Cillian Murphy
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1976-05-25 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Douglas, Cork, Ireland
- Also known as
- Cillian Ó Murchú
Biography
Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 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
TV Shows (14)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Thomas Shelby
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Paul Montague
A World of Calm
2020
as Narrator
Fight for First: Excel Esports
2021
as Narrator
The Irish Revolution
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movies (70)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
as Jim (uncredited)
Inception
2010
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Oppenheimer
2023
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight
2008
as Scarecrow
Batman Begins
2005
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026
as Tommy Shelby
In Time
2011
as Raymond Leon
Dunkirk
2017
as Shivering Soldier
28 Days Later
2002
as Jim
Anna
2019
as Lenny Miller
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
as Emmett
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Matthew Joy
TRON: Legacy
2010
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Transcendence
2014
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Sunshine
2007
as Capa
Steve
2025
as Steve
Broken
2012
as Mike Kiernan
Red Lights
2012
as Tom Buckley
Cold Mountain
2003
as Bardolph
Anthropoid
2016
as Josef Gabčík
Red Eye
2005
as Jackson Rippner
28 Years Later: Part III
as Jim
The Party
2017
as Tom
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Pieter
A Quiet Place Part III
2027
as Emmett
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
as Damien
Small Things Like These
2024
as Bill Furlong
The Delinquent Season
2018
as Jim
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
as Dad (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Free Fire
2017
as Chris
On the Edge
2001
as Jonathan Breech
The Edge of Love
2008
as William Killick
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski
Aloft
2014
as Ivan
Watching the Detectives
2007
as Neil
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
Retreat
2011
as Martin
Untitled Damien Chazelle Film
The Trench
1999
as Rag Rookwood
Peacock
2010
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Quando
1997
as Pat
I'm the Man
2019
as Narrator
How Harry Became a Tree
2002
as Gus
Intermission
2003
as John
At Death's Door
1999
as Young Reaper
Perrier's Bounty
2010
as Michael McCrea
Waveriders
2008
as Narrator
The Overcoat
2018
as Akaky (voice)
Sunburn
1999
as Davin McDerby
From the Mountain
2014
as Man
Disco Pigs
2001
as Pig / Darren
All of This Unreal Time
2021
as Man
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Pat the Barman
Carry On Ken
2006
as Self
The Water
2009
as The Son
The Irish Revolution
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Misterman
2011
as Thomas Magill
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
2023
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
A Man of Few Words
2000
as Best Man
Filleann an Feall
2000
as Ger
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
2015
as Himself - Narrator
The Silent City
2006
as Unnamed Character
Harriet and the matches
as Cat (voice)
The Silent Man
2018
as The Doll
Watchmen
2001
as Phil
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
Eviction
1999
as Brendan McBride
About Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 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 Aw… With 84 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Cillian Murphy has appeared in 70 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cillian Murphy Movies
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) — as Jim (uncredited)
- Inception (2010) — as Robert Fischer, Jr.
- Oppenheimer (2023) — as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- The Dark Knight (2008) — as Scarecrow
- Batman Begins (2005) — as Dr. Jonathan Crane
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