Cast
Cillian Murphy
Acting
Cast
Cillian Murphy
Known for
Acting
Born
1976-05-25
From
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Also known as Cillian Ó Murchú
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.
★8.4
MOVIE2010
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
★8.0
MOVIE2023
Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
★8.5
MOVIE2008
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
★7.1
MOVIE2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Jim (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE2005
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
★7.2
MOVIE2026
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
as Tommy Shelby
★7.8
MOVIE2012
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Dunkirk
as Shivering Soldier
★7.0
MOVIE2011
In Time
as Raymond Leon
★7.2
MOVIE2002
28 Days Later
as Jim
★6.5
MOVIE2010
TRON: Legacy
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE2021
A Quiet Place Part II
as Emmett
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Anna
as Lenny Miller
★6.8
MOVIE2015
In the Heart of the Sea
as Matthew Joy
★7.0
MOVIE2007
Sunshine
as Capa
★6.1
MOVIE2014
Transcendence
as Agent Donald Buchanan
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Cold Mountain
as Bardolph
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Anthropoid
as Josef Gabčík
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Red Eye
as Jackson Rippner
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Small Things Like These
as Bill Furlong
★6.2
MOVIE2012
Red Lights
as Tom Buckley
★6.4
MOVIE2025
Steve
as Steve
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Broken
as Mike Kiernan
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Free Fire
as Chris
MOVIE2027
A Quiet Place Part III
as Emmett
MOVIETBA
28 Years Later: Part III
as Jim
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Breakfast on Pluto
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
★6.2
MOVIE2008
The Edge of Love
as William Killick
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Watching the Detectives
as Neil
★7.3
MOVIE2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
as Damien
★6.3
MOVIE2017
The Party
as Tom
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The Delinquent Season
as Jim
★6.6
MOVIE2001
On the Edge
as Jonathan Breech
MOVIETBA
Untitled Damien Chazelle Film
MOVIETBA
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski
★7.2
MOVIE2024
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Dad (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Aloft
as Ivan
★5.4
MOVIE1999
The Trench
as Rag Rookwood
★5.6
MOVIE2011
Retreat
as Martin
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Peacock
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Perrier's Bounty
as Michael McCrea
★9.0
MOVIE1997
Quando
as Pat
★6.2
MOVIE2003
Intermission
as John
★5.5
MOVIE2002
How Harry Became a Tree
as Gus
★5.8
MOVIE2008
Waveriders
as Narrator
★7.7
MOVIE2021
All of This Unreal Time
as Man
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Sweety Barrett
as Pat the Barman
★6.8
MOVIE1999
At Death's Door
as Young Reaper
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Sunburn
as Davin McDerby
★6.5
MOVIE2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
MOVIE2009
The Water
as The Son
★5.7
MOVIE2001
Disco Pigs
as Pig / Darren
★8.0
MOVIE2018
The Overcoat
as Akaky (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE2019
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2019
I'm the Man
as Narrator
MOVIE2011
Misterman
as Thomas Magill
★6.6
MOVIE2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
MOVIE2006
Carry On Ken
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2000
Filleann an Feall
as Ger
MOVIE2014
From the Mountain
as Man
★7.3
MOVIE2001
Watchmen
as Phil
★7.7
MOVIE2000
A Man of Few Words
as Best Man
★8.2
MOVIETBA
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
★5.5
MOVIE2006
The Silent City
as Unnamed Character
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
as Himself - Narrator
MOVIE2018
The Silent Man
as The Doll
MOVIETBA
Harriet and the matches
as Cat (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE1999
Eviction
as Brendan McBride