds, as Paget Brewster’s nemesis/love interest ‘Ian Doyle’. He has guest starred on such hit series as Hawaii Five-O, Revenge, Burn Notice, Shameless, 24, Nip/Tuck, Alias, Six Feet Under, and Code Black.
Murphy’s feature film credits include The Lone Ranger (2013); the comedy spoof MacGruber(2010), opposite Val Kilmer; Ed Harris’ Western period drama Appaloosa(2008); the adventure thriller National Treasure: Book of Secrets(2007) and the horror thriller Shallow Ground(2004). In 2014, he starred in Jason Momoa’s directorial debut Road to Paloma; the Funk Brothers’ film short Looms, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival; and the adventure drama Heaven's Floor, opposite Clea Duvall.
Murphy is also a stage actor and a Lifetime Member of The Actor’s Studio. His theater credits include "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" at South Coast Rep, for which he garnered an Ovation Award nomination, and Coast Theater’s "The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams, which won the LA Weekly “Best Ensemble” Award and for which he garnered an individual “Best Performance” nomination. He originated the role of 'Jake' in the world premiere of "Stones in his Pockets" at the Tivoli Theater, Dublin, and he starred opposite Tyne Daly in the production of "Agamemnon" staged at the Getty Villa in Malibu.
Early life
Murphy was born Timothy Vincent Murphy in Tralee, County Kerry to Edward and Mary Murphy, one of six siblings. He began his career in Dublin where he trained in the Focus Theater. He attended University College Cork, majoring in Law and Accounting.[1] Murphy also spent time travelling in South Africa, working in construction and roof laying in the Bronx, New York, and working in bars in Florida.[1][2][3]
Personal life
He is married to his wife Caitlin Manley. On July 22, 2015, their first child, Sean Fionn Murphy, was born.
Filmography
- The Bastard Executioner (2015) as Father Ruskin
- True Detective (2015) as Osip Agranov
- Scorpion as Lithuanian Prime Minister[4]
- Grace and Frankie (2015) as Byron
- Hawaii Five-0 (2014) as Nick "Valentine" Mercer
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2012-2013) as Isaak Sidorov
- The Frankenstein Theory (2013) as Karl McCallion
- Sons of Anarchy (2011-2013) as Galen O'Shay (11 episodes)
- Revenge (2012) as Dmitri Bladoff
- Dark Canyon (2012) as Warden Cullen Logan
- Lost Angeles (2012) as Cliff
- Hell on Wheels (2012) as Bauer
- Burn Notice (2012) as Vincent Durov
- Longmire (2012) as Ephraim Hostetler
- Not That Funny (2012) as Finneas Patrick O'Neill
- Fairly Legal (2012) as Captain Maiken
- Dystopia (2012) as Marc (short)
- Amber Lake (2011) as Sergeant Eugene Stockard
- Criminal Minds - 6 episodes (2011) TV episodes - Ian Doyle
- Bowman (2011) as Bowman (short)
- Chuck (2011) as Father of the Bride
- Shameless (2011) as Vlad (2 episodes)
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: "If I Had a Gun" (2011) as Father of the Bride (video short)
- Take a Seat (2011) as Reynold (short)
- Madso's War (2010) as Kieran (TV movie)
- MacGruber (2010) as Constantine Bach (credited as Tim Murphy)
- The Sierra (2010) as Bob (short)
- CSI: NY (2010) as Conner Wells
- Treasure of the Black Jaguar (2010) as Blake West
- The Butcher (2009) as Tyke (credited as Tim Murphy)
- Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009) as Max (video, credited as Timothy Murphy)
- Beatrice (2008) as Chris (short)
- Gemini Division (2008) as Agent A
- Appaloosa (2008) as Vince
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) as Seth
- The Antique (2007) as Tom (short)
- 24 (2006) as Schaeffer (2 episodes)
- What's Up, Scarlet? (2005) as Vladamir Borshkoff (credited as Timothy Murphy)
- Pit Fighter (2005) as Father Michael (credited as Tim Murphy)
- Nip/Tuck (2004) as Quinn
- Shallow Ground (2004) as Jack Sheppard
- Skeleton Man (2004) as Sgt. Terry (TV movie)
- Red Roses and Petrol (2003) as Eamonn
- Alias (2003) as Avery Russet
- Paddy Takes a Meeting (2003 as Paddy (short)
- Missing Brendan (2003) as Mark
- Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003) as Inspector O'Dwyer (TV movie)
- Fastlane (2003) as Riley Morrison
- The Perfect Wife (2003) as Tim
- The Honorable (2002) as Milo
- Six Feet Under (2002) as Louis Winchell
- It Could Happen (2002) as Sammy Fingleton (short)
- V.I.P. (2001) as General Volykov
- The District (2001) as Martin McBride
- The Doorman (1999) as Milo
- Glenroe (1995) as Conor Sheehy (credited as Tim Murphy)
References
- 1 2 Jarlath Regan (27 December 2014). "Timothy V. Murphy". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (67 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Langan, Julie-Kathleen (20 February 2014). "Exclusive Interview with Veteran Actor Timothy V. Murphy". Actors Reporter. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Exclusive Murphy Interview". Lena Lamoray. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ Timothy V. Murphy [timvmurphy] (14 February 2015). "Just finished shooting @ScorpionCBS" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 July 2015 – via Twitter.