Despite all the acting accolades, Cillian Murphy's No. 1 achievement is the life he has built with his family. "Middle age is really interesting," Murphy, 49, told The Times of London in a Saturday, February 28, profile. "You've had children and been successful and then hit this certain age and think, 'All right, this is the first time I've got less time left than I've had so far on this planet.