Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 25, 1976
Place of Birth:
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
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Cillian Murphy
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple | Jim |
| 2025 | Steve | Steve |
| 2024 | Small Things Like These | Bill Furlong |
| 2024 | Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird | (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Dad (voice) |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| 2023 | Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | Emmett |
| 2021 | All of This Unreal Time | Man |
| 2019 | The Irish Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Anna | Lenny Miller |
| 2019 | I'm the Man | Narrator |
| 2018 | The Delinquent Season | Jim |
| 2018 | The Overcoat | Akaky (voice) |
| 2018 | The Silent Man | The Doll |
| 2017 | Free Fire | Chris |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Shivering Soldier |
| 2017 | The Party | Tom |
| 2016 | Anthropoid | Josef Gabčík |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actor |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Matthew Joy |
| 2015 | Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth | Himself - Narrator |
| 2014 | Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan |
| 2014 | Aloft | Ivan |
| 2014 | Lennon or McCartney | Self |
| 2014 | From the Mountain | Man |
| 2013 | The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Tom Buckley |
| 2012 | Broken | Mike Kiernan |
| 2011 | In Time | Raymond Leon |
| 2011 | Retreat | Martin |
| 2010 | Peacock | John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa |
| 2010 | Inception | Robert Fischer, Jr. |
| 2010 | TRON: Legacy | Edward Dillinger (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Scarecrow |
| 2008 | The Edge of Love | William Killick |
| 2008 | Waveriders | Narrator |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Capa |
| 2007 | Watching the Detectives | Neil |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien |
| 2006 | The Silent City | Unnamed Character |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Red Eye' | Self |
| 2006 | Carry On Ken | Self |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick 'Kitten' Braden |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Jackson Rippner |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Bardolph |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter |
| 2003 | Intermission | John |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Jim |
| 2001 | Disco Pigs | Pig / Darren |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Jonathan Breech |
| 2001 | How Harry Became a Tree | Gus |
| 2001 | Watchmen | Phil |
| 2000 | Filleann an Feall | Ger |
| 2000 | A Man of Few Words | Best Man |
| 1999 | The Trench | Rag Rookwood |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Davin McDerby |
| 1999 | At Death's Door | Young Reaper |
| 1999 | Eviction | Brendan McBride |
| 1999 | Sweety Barrett | Pat the Barman |
| 1997 | Quando | Pat |
| The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film | Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby | |
| Blood Runs Coal | Chip Yablonski | |
| Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain | Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself | |
| Untitled Prison Film | ||
| 28 Years Later Part 3 | Jim |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Fight for First: Excel Esports | Narrator |
| 2020 | A World of Calm | Narrator |
| 2019 | The Irish Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Thomas Shelby |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Jonathan Crane (archive footage) |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Paul Montague |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |