Cillian Murphy
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Crew
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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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The Dark Knight (2008)
as Scarecrow
Inception (2010)
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Oppenheimer (2023)
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins (2005)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
28 Days Later (2002)
as Jim
TRON: Legacy (2010)
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
In Time (2011)
as Raymond Leon
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
as Emmett
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
as Tommy Shelby
Dunkirk (2017)
as Shivering Soldier
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
as Matthew Joy
Anna (2019)
as Lenny Miller
Red Eye (2005)
as Jackson Rippner
Cold Mountain (2003)
as Bardolph
Sunshine (2007)
as Capa
Transcendence (2014)
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Small Things Like These (2024)
as Bill Furlong
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter
Red Lights (2012)
as Tom Buckley
Anthropoid (2016)
as Josef Gabčík
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
as Damien
Free Fire (2017)
as Chris
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
A Quiet Place Part III (2027)
as Emmett
The Edge of Love (2008)
as William Killick
Sacrifice (2027)
Actor
Steve (2025)
as Steve
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
as Dad (voice)
The Party (2017)
as Tom
Watching the Detectives (2007)
as Neil
Broken (2012)
as Mike Kiernan
The Trench (1999)
as Rag Rookwood
Intermission (2003)
as John
Peacock (2010)
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Perrier's Bounty (2010)
as Michael McCrea
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023)
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Retreat (2011)
as Martin
The Delinquent Season (2018)
as Jim
On the Edge (2001)
as Jonathan Breech
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
as Self - Actor
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (2024)
as Thomas Shelby (voice)
Quando (1997)
as Pat
The Irish Revolution (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
How Harry Became a Tree (2002)
as Gus
Aloft (2014)
as Ivan
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
as Self
Disco Pigs (2001)
as Pig / Darren
Sweety Barrett (1999)
as Pat the Barman
At Death's Door (1999)
as Young Reaper
All of This Unreal Time (2021)
as Man
A Man of Few Words (2000)
as Best Man
Filleann an Feall (2000)
as Ger
The Overcoat (2018)
as Akaky (voice)
The Water (2009)
as The Son
I'm the Man (2019)
as Narrator
Waveriders (2008)
as Narrator
Carry On Ken (2006)
as Self
Sunburn (1999)
as Davin McDerby
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain (—)
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Harriet and the matches (2013)
as Cat (voice)
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' (2003)
as Self
Misterman (2011)
as Thomas Magill
Blood Runs Coal (—)
as Chip Yablonski
The Silent City (2006)
as Unnamed Character
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (2015)
as Himself - Narrator
Watchmen (2001)
as Phil
From the Mountain (2014)
as Man
Eviction (1999)
as Brendan McBride
The Silent Man (2018)
as The Doll