Timothy V. Murphy
Born
Timothy Vincent Murphy

(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
SpouseCaitlin Manley
Children1

Timothy Vincent Murphy (born 5 April 1960) is an Irish actor based in Los Angeles. His notable 2015 roles have been on The Bastard Executioner, Grace and Frankie, and True Detective. He played Galen O'Shea for three seasons on the Kurt Sutter FX series, Sons of Anarchy. For his portrayal, Murphy won the 2013 BuzzFocus Readers Choice Award for "Best Villain". He appeared for two seasons on NCIS: Los Angeles as Russian super-villain Sidorov, and a season on the CBS series, Criminal Minds as Emily Prentiss' nemesis/love interest, Ian Doyle. He has guest starred on such series as Hawaii Five-0, Revenge, Burn Notice, Shameless, Quantico, 24, Nip/Tuck, Alias, Six Feet Under, and Code Black.

Early life and education

Murphy was born Timothy Vincent Murphy in Tralee, County Kerry to Edward and Mary Murphy, one of six siblings. He began his career in Dublin, where he trained in the Focus Theater. He attended University College Cork, majoring in Law and Accounting.[1] Murphy also spent time travelling in South Africa, working in construction and roof laying in the Bronx, New York City, and working in bars in Florida.[1][2][3]

Career

Murphy's feature film credits include The Lone Ranger (2013); the action film parody MacGruber (2010), opposite Val Kilmer; Ed Harris' Western period drama Appaloosa (2008); the adventure thriller National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and the horror thriller Shallow Ground (2004). In 2014, Murphy starred in Jason Momoa’s directorial debut, Road to Paloma; the Funk Brothers' film short Looms, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival; and the adventure drama Heaven's Floor, opposite Clea Duvall.

Murphy is also a stage actor and a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio. His theatre credits include The Beauty Queen of Leenane at South Coast Rep, for which he garnered an Ovation Award nomination, and Coast Theater's The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams, which won the LA Weekly "Best Ensemble" Award and for which he garnered an individual "Best Performance" nomination. He originated the role of Jake in the world premiere of Stones in his Pockets at the Tivoli Theater in Dublin, and he starred opposite Tyne Daly in a production of Agamemnon staged at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. In August 2018, he started appearing in advertisements for British price-comparison site Confused.com.

Personal life

He is married to Caitlin Manley. On 22 July 2015, their first child, Seán Fionn Murphy, was born.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Home Straight - Short
1999 The Doorman Milo
2001 The Scary Side of Randall Coombe -
2002 The Honorable Milo
It Could Happen Sammy Fingleton Short
2003 The Perfect Wife Tim
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Inspector O'Dwyer TV movie
Holding Out Hope Mark
Paddy Takes a Meeting Paddy Short
Red Roses and Petrol Eamonn
2004 Skeleton Man Sgt. Terry TV movie
Shallow Ground Jack Sheppard
2005 Pit Fighter Father Michael
What's Up, Scarlet? Vladamir Borshkoff
2007 Manband the Movie R.S. Smoothskin
The Antique Tom Short
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Seth
2008 Appaloosa Vince Sullivan
Beatrice Chris Short
2009 Green Street Hooligans 2 Max Video
The Butcher Tyke
Farewell to the Sparrow - Short
2010 The Sierra Bob Short
MacGruber Constantine Bach
Madso's War Kieran Graner TV movie
Treasure of the Black Jaguar Blake West
Love & Vengeance - Short
2011 Bowman Bowman Short
Amber Lake Sergeant Eugene Stockard
Take a Seat Reynold Short
2012 Not That Funny Finneas Patrick O'Neill
Delete Snake Short
Lost Angeles Cliff
Taken 3: Back to Normal Ryan Bills Short
Dark Canyon Warden Cullen Logan
2013 The Frankenstein Theory Karl McCallion
The Lone Ranger Fritz
To Hell with a Bullet Dr. Nick Devyril
Dystopia Marc Short
The Deal The Man Short
2014 Road to Paloma FBI Agent Williams
Looms Farmer Short
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink Dutch Winfield
Keyhole Husband Short
2015 New Earth on the Barrens Felix Short
2016 No Way to Live Detective Frank Giddins
Heaven's Floor Jack
2017 Tragedy Girls Sheriff Blane Welch
Across My Land Frank Short
Anything Isidore
2018 Roisin Dubh Barak Short
The Ninth Passenger Silas
Fuerteventura Admiral Short
2019 Cuck Bill
In Full Bloom Roane
2020 Broil August Sinclair
Paa Randall Short
Bad Suns Jones Jones III Short
Breach Commander Stanley
2021 Hell Hath No Fury Jerry
New Year Ben
2022 American Siege Charles Rutledge
Delilah Gus Short
Playing Through James Grantham
2023 Detective Knight: Independence Vincent
Resurrected Father Flynn
Fire Island Murph
Mob Land Deputy Ben
Herd Sterling

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Glenroe Conor Sheehy Episode: "Conor's Last Stand"
2001 The District Martin McBride Episode: "Old Ghosts"
V.I.P. General Volykov Episode: "Chasing Anna"
2002 Six Feet Under Louis Winchell Episode: "Someone Else's Eyes"
2003 Fastlane Riley Morrison Episode: "Simone Says"
The Agency IRA Man Episode: "Spy Finance"
Alias Avery Russet Episode: "A Missing Link"
2004 Nip/Tuck Quinn Episode: "Joel Gideon"
2006 24 Schaeffer Recurring Cast: Season 5
2008 Gemini Division Agent A Recurring Cast: Season 1
2010 CSI: NY Conner Wells Episode: "The Formula"
2011 Shameless Vlad Recurring Cast: Season 1
Chuck Father of the Bride Episode: "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner"
Criminal Minds Ian Doyle Recurring Cast: Season 6, Guest: Season 7
2011-13 Sons of Anarchy Galen O'Shay Recurring Cast: Season 4-6
2012 Fairly Legal Captain Maiken Episode: "Bait & Switch"
Longmire Ephraim Hostetler Episode: "The Dark Road"
Burn Notice Vincent Durov Episode: "Official Business"
Hell on Wheels Bauer Episode: "Slaughterhouse"
Revenge Dmitri Bladoff Episode: "Lineage"
2012-13 NCIS: Los Angeles Isaak Sidorov Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5
2013 BlackBoxTV Presents Gordon Episode: "The Audition"
2014 Perception Monsignor Eugene Norris Episode: "Possession"
Hawaii Five-0 Nick "Valentine" Mercer Episode: "Ka Noeʻau"
2015 Scorpion [5] Dimitri Kreshenko Episode: "Once Bitten, Twice Die"
Grace and Frankie Byron Recurring Cast: Season 1
True Detective Osip Agranov Recurring Cast: Season 2
The Bastard Executioner Father Ruskin Main Cast
2016 Code Black Dr. Dimitri Volkov Episode: "What Lies Beneath"
2017 Chicago P.D. Zadra Episode: "Don't Bury This Case"
An Klondike Peachy Taylor Main Cast: Season 2
The Last Man on Earth Benjamin Brinton Episode: "Got Milk?"
2017-18 Damnation Gram Turner Recurring Cast
2018 The Magicians Man with the Overdue Library Book Episode: "The Tales of the Seven Keys"
Westworld Coughlin Recurring Cast: Season 2
Taken Lynch Episode: "Carapace"
Quantico Conor Devlin Recurring Cast: Season 3
2019 Charmed Demon Boss Episode: "When Sparks Fly"
The Man in the High Castle Adolf Eichmann Episode: "For Want of a Nail"
2020 LA's Finest Logan Kline Recurring Cast: Season 2
2020-21 Snowpiercer Commander Grey Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2021 MacGruber Constantine Bach Episode: "The Hungry Lion"
2021-22 S.W.A.T. Arthur Novak Recurring Cast: Season 5
2023 Law & Order: Organized Crime Eamonn Murphy Recurring Cast: Season 3
The Company You Keep Patrick Mcguire Recurring Cast
Tacoma FD Gerkins Richárd Episode: "Big Trouble in Little Belgium"

Music Video

Year Artist Song Role
2006 Christina Aguilera "Hurt" The Father
2011 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "If I Had a Gun" Father of the Bride
2014 Randy Houser "Like a Cowboy" Wesley O'Banion

Video Game

Year Game Role
2010 Mafia II Additional Voices (voice)
2016 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Cosgrave (voice)

References

  1. 1 2 Regan, Jarlath (27 December 2014). "Timothy V. Murphy". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (67 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. Langan, Julie-Kathleen (20 February 2014). "Exclusive Interview with Veteran Actor Timothy V. Murphy". Actors Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. "Exclusive Murphy Interview". Lena Lamoray. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. peoplestaff225 (30 July 2015). "Timothy V. Murphy Welcomes Son Sean Fionn". People. Retrieved 19 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Timothy V. Murphy [@timvmurphy] (14 February 2015). "Just finished shooting @ScorpionCBS" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 July 2015 via Twitter.
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