United Kingdom, Feb. 7 -- Cillian Murphy thinks the pipeline of Irish acting talent is "phenomenal".

The 47-year-old actor believes "Irish people tell stories very well" and he's relished the recent success of Irish stars like Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Kerry Condon.

The 'Oppenheimer' star - who was born in Cork in the Republic of Ireland - told the BBC: "I think part of it is coincidence, and I think part of it is that Irish people tell stories very well, just in the pub to each other. We're good at it. We have a long history of it.

"We're comfortable with stories, with songs, with poetry. These things are just kind of second nature to us.

"But it is kind of phenomenal the level of talent that the country is producing. For like f...