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