Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor. He made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation. His early notable film credits include the horror film 28 Days Later (2002), the dark comedy Intermission (2003), the thriller Red Eye (2005), the Irish war drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), and the science fiction thriller Sunshine (2007). He played a transgender Irish woman in the comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto (2005), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. Murphy began collaborating with filmmaker Christopher Nolan in 2005, playing Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) and portraying the lead role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biographical epic Oppenheimer (2023). By the year 2023, Murphy has already worked with Nolan for around 20 years and six films. He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). In 2011, Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play Misterman. In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors.

Known For

Birth Location Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Born 1976-05-25

Movies

Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong
2024
2024
Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
2021
I'm the Man as Narrator
2019
Anna as Lenny Miller
2019
The Irish Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
The Overcoat as Akaky (voice)
2018
2018
The Party as Tom
2017
Dunkirk as Shivering Soldier
2017
Free Fire as Chris
2017
Anthropoid as Josef Gabčík
2016
In the Heart of the Sea as Matthew Joy
2015
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth as Himself - Narrator
2015
2014
Transcendence as Agent Donald Buchanan
2014
Aloft as Ivan
2014
Broken as Mike Kiernan
2012
The Dark Knight Rises as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012
Red Lights as Tom Buckley
2012
In Time as Raymond Leon
2011
Retreat as Martin
2011
TRON: Legacy as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010
Inception as Robert Fischer, Jr.
2010
Peacock as John Skillpa
2010
Perrier's Bounty as Michael McCrea
2009
The Dark Knight as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2008
The Edge of Love as William Killick
2008
Waveriders as Narrator
2008
Sunshine as Capa
2007
The Silent City as Unnamed Character
2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Damien O'Donovan
2006
Carry on Ken as Self
2006
Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2005
Red Eye as Jackson Rippner
2005
Batman Begins as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2005
Cold Mountain as Bardolph
2003
2003
Intermission as John
2003
28 Days Later as Jim
2002
Disco Pigs as Pig / Darren
2001
On the Edge as Jonathan Breech
2001
Watchmen as Phil
2001
2000
A Man of Few Words as Best Man
2000
Sunburn as Davin McDerby
1999
Eviction as Brendan McBride
1999
The Trench as Rag Rookwood
1999
At Death's Door as Young Reaper
1999
Sweety Barrett as Pat the Barman
1999
Blood Runs Coal as Chip Yablonski
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Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain as Tommy Shelby / Himself
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Movies

2024
Watchmen Writer
2001
Blood Runs Coal Producer
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Steve Producer
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28 Years Later Executive Producer
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