Cillian Murphy
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.
Known For
Scarecrow
The Dark Knight
Jim
28 Days Later
Dr. Jonathan Crane
Batman Begins
Damien
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Capa
Sunshine
Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Breakfast on Pluto
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film
Bardolph
Cold Mountain
Pieter
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Neil
Watching the Detectives
John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Peacock
Jackson Rippner
Red Eye
Rag Rookwood
The Trench
Unnamed Character
The Silent City
Pig / Darren
Disco Pigs
Robert Fischer, Jr.
Inception
Michael McCrea
Perrier's Bounty
William Killick
The Edge of Love
Bill Furlong
Small Things Like These
Davin McDerby
Sunburn
John
Intermission
Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
The Dark Knight Rises
Raymond Leon
In Time
Jonathan Breech
On the Edge
Martin
Retreat
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Irish Revolution
Tom Buckley
Red Lights
Mike Kiernan
Broken
Gus
How Harry Became a Tree
Agent Donald Buchanan
Transcendence
Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Matthew Joy
In the Heart of the Sea
Ivan
Aloft
Steve
Steve
Chris
Free Fire
Ger
Filleann an Feall
Best Man
A Man of Few Words
Phil
Watchmen
Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
TRON: Legacy
Young Reaper
At Death's Door
Brendan McBride
Eviction
Josef Gabčík
Anthropoid
Chip Yablonski
Blood Runs Coal
Pat the Barman
Sweety Barrett
Himself - Narrator
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Shivering Soldier
Dunkirk
Self - Actor
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Tom
The Party
Jim
The Delinquent Season
Lenny Miller
Anna
Akaky (voice)
The Overcoat
Dad (voice)
Kensuke's Kingdom
Emmett
A Quiet Place Part II
Narrator
Waveriders
Narrator
I'm the Man
Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Self
Carry On Ken
Man
All of This Unreal Time
Self
Lennon or McCartney
The Doll
The Silent Man
Man
From the Mountain
Pat
Quando
Untitled Prison Film
Jim
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Jim
28 Years Later Part 3
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-05-25
Place of Birth
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Also Known As
希里安·墨菲