Known For
Acting
Born
May 25, 1976
Place of Birth
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Credits
86 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Quiet Place Part III
Emmett
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Tommy Shelby
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Jim (uncredited)
Steve
Steve
28 Years Later
Executive Producer
Small Things Like These
Bill Furlong
Kensuke's Kingdom
Dad (voice)
Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
All of This Unreal Time
Man
A Quiet Place Part II
Emmett
Fight for First: Excel Esports
Narrator
A World of Calm
Narrator
I'm the Man
Narrator
Anna
Lenny Miller
The Irish Revolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Irish Revolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Overcoat
Akaky (voice)
The Silent Man
The Doll
The Delinquent Season
Jim
The Party
Tom
Dunkirk
Shivering Soldier
Free Fire
Chris
Anthropoid
Josef Gabčík
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
In the Heart of the Sea
Matthew Joy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Himself - Narrator
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Self
From the Mountain
Man
Transcendence
Agent Donald Buchanan
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Aloft
Ivan
Peaky Blinders
Thomas Shelby
Broken
Mike Kiernan
The Dark Knight Rises
Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Red Lights
Tom Buckley
In Time
Raymond Leon
Retreat
Martin
Misterman
Thomas Magill
TRON: Legacy
Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Inception
Robert Fischer, Jr.
Peacock
John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Perrier's Bounty
Michael McCrea
The Water
The Son
The Dark Knight
Scarecrow
The Edge of Love
William Killick
Waveriders
Narrator
Watching the Detectives
Neil