Cillian Murphy
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Crew
2.20
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2.20
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Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
as Jim (uncredited)
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Inception (2010)
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Scarecrow
Oppenheimer (2023)
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins (2005)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
In Time (2011)
as Raymond Leon
Dunkirk (2017)
as Shivering Soldier
28 Days Later (2002)
as Jim
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
as Emmett
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
as Tommy Shelby
TRON: Legacy (2010)
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
as Matthew Joy
Anna (2019)
as Lenny Miller
Sunshine (2007)
as Capa
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
as Dad (voice)
Anthropoid (2016)
as Josef Gabčík
Red Eye (2005)
as Jackson Rippner
Red Lights (2012)
as Tom Buckley
Small Things Like These (2024)
as Bill Furlong
Transcendence (2014)
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Cold Mountain (2003)
as Bardolph
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter
The Edge of Love (2008)
as William Killick
Broken (2012)
as Mike Kiernan
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Free Fire (2017)
as Chris
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
as Damien
The Party (2017)
as Tom
Steve (2025)
as Steve
Sacrifice (—)
Actor
Watching the Detectives (2007)
as Neil
Retreat (2011)
as Martin
Peacock (2010)
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
A Quiet Place Part III (2027)
as Emmett
Intermission (2003)
as John
28 Years Later: Part III (—)
as Jim
Blood Runs Coal (—)
as Chip Yablonski
The Trench (1999)
as Rag Rookwood
On the Edge (2001)
as Jonathan Breech
Waveriders (2008)
as Narrator
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
as Self
Perrier's Bounty (2010)
as Michael McCrea
Aloft (2014)
as Ivan
At Death's Door (1999)
as Young Reaper
Quando (1997)
as Pat
The Delinquent Season (2018)
as Jim
I'm the Man (2019)
as Narrator
The Water (2009)
as The Son
Misterman (2011)
as Thomas Magill
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023)
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Sunburn (1999)
as Davin McDerby
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (2024)
as Thomas Shelby (voice)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
as Self - Actor
Disco Pigs (2001)
as Pig / Darren
Eviction (1999)
as Brendan McBride
Harriet and the matches (2013)
as Cat (voice)
How Harry Became a Tree (2002)
as Gus
Filleann an Feall (2000)
as Ger
All of This Unreal Time (2021)
as Man
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' (2003)
as Self
A Man of Few Words (2000)
as Best Man
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain (—)
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
The Silent City (2006)
as Unnamed Character
Watchmen (2001)
as Phil
The Irish Revolution (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
From the Mountain (2014)
as Man
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (2015)
as Himself - Narrator
The Overcoat (2018)
as Akaky (voice)
Sweety Barrett (1999)
as Pat the Barman
Carry On Ken (2006)
as Self
The Silent Man (2018)
as The Doll