Aran Murphy, 19, stars in two HBO shows and a Taika Waititi movie as he finds his own path
Two HBO series airing at the same time, a Taika Waititi movie with Jenna Ortega arriving this week, and a family name already familiar to movie audiences. At 19, Aran Murphy is experiencing an important moment in his early acting career. Yet in an interview published by Variety on October 19, 2026, Cillian Murphy's son prefers to discuss difficult characters, the uncertainty of his first productions and everything he still needs to learn. Youth and War have given him two troubled young men struggling with family relationships. Klara and the Sun introduces him to a different world, one shaped by science fiction and the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.