Cillian Murphy
Born: 1976-05-25 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- A Quiet Place Part III as Emmett
2026
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Jim (uncredited)
- Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as Tommy Shelby
2025
- 28 Years Later ... (Executive Producer)
- Steve as Steve
2024
- Kensuke's Kingdom as Dad (voice)
- Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong
2023
- Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2021
- A Quiet Place Part II as Emmett
- Fight for First: Excel Esports as Narrator
- All of This Unreal Time as Man
2020
- A World of Calm as Narrator
2019
- Anna as Lenny Miller
- The Irish Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Irish Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
- I'm the Man as Narrator
2018
- The Delinquent Season as Jim
- The Overcoat as Akaky (voice)
- The Silent Man as The Doll
2016
- Anthropoid as Josef Gabčík
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- In the Heart of the Sea as Matthew Joy
- Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth as Himself - Narrator
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Transcendence as Agent Donald Buchanan
- Lennon or McCartney as Self
- Aloft as Ivan
- From the Mountain as Man
2013
- Peaky Blinders as Thomas Shelby
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
- Red Lights as Tom Buckley
- Broken as Mike Kiernan
2010
- Inception as Robert Fischer, Jr.
- TRON: Legacy as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
- Peacock as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
2009
- Perrier's Bounty as Michael McCrea
- The Water as The Son
2008
- The Dark Knight as Scarecrow
- The Edge of Love as William Killick
- Waveriders as Narrator
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Sunshine as Capa
- Watching the Detectives as Neil
2006
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Damien
- Carry On Ken as Self
- The Silent City as Unnamed Character
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Batman Begins as Dr. Jonathan Crane
- Red Eye as Jackson Rippner
- Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Cold Mountain as Bardolph
- Girl with a Pearl Earring as Pieter
- Intermission as John
2002
- 28 Days Later as Jim
- How Harry Became a Tree as Gus
2001
- The Way We Live Now as Paul Montague
- On the Edge as Jonathan Breech
- Disco Pigs as Pig / Darren
- Watchmen as Phil
2000
- Filleann an Feall as Ger
- A Man of Few Words as Best Man
1999
- The Trench as Rag Rookwood
- Sweety Barrett as Pat the Barman
- Eviction as Brendan McBride
- Sunburn as Davin McDerby
- At Death's Door as Young Reaper
1997
- Quando as Pat
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee