Culture That Made Me: Chris Walley on acting, theatre and Cillian Murphy

From Love/Hate to Gary Oldman, The Young Offenders star shares his inspirations with Richard Fitzpatrick

Chris Walley names Son of Rambow and Cillian Murphy among his cultural touchstones

Chris Walley, 29, grew up in Glanmire, Co Cork. He studied acting at RADA in London. In 2016, he starred in his first movie, The Young Offenders, and in its follow-on television series. He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his stage performance in a revival of Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore in London’s West End in 2019. He is acting in The Sugar Wife at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre until 20 July. See: www.abbeytheatre.ie.

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