Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 1976) is an Irish actor.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Character:Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
Release Date:06/03/2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Character:Jim (uncredited)
Release Date:07/01/2026
Steve
Character:Steve
Release Date:19/09/2025
Small Things Like These
Character:Bill Furlong
Release Date:01/11/2024
Kensuke's Kingdom
Character:Dad (voice)
Release Date:07/02/2024
Oppenheimer
Character:J. Robert Oppenheimer
Release Date:19/07/2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Character:Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Release Date:15/07/2023
All of This Unreal Time
Character:Man
Release Date:01/07/2021
A Quiet Place Part II
Character:Emmett
Release Date:21/05/2021
I'm the Man
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/12/2019
Anna
Character:Lenny Miller
Release Date:19/06/2019
The Irish Revolution
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/04/2019
The Overcoat
Character:Akaky (voice)
Release Date:14/07/2018
The Silent Man
Character:The Doll
Release Date:12/06/2018
The Delinquent Season
Character:Jim
Release Date:27/04/2018
The Party
Character:Tom
Release Date:27/07/2017
Dunkirk
Character:Shivering Soldier
Release Date:19/07/2017
Free Fire
Character:Chris
Release Date:31/03/2017
Anthropoid
Character:Josef Gabčík
Release Date:12/08/2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:30/06/2016
In the Heart of the Sea
Character:Matthew Joy
Release Date:03/12/2015
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:31/08/2015
Lennon or McCartney
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2014
From the Mountain
Character:Man
Release Date:05/11/2014
Transcendence
Character:Agent Donald Buchanan
Release Date:16/04/2014
Aloft
Character:Ivan
Release Date:12/02/2014
Broken
Character:Mike Kiernan
Release Date:22/08/2012
The Dark Knight Rises
Character:Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Release Date:17/07/2012
Red Lights
Character:Tom Buckley
Release Date:02/03/2012
In Time
Character:Raymond Leon
Release Date:27/10/2011
Retreat
Character:Martin
Release Date:14/10/2011
Misterman
Character:Thomas Magill
Release Date:13/04/2011
TRON: Legacy
Character:Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Release Date:14/12/2010
Inception
Character:Robert Fischer, Jr.
Release Date:15/07/2010
Peacock
Character:John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Release Date:20/04/2010
Perrier's Bounty
Character:Michael McCrea
Release Date:11/09/2009
The Water
Character:The Son
Release Date:10/04/2009
The Dark Knight
Character:Scarecrow
Release Date:16/07/2008
The Edge of Love
Character:William Killick
Release Date:20/06/2008
Waveriders
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2008
Watching the Detectives
Character:Neil
Release Date:01/05/2007
Sunshine
Character:Capa
Release Date:05/04/2007
The Silent City
Character:Unnamed Character
Release Date:01/10/2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Character:Damien
Release Date:23/06/2006
Carry On Ken
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2006
Breakfast on Pluto
Character:Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Release Date:16/11/2005
Red Eye
Character:Jackson Rippner
Release Date:10/08/2005
Batman Begins
Character:Dr. Jonathan Crane
Release Date:10/06/2005
Cold Mountain
Character:Bardolph
Release Date:24/12/2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Character:Pieter
Release Date:12/12/2003
Intermission
Character:John
Release Date:29/08/2003
28 Days Later
Character:Jim
Release Date:31/10/2002
Disco Pigs
Character:Pig / Darren
Release Date:05/10/2001
How Harry Became a Tree
Character:Gus
Release Date:01/09/2001
On the Edge
Character:Jonathan Breech
Release Date:10/08/2001
Watchmen
Character:Phil
Release Date:04/06/2001
Filleann an Feall
Character:Ger
Release Date:04/06/2000
A Man of Few Words
Character:Best Man
Release Date:04/06/2000
Sunburn
Character:Davin McDerby
Release Date:12/12/1999
Eviction
Character:Brendan McBride
Release Date:02/12/1999
The Trench
Character:Rag Rookwood
Release Date:17/09/1999
At Death's Door
Character:Young Reaper
Release Date:04/06/1999
Sweety Barrett
Character:Pat the Barman
Release Date:16/04/1999
Quando
Character:Pat
Release Date:02/04/1997
Television Appearances
Fight for First: Excel Esports
Character:Narrator
A World of Calm
Character:Narrator
The Irish Revolution
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Peaky Blinders
Character:Thomas Shelby
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
The Way We Live Now
Character:Paul Montague
60 Minutes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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