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This article's subject relates to Season 5 of 24.This is a production article written from an out-of-universe perspective

Timothy V. Murphy (born April 5, 1960; age 63) portrayed Schaeffer during Season 5 of 24.

Biography and career

Timothy V. Murphy was born in the town of Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland, to Edward and Mary Murphy. He has five siblings. Murphy began his career in Dublin where he trained in the Focus Theater, while also working as a bouncer. He later attended University College Cork, where he majored in Law and Accounting.

Murphy has appeared in a wide variety of films through his career. Some of the ones he has worked in are National Treasure: Book of Secrets (with Jon Voight and Alicia Coppola), Appaloosa, MacGruber (with Powers Boothe and Rhys Coiro), Amber Lake (with Carmen Argenziano), and The Lone Ranger (with James Badge Dale and JD Cullum). Murphy is also known for his roles on TV series like Criminal Minds (with Sebastian Roché), Sons of Anarchy (with Jimmy Smits and Tommy Flanagan), and True Detective (with C.S. Lee).

Aside of films and TV, Murphy is also a prolific theatre actor. He has appeared in plays like The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lost Plays, among others.

24 credits

Selected filmography

  • Anything (2017)
  • How to Be a Gangster in America (2015)
  • The Lone Ranger (2013)
  • Amber Lake (2011)
  • MacGruber (2010)
  • Appaloosa (2008)
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
  • What's up, Scarlet? (2005)
  • Pit Fighter (2005)
  • Shallow Ground (2004)
  • Red Roses and Patrol (2003)
  • The Perfect Wife (2003)

Television appearances

  • Damnation (2017-2018)
  • Code Black (2016)
  • True Detective (2015)
  • Sons of Anarchy (2011-2013)
  • Fairly Legal (2012)
  • Criminal Minds (2011)
  • CSI: NY (2010)
  • Nip/Tuck (2005)
  • Alias (2003)
  • Fastlane (2003)

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