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