Thomas Francis Murphy

Acting Jan 1, 1953 (73 years old) Dayton, Ohio, USA

Thomas Francis Murphy was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1953. Early on in his adult life he made his living in dairy barns and on factory floors. He has trained as a hard hat diver, an ambulance driver, worked as a social worker, and freelance theatre critic. In his thirties, while living in Little Rock, AR, Murphy decided to take an acting class. The class changed his direction in life and acting suddenly filled the void. He spent over 20 years on the East Coast with a paintbrush in one hand and a script in the other while pursuing a career in the theatre. He trained with Shakespeare& Co of Lenox, MA and spent years performing in off off Broadway houses in New York where his work in the plays of Sam Shepard garnered high praise in the New York Times and several other publications.

Murphy moved to New Orleans in 2013 and has worked across from many of Hollywood's A-list actors including Woody Harrelson in True Detective, Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave, and Keanu Reeves in The Whole Truth. Murphy also had principle roles in the soon to be released, Free State Of Jones, with Mathew McConaughey and Same Kind of Different As Me, with Greg Kinnear and Renee Zellweger, and as a somewhat series regular on Salem. He has appeared on American Horror, and a host of other projects.

48 Acting Credits

Acting

The Walking Dead

as Brion

2010

Thomas Francis Murphy

Acting

The Walking Dead

12 Years a Slave

Terminator Genisys

Focus

American Horror Story

Self/less

MINDHUNTER

Reminiscence

News of the World

Free State of Jones

The Whole Truth

Jeepers Creepers 3

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Barefoot

Zoo

Mississippi Grind

Demonic

The Domestics

Leatherheads

Bull

The Baytown Outlaws

Rectify

The Secrets We Keep

Same Kind of Different as Me