Cillian Murphy
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Crew
2.20
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2.20
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Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
as Jim (uncredited)
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Inception (2010)
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Scarecrow
Oppenheimer (2023)
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Batman Begins (2005)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
as Tommy Shelby
Dunkirk (2017)
as Shivering Soldier
In Time (2011)
as Raymond Leon
28 Days Later (2002)
as Jim
TRON: Legacy (2010)
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
as Emmett
Anna (2019)
as Lenny Miller
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
as Matthew Joy
Cold Mountain (2003)
as Bardolph
Sunshine (2007)
as Capa
Transcendence (2014)
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter
Red Eye (2005)
as Jackson Rippner
Small Things Like These (2024)
as Bill Furlong
Steve (2025)
as Steve
Red Lights (2012)
as Tom Buckley
Anthropoid (2016)
as Josef Gabčík
Broken (2012)
as Mike Kiernan
The Edge of Love (2008)
as William Killick
Watching the Detectives (2007)
as Neil
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
as Damien
28 Years Later: Part III (—)
as Jim
A Quiet Place Part III (2027)
as Emmett
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Free Fire (2017)
as Chris
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
as Dad (voice)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
as Self
The Delinquent Season (2018)
as Jim
The Trench (1999)
as Rag Rookwood
Peacock (2010)
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Perrier's Bounty (2010)
as Michael McCrea
The Party (2017)
as Tom
On the Edge (2001)
as Jonathan Breech
Retreat (2011)
as Martin
Quando (1997)
as Pat
Untitled Damien Chazelle Film (—)
Actor
Waveriders (2008)
as Narrator
Intermission (2003)
as John
How Harry Became a Tree (2002)
as Gus
At Death's Door (1999)
as Young Reaper
Blood Runs Coal (—)
as Chip Yablonski
Aloft (2014)
as Ivan
All of This Unreal Time (2021)
as Man
I'm the Man (2019)
as Narrator
The Overcoat (2018)
as Akaky (voice)
Sunburn (1999)
as Davin McDerby
Disco Pigs (2001)
as Pig / Darren
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023)
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Irish Revolution (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Filleann an Feall (2000)
as Ger
Sweety Barrett (1999)
as Pat the Barman
The Water (2009)
as The Son
The Silent City (2006)
as Unnamed Character
Misterman (2011)
as Thomas Magill
The Silent Man (2018)
as The Doll
A Man of Few Words (2000)
as Best Man
From the Mountain (2014)
as Man
Watchmen (2001)
as Phil
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
as Self - Actor
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (2015)
as Himself - Narrator
Harriet and the matches (—)
as Cat (voice)
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain (—)
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Carry On Ken (2006)
as Self
Eviction (1999)
as Brendan McBride