Tom Murphy

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 18
Gender: Male
Born: January 15, 1968
Died: October 6, 2007
Place of birth: Salisbury, Rhodesia
Also known as: Tom Jordan Murphy

Biography

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.