Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 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.
2025
as Jim
2024
as Bill Furlong
2024
as Archive Footage
2024
as Dad (voice)
2023
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2021
as Man
2021
as Emmett
2021
as Narrator
2020
as Narrator
2019
as Narrator
2019
as Lenny Miller
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
as Akaky (voice)
2018
as The Doll
2018
as Jim
2017
as Tom
2017
as Shivering Soldier
2017
as Chris
2016
as Josef Gabčík
2016
as Self - Actor
2015
as Matthew Joy
2015
as Himself - Narrator
2014
as Self
2014
as Agent Donald Buchanan
2014
as Ivan
2013
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Thomas Shelby
2012
as Mike Kiernan
2012
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012
as Tom Buckley
2012
as Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage)
2011
as Raymond Leon
2011
as Martin
2010
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
2010
as John Skillpa
2009
as Michael McCrea
2008
as Scarecrow
2008
as William Killick
2008
as Narrator
2007
as Neil
2007
as Capa
2006
as Unnamed Character
2006
as Damien
2006
as Self
2006
as Self
2005
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2005
as Jackson Rippner
2005
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
2003
as Bardolph
2003
as Pieter
2003
as John
2002
as Jim
2001
as Paul Montague
2001
as Pig / Darren
2001
as Gus
2001
as Jonathan Breech
2001
as Phil
2000
as Ger
2000
as Best Man
1999
as Davin McDerby
1999
as Brendan McBride
1999
as Rag Rookwood
1999
as Young Reaper
1999
as Pat the Barman
1953
as Self
as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
as Steve
as Chip Yablonski
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself