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