Cillian Murphy says his name

Cillian is Irish. He was born to Irish parents in Cork, Ireland. He grew up near Cork, Ireland, graduating from Presentation Brothers College.

Cillian and Murphy are both names of Irish origin.

see also

[the-berries-and-cream-dude]

Even after years finding out how his name is pronounced, my brain automatically reads it with an “S”

[ezra]

Wow I never knew the Murphy was silent 🤯

[MilkyWayGrump]

All that build up just to learn I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time

[pandakso]

Cillian "The Sicilian" Murphy!

[flrnce]

RIP to those who were pronouncing it “Silly Anne”

[lorenzomolino]

So Kill Bill actually stands for Cillian William? You never stop learning

[thgrader-vk]

im so proud that i knew it was cillian with a K sound all along

[jjukkyumiz]

I genuinely think that if it weren’t for the Boston basketball team insisting we mispronounce Celtic, American awareness of how to say Cillian’s name would be tremendously different.

[mrlukese]

As an Irish person it kind of blew my mind to realise that this is an unusual and exotic name in the States and that people were unsure of how to pronounce it. Here its as common as being called Peter or David and finding out its not the same in America was surprising to me for some reason haha

[TurtleMarcus]

In Irish names, the "C" is always a hard "K" sound, cf. Celtic and Celts. The form "Killian" with a K is also used. St. Killian was 7th century Irish bishop who preached in Germany.

[maltemoj]

Now we need another 13 second video where he pronounces his last name for people who have always been mispronouncing it.

[Yukzula]

As a Northern Irish person this is like cultural shock realising that people don't know how to pronounce his name

[jacksquat]

And all this time I've been pronouncing it Ryker

[itzcray-z]

R.I.P to all the silly-an murphys
you will be remembered

[johnsmithee]

For those who couldn't hear, he said "Killing It"

[KurtCobainof]

Very appropriate name: He's absolutely Cillian it as an actor.

[dperl]

Gotta love when the ad you cant skip before the video is longer than the video itself

[lynettenasseri]

Cillian is great actor and has such a strong screen presence. Will watch any movie he is in.

[andreiparaschiv]

Everybody says they were pronouncing it Sillian, with an S, but my first instinct has always been to pronounce it Chillian.

[Xaverian]

Everyone that’s been pronouncing it “Silly Anne” telling me I was wrong saying “Kill e Anne” owes me a beer