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Aran Murphy lands roles in War, Klara and the Sun and Youth
Aran Murphy has landed roles in three screen projects during a busy year for the 19-year-old actor.
He is the son of actor Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness.
He plays Gabriel in the divorce drama War and Rick in the film Klara and the Sun.
He also played Ruari, a university dropout, in the first season of HBO’s Youth.
HBO has renewed Youth for a second season, and Aran is set to return.
The show follows Ruari and his relationship with his mother, played by Sharon Horgan, and gives Aran another major acting role.
Aran Murphy, 19, has roles in the drama War, the film Klara and the Sun, and HBO series Youth.
He plays Gabriel in War, Rick in Klara and the Sun, and university dropout Ruari in the first series of Youth.
HBO has renewed Youth for a second series, in which Murphy will reprise his role.
Murphy is the son of actor Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness.
- Who
- Aran Murphy, a 19-year-old actor and son of Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness.
- What
- He has roles in War, Klara and the Sun, and Youth. He will return for Youth’s second series.
- When
- The article was published on 4 November 2026; it says the Youth renewal was announced “this week.
- Where
- War is a drama, Klara and the Sun is a film, and Youth is an HBO series. Specific filming or setting locations are not stated.
- Why
- Not stated
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Aran Murphy played university dropout Ruari in the first instalment.
Murphy appeared in Klara and the Sun as Rick.
HBO renewed Youth for a second series, and Murphy said he would reprise his role.
Murphy was starring as Gabriel in War.
- Age
- 19
- War role
- Gabriel
- Klara and the Sun role
- Rick
- Youth role
- University dropout Ruari
- Youth
- Renewed by HBO for a second series
What people are saying
It was really fun on set, sometimes too much fun.
I would be stalling scenes by laughing too much [at the lines].
My character Ruairí is getting caught up in things he didn't mean to get caught up in.
My kids were routinely coming home from school with very posh English accents, and I was like, 'No, we're not having that.'