Danny Murphy (born 2004) is a British

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actor who appeared in the 2019 film '' The Parts You Lose'' alongside

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. Murphy is fluent in

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Background

Danny Murphy was born on 20 February 2004. He is fifth-generation deaf on his father's side of the family. Murphy grew up in

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in England with his parents Kelly and Charles and his older brother and younger sister. His parents are deaf, and his siblings are hearing. Murphy's first language is

, and spoken English is his second language. Murphy currently resides in Newcastle but attend Mary Hare School in

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as a boarder. As of 2019, he was completing GCSEs in English, Maths, Science, Media, Drama, ICT, Geography and BTEC Business Studies. By the time Murphy was eight years old, he had acted in a short film featuring skits. He later auditioned to host a

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programme aimed at deaf and hard of hearing viewers. Murphy also created comedy videos on

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and has received views. Murphy was nominated for the Chronicle Champions Awards 2017 in the Young Role Model category, and he won the Diana Award from the

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. In March 2020, Murphy took home the Rising Star award from the

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for his leading role in the children's series ''Mission Employable,'' produced by ITV Signpost in Gateshead. In 2017, the producers of '' The Parts You Lose'' initiated an international casting search, supported by

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, for a hard of hearing actor and cast Murphy as the film's deaf boy. Murphy learned

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for the role. The film was released in the United States in October 2019 and was be released in the United Kingdom in March 2020. In 2019, Murphy went to Germany to host a workshop to teach deaf youths about filming and editing. He also began working on three new films in Europe and the United States. Murphy is currently working as a presenter on CITV's ''Dare Master'', a 10-part series where he takes on crazy dares from extreme window cleaning to bungee jumping. The show is presented in British Sign Language. CITV's ''Dare Master at Home'' has been nominated for "Best Lockdown Programme" in the Factual Entertainment, Popular Factual and Kids category. He also appeared on ''

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''. In March 2021, Murphy was announced as an ambassador for UK's Young Deaffest. Murphy has also collaborated with Marvel HQ/Disney on their series, ''The Untold Tales of the Eternals''. This series comprises six exciting animated short episodes incorporating the heroes from ''Eternals'', each of which are offered with sign language overlays in multiple sign languages from around the world. Danny interprets in BSL for six episodes, including "Ajak and Phastos," "The Celestials, the Eternals, and the Deviants," and "Ikaris and Sersi." In November, he appeared in the

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