Cillian Murphy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- Douglas, Cork, Ireland
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.
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Filmography
Blood Runs Coal
Movie · as Chip Yablonski
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Movie · as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Sacrifice
Movie
28 Years Later: Part III
Movie · as Jim
The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer
Movie
A Quiet Place Part III
Movie · as Emmett
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Movie · as Tommy Shelby
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Movie · as Jim (uncredited)
Steve
Movie · as Steve
Small Things Like These
Movie · as Bill Furlong
Kensuke's Kingdom
Movie · as Dad (voice)
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Movie · as Thomas Shelby (voice)
Oppenheimer
Movie · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Movie · as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
A Quiet Place Part II
Movie · as Emmett
All of This Unreal Time
Movie · as Man
Fight for First: Excel Esports
TV · as Narrator · 5 eps
A World of Calm
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
The Irish Revolution
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna
Movie · as Lenny Miller
I'm the Man
Movie · as Narrator
The Irish Revolution
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Delinquent Season
Movie · as Jim
The Overcoat
Movie · as Akaky (voice)
The Silent Man
Movie · as The Doll
Free Fire
Movie · as Chris
Dunkirk
Movie · as Shivering Soldier
The Party
Movie · as Tom
Anthropoid
Movie · as Josef Gabčík
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Movie · as Self - Actor
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie · as Matthew Joy
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Transcendence
Movie · as Agent Donald Buchanan
Aloft
Movie · as Ivan
Lennon or McCartney
Movie · as Self
From the Mountain
Movie · as Man
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Harriet and the matches
Movie · as Cat (voice)
Peaky Blinders
TV · as Thomas Shelby · 36 eps
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Red Lights
Movie · as Tom Buckley
Broken
Movie · as Mike Kiernan
In Time
Movie · as Raymond Leon
Retreat
Movie · as Martin
Misterman
Movie · as Thomas Magill
Peacock
Movie · as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Inception
Movie · as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Perrier's Bounty
Movie · as Michael McCrea
TRON: Legacy
Movie · as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
The Water
Movie · as The Son
The Dark Knight
Movie · as Scarecrow
The Edge of Love
Movie · as William Killick
Waveriders
Movie · as Narrator
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
Movie · as Scarecrow (archive footage)
Sunshine
Movie · as Capa
Watching the Detectives
Movie · as Neil
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Movie · as Damien
The Silent City
Movie · as Unnamed Character
Carry On Ken
Movie · as Self
Batman Begins
Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Breakfast on Pluto
Movie · as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Red Eye
Movie · as Jackson Rippner
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cold Mountain
Movie · as Bardolph
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie · as Pieter
Intermission
Movie · as John
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
28 Days Later
Movie · as Jim
How Harry Became a Tree
Movie · as Gus
Disco Pigs
Movie · as Pig / Darren
On the Edge
Movie · as Jonathan Breech
Watchmen
Movie · as Phil
The Way We Live Now
TV · as Paul Montague · 4 eps
Filleann an Feall
Movie · as Ger
A Man of Few Words
Movie · as Best Man
The Trench
Movie · as Rag Rookwood
Sunburn
Movie · as Davin McDerby
At Death's Door
Movie · as Young Reaper
Eviction
Movie · as Brendan McBride
Sweety Barrett
Movie · as Pat the Barman
Quando
Movie · as Pat
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep