Acting
Cillian Murphy
EN, GA cinema · 75 credits
Born
25 May 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Also known as Cillian Ó Murchú
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
Blood Runs Coal
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski, Producer
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Sacrifice
Actor
28 Years Later: Part III
as Jim, Executive Producer
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
as Tommy Shelby, Producer
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Jim (uncredited), Executive Producer
Steve
as Steve, Producer
28 Years Later
Executive Producer
Small Things Like These
as Bill Furlong, Producer
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Dad (voice)
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
as Thomas Shelby (voice)
Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
A Quiet Place Part II
as Emmett
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna
as Lenny Miller
I'm the Man
as Narrator
The Overcoat
as Akaky (voice)
The Silent Man
as The Doll
Free Fire
as Chris
Dunkirk
as Shivering Soldier
The Party
as Tom
Anthropoid
as Josef Gabčík
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
In the Heart of the Sea
as Matthew Joy
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
as Himself - Narrator
Transcendence
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Aloft
as Ivan
Harriet and the matches
as Cat (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Red Lights
as Tom Buckley
Broken
as Mike Kiernan
In Time
as Raymond Leon
Retreat
as Martin
Misterman
as Thomas Magill
Peacock
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Perrier's Bounty
as Michael McCrea
TRON: Legacy
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
The Water
as The Son
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
The Edge of Love
as William Killick
Waveriders
as Narrator
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow (archive footage)
Sunshine
as Capa
The Silent City
as Unnamed Character
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Breakfast on Pluto
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Red Eye
as Jackson Rippner
Cold Mountain
as Bardolph
Intermission
as John
Disco Pigs
as Pig / Darren
On the Edge
as Jonathan Breech
Watchmen
as Phil, Writer, Co-Producer
A Man of Few Words
as Best Man
The Trench
as Rag Rookwood
Sunburn
as Davin McDerby
At Death's Door
as Young Reaper
Eviction
as Brendan McBride
Sweety Barrett
as Pat the Barman