Cillian Murphy is Hollywood-bound in quest for Oscars glory

Murphy, nominated for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's epic biopic Oppenheimer, has already secured a host of gongs

Cillian Murphy, centre, poses for a picture with Aer Lingus staff Sarah Browne and Rhys Donohue ahead of his flight to LA for the Oscars. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Best Actor-nominee Cillian Murphy has begun his Oscars journey, flying out to Hollywood from Dublin Airport on Wednesday afternoon.

The Cork star posed for pictures with airline staff as he hopes to make it a clean sweep of major awards this weekend.