Cillian Murphy
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.
Acted in
28 Years Later
2025
as Jim
Small Things Like These
2024
as Bill Furlong
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
2024
as Archive Footage
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
as Dad (voice)
Oppenheimer
2023
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
2023
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
All of This Unreal Time
2021
as Man
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
as Emmett
Fight for First: Excel Esports
2021
as Narrator
A World of Calm
2020
as Narrator
I'm the Man
2019
as Narrator
Anna
2019
as Lenny Miller
The Irish Revolution
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Irish Revolution
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Overcoat
2018
as Akaky (voice)
The Silent Man
2018
as The Doll
The Delinquent Season
2018
as Jim
The Party
2017
as Tom
Dunkirk
2017
as Shivering Soldier
Free Fire
2017
as Chris
Anthropoid
2016
as Josef Gabčík
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Matthew Joy
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
2015
as Himself - Narrator
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
Transcendence
2014
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Aloft
2014
as Ivan
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Thomas Shelby
Broken
2012
as Mike Kiernan
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Red Lights
2012
as Tom Buckley
Honest Trailers
2012
as Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage)
In Time
2011
as Raymond Leon
Retreat
2011
as Martin
TRON: Legacy
2010
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Inception
2010
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Peacock
2010
as John Skillpa
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Michael McCrea
The Dark Knight
2008
as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
The Edge of Love
2008
as William Killick
Waveriders
2008
as Narrator
Watching the Detectives
2007
as Neil
Sunshine
2007
as Capa
The Silent City
2006
as Unnamed Character
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
as Damien
The Making of 'Red Eye'
2006
as Self
Carry on Ken
2006
as Self
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Red Eye
2005
as Jackson Rippner
Batman Begins
2005
as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Cold Mountain
2003
as Bardolph
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Pieter
Intermission
2003
as John
28 Days Later
2002
as Jim
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Paul Montague
Disco Pigs
2001
as Pig / Darren
How Harry Became a Tree
2001
as Gus
On the Edge
2001
as Jonathan Breech
Watchmen
2001
as Phil
Filleann an Feall
2000
as Ger
A Man of Few Words
2000
as Best Man
Sunburn
1999
as Davin McDerby
Eviction
1999
as Brendan McBride
The Trench
1999
as Rag Rookwood
At Death's Door
1999
as Young Reaper
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Pat the Barman
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Immortal Man
as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
Steve
as Steve
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself