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Thomas Francis Murphy

Thomas Francis Murphy

Birthday: 1953-01-01 | Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Thomas Francis Murphy was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1953. Early on in his adult life he made his living in dairy barns and on factory floors. He has trained as a hard hat diver, an ambulance driver, worked as a social worker, and freelance theatre critic. In his thirties, while living in Little Rock, AR, Murphy decided to take an acting class. The class changed his direction in life and acting suddenly filled the void. He spent over 20 years on the East Coast with a paintbrush in one hand and a script in the other while pursuing a career in the theatre. He trained with Shakespeare& Co of Lenox, MA and spent years performing in off off Broadway houses in New York where his work in the plays of Sam Shepard garnered high praise in the New York Times and several other publications. Murphy moved to New Orleans in 2013 and has worked across from many of Hollywood's A-list actors including Woody Harrelson in True Detective, Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave, and Keanu Reeves in The Whole Truth. Murphy also had principle roles in the soon to be released, Free State Of Jones, with Mathew McConaughey and Same Kind of Different As Me, with Greg Kinnear and Renee Zellweger, and as a somewhat series regular on Salem. He has appeared on American Horror, and a host of other projects.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
News of the World

as    Mr. Farley

2018
The Domestics

as    Plowboy Jim

2016
Ozark Sharks

as    Jones

2016
My Father, Die

as    Preacher Michael

2015
Sisters of the Plague

as    Bob

2015
The Parallax Theory

as    Professor Douglas Baker

2014
Wicked Blood

as    Bearded Man

2014
Starve

as    Michael

2013
Ghost Shark

as    Sheriff Martin