Timothy V. Murphy

Timothy Vincent Murphy (born 5 April 1960) is an Irish actor based in Los Angeles. His notable 2015 roles have been on The Bastard Executioner, Grace and Frankie, and True Detective. He played Galen O'Shay for three seasons on the Kurt Sutter FX series, Sons of Anarchy. For his portrayal, Murphy won the 2013 BuzzFocus Readers Choice Award for "Best Villain". He appeared for two seasons on NCIS: Los Angeles as Russian super-villain Sidorov, and a season on the CBS series Criminal Minds as Emily Prentiss' nemesis/love interest, Ian Doyle. He has guest starred on such series as Hawaii Five-0, Revenge, Burn Notice, Shameless, Quantico, 24, Nip/Tuck, Alias, Six Feet Under, and Code Black.

In 2025, Murphy portrayed Colonel Sanders in the "Obsession" set of ads for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).

Early life and education Murphy was born Timothy Vincent Murphy in Tralee, County Kerry to Edward and Mary Murphy, one of six siblings. He began his career in Dublin, where he trained in the Focus Theater. He attended University College Cork, majoring in Law and Accounting. Murphy also spent time travelling in South Africa, working in construction and roof laying in the Bronx, New York City, and working in bars in Florida.

Career

Murphy's feature film credits include The Lone Ranger (2013); the action film parody MacGruber (2010), opposite Val Kilmer; Ed Harris' Western period drama Appaloosa (2008); the adventure thriller National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and the horror thriller Shallow Ground (2004). In 2014, Murphy starred in Jason Momoa’s directorial debut, Road to Paloma; the Funk Brothers' film short Looms, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival; and the adventure drama Heaven's Floor, opposite Clea Duvall.

Murphy is also a stage actor and a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio. His theatre credits include The Beauty Queen of Leenane at South Coast Rep, for which he garnered an Ovation Award nomination, and Coast Theater's The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams, which won the LA Weekly "Best Ensemble" Award and for which he garnered an individual "Best Performance" nomination. He originated the role of Jake in the world premiere of Stones in his Pockets at the Tivoli Theater in Dublin, and he starred opposite Tyne Daly in a production of Agamemnon staged at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. In August 2018, he started appearing in advertisements for British price-comparison site Confused.com.

Personal life He is married to Caitlin Manley. On 22 July 2015, their first child, Seán Fionn Murphy, was born.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Home Straight - Short 1999 The Doorman Milo 2001 The Scary Side of Randall Coombe - 2002 The Honorable Milo It Could Happen Sammy Fingleton Short 2003 The Perfect Wife Tim Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Inspector O'Dwyer TV movie Holding Out Hope Mark Paddy Takes a Meeting Paddy Short Red Roses and Petrol Eamonn 2004 Skeleton Man Sergeant Terry TV movie Shallow Ground Jack Sheppard 2005 Pit Fighter Father Michael What's Up, Scarlet? Vladamir Borshkoff 2007 Manband the Movie R.S. Smoothskin The Antique Tom Short National Treasure: Book of Secrets Seth 2008 Appaloosa Vince Sullivan Beatrice Chris Short 2009 Green Street Hooligans 2 Max Video The Butcher Tyke Farewell to the Sparrow - Short 2010 The Sierra Bob Short MacGruber Constantine Bach Madso's War Kieran Graner TV movie Treasure of the Black Jaguar Blake West Love & Vengeance - Short 2011 Bowman Bowman Short Amber Lake Sergeant Eugene Stockard Take a Seat Reynold Short 2012 Not That Funny Finneas Patrick O'Neill Delete "Snake" Short Lost Angeles Cliff Taken 3: Back to Normal Ryan Bills Short Dark Canyon Warden Cullen Logan 2013 The Frankenstein Theory Karl McCallion The Lone Ranger Fritz To Hell with a Bullet Dr. Nick Devyril Dystopia Marc Short The Deal The Man Short 2014 Road to Paloma FBI Agent Al Williams Looms Farmer Short Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink Dutch Winfield Keyhole Husband Short 2015 New Earth on the Barrens Felix Short 2016 No Way to Live Detective Frank Giddins Heaven's Floor Jack 2017 Tragedy Girls Sheriff Blane Welch Across My Land Frank Short Anything Isidore 2018 Roisin Dubh Barak Short The Ninth Passenger Silas Fuerteventura Admiral Short 2019 Cuck Bill In Full Bloom Roane 2020 Broil August Sinclair Paa Randall Short Bad Suns Jones Jones III Short Breach Captain Stanley 2021 Hell Hath No Fury Jerry New Year Ben 2022 American Siege Charles Rutledge Delilah Gus Short Playing Through James Grantham 2023 Detective Knight: Independence Vincent Resurrected Father Flynn Fire Island "Murph" Murphy Mob Land Deputy Ben Herd Sterling 2024 The Fabulous Four Captain Ernie 2025 Ride or Die Tim Short Guns Up Lonny Castigan 2026 Stay in the Car Mike Short Vampires of the Velvet Lounge Eric Above & Below Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Glenroe Conor Sheehy Episode: "Conor's Last Stand" 2001 The District Martin McBride Episode: "Old Ghosts" V.I.P. General Volykov Episode: "Chasing Anna" 2002 Six Feet Under Louis Winchell Episode: "Someone Else's Eyes" 2003 Fastlane Riley Morrison Episode: "Simone Says" The Agency IRA Man Episode: "Spy Finance" Alias Avery Russet Episode: "A Missing Link" 2004 Nip/Tuck Quinn Episode: "Joel Gideon" 2006 24 Schaeffer Recurring Cast: Season 5 2008 Gemini Division Agent A Recurring Cast: Season 1 2010 CSI: NY Conner Wells Episode: "The Formula" 2011 Shameless Vlad Recurring Cast: Season 1 Chuck Father of the Bride Episode: "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" Criminal Minds Ian Doyle Recurring Cast: Season 6, Guest: Season 7 2011–13 Sons of Anarchy Galen O'Shay Recurring Cast: Season 4–6 2012 Fairly Legal Captain Maiken Episode: "Bait & Switch" Longmire Ephraim Hostetler Episode: "The Dark Road" Burn Notice Vincent Durov Episode: "Official Business" Hell on Wheels Bauer Episode: "Slaughterhouse" Revenge Dmitri Bladoff Episode: "Lineage" 2012–13 NCIS: Los Angeles Isaak Sidorov Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5 2013 BlackBoxTV Presents Gordon Episode: "The Audition" 2014 Perception Monsignor Eugene Norris Episode: "Possession" Hawaii Five-0 Nick "Valentine" Mercer Episode: "Ka Noeʻau" 2015 Scorpion Dimitri Kreshenko Episode: "Once Bitten, Twice Die" Grace and Frankie Byron Recurring Cast: Season 1 True Detective Osip Agranov Recurring Cast: Season 2 The Bastard Executioner Father Ruskin Main Cast 2016 Code Black Dr. Dimitri Volkov Episode: "What Lies Beneath" 2017 Chicago P.D. Zadra Episode: "Don't Bury This Case" An Klondike "Peachy" Taylor Main Cast: Season 2 The Last Man on Earth Benjamin Brinton Episode: "Got Milk?" 2017–18 Damnation Gram Turner Recurring Cast 2018 The Magicians Man with the Overdue Library Book Episode: "The Tales of the Seven Keys" Westworld Coughlin Recurring Cast: Season 2 Taken Lynch Episode: "Carapace" Quantico Conor Devlin Recurring Cast: Season 3 2019 Charmed Demon Boss Episode: "When Sparks Fly" The Man in the High Castle Adolf Eichmann Episode: "For Want of a Nail" 2020 LA's Finest Logan Kline Recurring Cast: Season 2 2020–21 Snowpiercer Commander Grey Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 2021 MacGruber Constantine Bach Episode: "The Hungry Lion" 2021–22 S.W.A.T. Arthur Novak Recurring Cast: Season 5 2023 Law & Order: Organized Crime Eamonn Murphy Recurring Cast: Season 3 The Company You Keep Patrick Mcguire Recurring Cast Tacoma FD Gerkins Richárd Episode: "Big Trouble in Little Belgium" 2025 The Kollective Kuzmin Episode: "Episode #1.2" Doc Chaplain Eamon O'Leary Episode: "Saints and Sinners" The Abandons Father Killian Duffy Recurring Cast

Music videos Year Artist Song Role 2006 Christina Aguilera "Hurt" The Father 2011 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "If I Had a Gun" Father of the Bride 2014 Randy Houser "Like a Cowboy" Wesley O'Banion

Video games Year Game Role 2010 Mafia II Additional Voices (voice) 2016 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Cosgrave (voice)