The real Cillian Murphy: Irish actor who came from a family of teachers turned down a record deal aged 18, studied law at university and ditched London for Dublin with his wife of 19 years because their two teen kids 'had very posh English accents'

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The Tommy Shelby actor was born in Cork in 1976 to a mother who taught French, while his father, Brendan, worked as a schools inspector before moving to the Department of Education. His grandfather, aunts and uncles were also teachers.

But not wanting to follow the family tradition of working in education, Cillian pursued a career in the arts after getting a 'huge high' from his drama module at Catholic secondary school Presentation Brothers College.

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