Born in Douglas, Cork, Ireland, Cillian Murphy (pronounced KIL-ee-an) has been a regular fixture in European and American cinema for over a decade. He has appeared in a number of mainstream films including 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain, and Red Eye. He is well-known in the states for his portrayal of Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka "Scarecrow", Bruce Wayne's arch nemesis in the 2005 action flick, Batman Begins. Cillian's resume includes an extensive body of critically acclaimed "indie" films, including Sunshine, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Breakfast On Pluto, a film that earned him a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as a transvestite caberet singer in 60's and 70's London.
Cillian continues to work steadily, and has a slew of new films in the works, including three biopics: Hippie Hippie Shake, in which he stars as counterculturist Richard Neville, co-starring Sienna Miller, to be released this year in the U.K., The Edge of Love, the story of poet Dylan Thomas, co-starring Miller, Matthew Rhys, and Keira Knightley, due for release this June in the U.K., and he is currently filming Dali & I: The Surreal Story, co-starring Al Pacino as the enigmatic painter Salvador Dali. Cillian reprises the role of Scarecrow alongside Christian Bale's Batman and the late Heath Ledger in his final performance as "The Joker" in this July's The Dark Knight.
Cillian is set to begin filming the thriller Peacock with critical darling Ellen Page in Iowa this May.
Dublin-born Jonathan Rhys Meyers has appeared in such films as Bend It Like Beckham, Match Point, Mission: Impossible 3 and August Rush.
He won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the 2005 CBS mini-series Elvis. Currently, Jonathan stars as King Henry VIII on the Shotime drama series The Tudors, for which he earned a Golden Golden Globe nomination this year. His upcoming projects include May's The Children of Huang Shi, a dramatic biopic about journalist George Hogg's experiences in Japanese occupied China in 1937, Shelter, a horror flick co-starring Julianne Moore, Mandrake, based on the popular comic, co-starring magician Criss Angel, and the biopic Toussaint, co-starring Don Cheadle and Angela Bassett.
You can catch Jonathan on an all new episode of The Tudors this Sunday, April 20, on Shotime. (check local listings for airtimes.) So, who's hotter?
Cillian
or
Jonathan
FUN FACT: Cillian and Jonathan are good friends.
Look, drool, debate and VOTE!
Voting ends Monday, April 21 at 2pm PST.
UPDATE: The votes are in! Final Tally:
Jonathan-2
Cillian-1
I must agree with my voters. Jonathan is most definitely hotter than Cillian. I have lusted after those full lips and gorgeous crystal blue eyes ever since watching 'Elvis' several years ago. No offense, but Cillian is downright creepy.
Thanks for voting. My new post will be up either late tomorrow or Wendsday afternoon-have not been feeling well.
