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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1953
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Tom Francis Murphy
Thomas Francis Murphy
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Manhunt
as Samuel Cox
2024
6.7
History of Evil
as Cain
2023
4.4
The Visitor
as Maxwell Braun
2022
5.3
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
as Pete
2022
6.4
One Way
as Patrick
2022
5.8
Reminiscence
as Armin
2021
6.5
News of the World
as Mr. Farley
2020
6.9
The Secrets We Keep
as Dr. Nussbaum
2020
6.0
Cut Throat City
as Manager Wyland
2020
6.4
Faith
as Edgar
2019
1.7
Darlin'
as The Cardinal
2019
5.3
Out of Blue
as Slick
2019
5.2
The Demonologist
as Victor Manchester
2019
3.4
The Domestics
as Plowboy Jim
2018
6.1
Same Kind of Different as Me
as Chef Jim
2017
6.8
MINDHUNTER
as Detective McGraw
2017
8.1
Jeepers Creepers 3
as Mr. Bernardi
2017
4.9
Abattoir
as Owner #1
2016
4.5
Bull
as Donovan McCandless
2016
7.1
Race To Win
as Darden
2016
6.6
Ozark Sharks
as Jones
2016
4.2
Free State of Jones
as Col. McLemore
2016
6.8
The Follower
as Walter
2016
4.8
The Whole Truth
as Crime Tech
2016
6.5
My Father, Die
as Preacher Michael
2016
5.8
🎬
The Parallax Theory
as Professor Douglas Baker
2015
0.0
Zipper
as Agent Strellitz
2015
5.5
The Runner
as Shrimper
2015
4.8
Sisters of the Plague
as Bob
2015
3.1
Self/less
as Dr. Jensen
2015
6.4
Mississippi Grind
as Pete
2015
6.0
Zoo
as Dalton
2015
6.7
Terminator Genisys
as Derelict
2015
5.9
Focus
as Hustler
2015
6.9
Demonic
as Aberknacky
2015
5.3
Starve
as Michael
2014
4.9
Wicked Blood
as Bearded Man
2014
5.5
Barefoot
as Mr. Bryant
2014
6.6
12 Years a Slave
as Patroller
2013
7.9
Ghost Shark
as Sheriff Martin
2013
5.0
Rectify
as Lionel
2013
7.6
The Baytown Outlaws
as Old Gas Station Clerk
2012
6.0
Leprechaun's Revenge
as Dr. McCormick
2012
5.1
American Horror Story
as Mr Haddonfield
2011
8.1
The Walking Dead
as Brion
2010
8.1
Leatherheads
as Cook
2008
5.9
🎬
Stay at Conder Beach
as Jack
N/A
0.0