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