Cillian Murphy
- Birthday:
- 05/25/1976
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Credits
 | Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby |
 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) as Jim (uncredited) |
 | Steve (2025) as Steve |
 | Small Things Like These (2024) as Bill Furlong |
 | Kensuke's Kingdom (2024) as Dad (voice) |
 | Oppenheimer (2023) as J. Robert Oppenheimer |
 | Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer |
 | All of This Unreal Time (2021) as Man |
 | A Quiet Place Part II (2021) as Emmett |
 | I'm the Man (2019) as Narrator |
 | Anna (2019) as Lenny Miller |
 | The Irish Revolution (2019) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | The Overcoat (2018) as Akaky (voice) |
 | The Silent Man (2018) as The Doll |
 | The Delinquent Season (2018) as Jim |
 | The Party (2017) as Tom |
 | Dunkirk (2017) as Shivering Soldier |
 | Free Fire (2017) as Chris |
 | Anthropoid (2016) as Josef Gabčík |
 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) as Self - Actor |
 | In the Heart of the Sea (2015) as Matthew Joy |
 | Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (2015) as Himself - Narrator |
 | Lennon or McCartney (2014) as Self |
 | From the Mountain (2014) as Man |
 | Transcendence (2014) as Agent Donald Buchanan |
 | Aloft (2014) as Ivan |
 | Broken (2012) as Mike Kiernan |
 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow |
 | Red Lights (2012) as Tom Buckley |
 | In Time (2011) as Raymond Leon |
 | Retreat (2011) as Martin |
 | Misterman (2011) as Thomas Magill |
 | TRON: Legacy (2010) as Edward Dillinger (uncredited) |
 | Inception (2010) as Robert Fischer, Jr. |
 | Peacock (2010) as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa |
 | Perrier's Bounty (2009) as Michael McCrea |
 | The Water (2009) as The Son |
 | The Dark Knight (2008) as Scarecrow |
 | The Edge of Love (2008) as William Killick |
 | Waveriders (2008) as Narrator |
 | Watching the Detectives (2007) as Neil |
 | Sunshine (2007) as Capa |
 | The Silent City (2006) as Unnamed Character |
 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) as Damien |
 | Carry On Ken (2006) as Self |
 | Breakfast on Pluto (2005) as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden |
 | Red Eye (2005) as Jackson Rippner |
 | Batman Begins (2005) as Dr. Jonathan Crane |
 | Cold Mountain (2003) as Bardolph |
 | Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) as Pieter |
 | Intermission (2003) as John |
 | 28 Days Later (2002) as Jim |
 | How Harry Became a Tree (2002) as Gus |
 | Disco Pigs (2001) as Pig / Darren |
 | On the Edge (2001) as Jonathan Breech |
 | Watchmen (2001) as Phil |
 | A Man of Few Words (2000) as Best Man |
 | Filleann an Feall (2000) as Ger |
 | Sunburn (1999) as Davin McDerby |
 | Eviction (1999) as Brendan McBride |
 | The Trench (1999) as Rag Rookwood |
 | At Death's Door (1999) as Young Reaper |
 | Sweety Barrett (1999) as Pat the Barman |
| | Quando (1997) as Pat |
| | Harriet and the matches as Cat (voice) |
| | The Meetings of the water as Man |
| | Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself |
| | Blood Runs Coal as Chip Yablonski |
| | Untitled Prison Film |
 | 28 Years Later Part 3 as Jim |
| | Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Producer |
| | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Executive Producer |
| | Steve Producer |
 | 28 Years Later Executive Producer |
| | Small Things Like These Producer |
| | Watchmen Writer |
| | Blood Runs Coal Producer |
| | 28 Years Later Part 3 Executive Producer |
