Tommy James Murphy is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and producer. He stars in and wrote the Bell Fibe TV1 miniseries Disrepair (2025) and appears as a lead in the TV1 comedy Little Women, Big League (2025). His feature work includes the Canadian crime drama Recall (2018), for which he is credited as a screenwriter and appeared on screen, as well as roles in Entropic (2019) and Isthmus (2021).
Early life Murphy was born June 25, 1987 in Toronto.
Career Murphy has television credits on series including Lucky 7 and Covert Affairs, and appears in the anthology film An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order.
In March 2024, Deadline reported that Bell Canada’s community channel TV1 had commissioned the limited series Disrepair, with Matthew Sauvé starring alongside Murphy. Additional casting and production details were covered by BlackFilmAndTV in March 2025, noting Murphy’s role and the series’ creative team. Disrepair premiered on TV1 on 29 January 2025; TV, eh? identifies Murphy as the writer of the series and names him among the producers. The show’s official page on Bell Fibe TV1 lists Murphy among the lead cast and producers.
Murphy subsequently starred in the Bell Fibe TV1 comedy Little Women, Big League, which premiered on 13 March 2025. Coverage ahead of launch highlighted Murphy’s lead role; a first-look synopsis named his character Ty Wolfe O’Shea.
As a screenwriter, Murphy is credited on the feature film Recall, which had its streaming release on 3 July 2018 and in which he also co-starred as Dale. His later feature appearances include Entropic (as Luke) and Isthmus (as Tommy). He also had a (uncredited) appearance in xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 2015 Groupies Rocky Short 2016 Next Stop Tommy Short 2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage Hot Guy Uncredited 2018 Recall Dale Also screenwriter 2019 Entropic Luke Feature 2019 An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order — Anthology feature 2021 Isthmus Tommy Feature
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 2013 Lucky 7 — Episodic appearance 2013–2014 Covert Affairs — Episodic appearance 2025 Disrepair James Thomas Also writer and producer; 4-episode miniseries (TV1) 2025 Little Women, Big League Ty Wolfe O’Shea Also producer (TV1)
Other credits 11.22.63 (2016) – stand-in/photodouble credit (TV Guide listing).
References
External links Disrepair, Bell Fibe TV1