Cillian Murphy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-05-25 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
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.
Acting
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film
as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski
Steve
as Steve
(2024)
Small Things Like These
as Bill Furlong
(2024)
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Dad (voice)
(2024)
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
as (archive footage)
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
(2023)
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
(2021)
A Quiet Place Part II
as Emmett
(2021)
All of This Unreal Time
as Man
(2019)
Anna
as Lenny Miller
(2019)
I'm the Man
as Narrator
(2019)
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2018)
The Delinquent Season
as Jim
(2018)
The Overcoat
as Akaky (voice)
(2018)
The Silent Man
as The Doll
(2017)
Dunkirk
as Shivering Soldier
(2017)
Free Fire
as Chris
(2017)
The Party
as Tom
(2016)
Anthropoid
as Josef Gabčík
(2016)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
(2015)
In the Heart of the Sea
as Matthew Joy
(2015)
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
as Himself - Narrator
(2014)
Transcendence
as Agent Donald Buchanan
(2014)
Aloft
as Ivan
(2014)
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
(2014)
From the Mountain
as Man
(2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
(2012)
Red Lights
as Tom Buckley
(2012)
Broken
as Mike Kiernan
(2011)
In Time
as Raymond Leon
(2011)
Retreat
as Martin
(2010)
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
(2010)
TRON: Legacy
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
(2010)
Peacock
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
(2009)
Perrier's Bounty
as Michael McCrea
(2008)
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
(2008)
The Edge of Love
as William Killick
(2008)
Waveriders
as Narrator
(2007)
Sunshine
as Capa
(2007)
Watching the Detectives
as Neil
(2006)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
as Damien
(2006)
The Silent City
as Unnamed Character
(2006)
Carry on Ken
as Self
(2006)
The Making of 'Red Eye'
as Self
(2005)
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
(2005)
Red Eye
as Jackson Rippner
(2005)
Breakfast on Pluto
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
(2003)
Cold Mountain
as Bardolph
(2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter
(2003)
Intermission
as John
(2002)
28 Days Later
as Jim
(2001)
On the Edge
as Jonathan Breech
(2001)
Watchmen
as Phil
(2001)
Disco Pigs
as Pig / Darren
(2001)
How Harry Became a Tree
as Gus
(2000)
Filleann an Feall
as Ger
(2000)
A Man of Few Words
as Best Man
(1999)
The Trench
as Rag Rookwood
(1999)
Sunburn
as Davin McDerby
(1999)
Sweety Barrett
as Pat the Barman
(1999)
At Death's Door
as Young Reaper
(1999)
Eviction
as Brendan McBride
(1997)
Quando
as Pat
Crew
Steve
Producer
Blood Runs Coal
Producer
28 Years Later Part 3
Executive Producer
(2026)
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
Executive Producer
(2025)
28 Years Later
Executive Producer
(2024)
Small Things Like These
Producer
(2001)
Watchmen
Writer