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