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Johnny Murphy

Actor

Johnny Murphy

Born October 2, 1943 in Dublin, IrelandDied February 22, 201616 films

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The best way into Johnny Murphy's work
The Commitments posterFirst watchThe Commitments19917.3as Joey 'The Lips' FaganJimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Angela's Ashes poster7.3Angela's Ashes1999War of the Buttons poster7.0War of the Buttons1994An Awfully Big Adventure poster6.5An Awfully Big Adventure1995Into the West poster6.4Into the West1992

Filmography

16 films as actor
  1. 2001Waiting for GodotEstragon
  2. 1999Angela's AshesSeamus
  3. 1997I Went DownSonny Mulligan
  4. 1995An Awfully Big AdventureOne Eye
  5. 1994War of the ButtonsJonjo
  6. 1992Into the WestTracker
  7. 1991The CommitmentsJoey 'The Lips' Fagan
  8. 1990Hard Shoulder
  9. 1990Fools of FortuneMr Sweeney
  10. 1985A Cow in the Water
  11. 1984PigsDetective 1
  12. 1981Light Years Away
  13. 1981Our BoysVan Driver
  14. 1979Katie: The Year of a ChildKevin Collins
  15. 1979The OutsiderMr Flynn
  16. 1978On a Paving Stone Mounted