Of all the actors and celebrities that today grace our lives, there are a few that are loved unanimously by literally everyone. From his role as Dr. Jonathan Crane in the Dark Knight trilogy to playing a soldier in Dunkirk, Cillian Murphy is undoubtedly one of the biggest actors of this generation. Hence, people never miss out on celebrating him and his work anytime. And his birthday was indeed the best time to laud him.

And with his biggest project ever concluding on Netflix, it was a kind of beautiful thing to see so much praise for Tommy Shelby from the fans. However, fans also did not miss out on all the other memorable characters that the actor has brought to life. Here is how Twitter fandom came to that birthday party of Cillian Murphy!

Fans obsess over Cillian Murphy as the actor celebrates his 46th birthday

It is no doubt that Cillian is one of the best actors that we are lucky enough to see in flesh and bone. One of the fans tweeted, “today is the 46th birthday of the extremely talented Cillian Murphy, one of the best actors of his generation and who deserves more recognition for his incredible work in film and television“. And we honestly couldn’t agree more with them. 

While each of his characters is as amazing as they can be, there is one that has now become synonymous with him. Cillian Murphy is actually Tommy Shelby for many people now. And that is pretty evident when the majority of the birthday wishes on the internet are somehow featuring an image of the character.

Check out a few of them right here:

Fans will soon be able to catch a glimpse of Tommy Shelby, though. As Netflix prepares for the last season of Peaky Blinders, which will bring chaos and only chaos! Additionally, Murphy is also the central star in Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming movie Oppenheimer.