Cillian Murphy learns about best actor Oscar nomination from parents' house in Cork

The Academy Award nominees have been revealed and Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has received his first nomination

Cillian Murphy has been nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in Oppenheimer.

Actor Cillian Murphy has received an Oscar nomination for his role in Oppenheimer — and learned about the accolade while staying at his childhood home in Cork.

Murphy, 47, was nominated for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s drama about the father of the atomic bomb. It is Murphy's first Oscar nomination.