1976-05-25 Douglas, Cork, Ireland
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.
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A Quiet Place Part III | Emmett | 2027-07-28 |
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actor | 2026-06-12 |
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Jim (uncredited) | 2026-01-14 |
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Tommy Shelby | 2026-03-05 |
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Steve | Steve | 2025-09-19 |
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Kensuke's Kingdom | Dad (voice) | 2024-02-07 |
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Small Things Like These | Bill Furlong | 2024-11-01 |
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Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer | 2023-07-15 |
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Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 2023-07-19 |
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A Quiet Place Part II | Emmett | 2021-05-21 |
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All of This Unreal Time | Man | 2021-07-01 |
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Anna | Lenny Miller | 2019-06-19 |
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The Irish Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-04-02 |
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I'm the Man | Narrator | 2019-12-03 |
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The Delinquent Season | Jim | 2018-04-27 |
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The Overcoat | Akaky (voice) | 2018-07-14 |
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The Silent Man | The Doll | 2018-06-12 |
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Dunkirk | Shivering Soldier | 2017-07-19 |
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Free Fire | Chris | 2017-03-31 |
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The Party | Tom | 2017-07-27 |
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Anthropoid | Josef Gabčík | 2016-08-12 |
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In the Heart of the Sea | Matthew Joy | 2015-12-03 |
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Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth | Himself - Narrator | 2015-08-31 |
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From the Mountain | Man | 2014-11-05 |
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Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan | 2014-04-16 |
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Aloft | Ivan | 2014-02-12 |
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Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014-12-12 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow | 2012-07-17 |
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Red Lights | Tom Buckley | 2012-03-02 |
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Broken | Mike Kiernan | 2012-08-22 |
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Misterman | Thomas Magill | 2011-04-13 |
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Retreat | Martin | 2011-10-14 |
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In Time | Raymond Leon | 2011-10-27 |
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TRON: Legacy | Edward Dillinger (uncredited) | 2010-12-14 |
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Inception | Robert Fischer, Jr. | 2010-07-15 |
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Peacock | John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa | 2010-04-20 |
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The Water | The Son | 2009-04-10 |
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Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea | 2009-09-11 |
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The Dark Knight | Scarecrow | 2008-07-16 |
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The Edge of Love | William Killick | 2008-06-20 |
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Waveriders | Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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Watching the Detectives | Neil | 2007-05-01 |
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Sunshine | Capa | 2007-04-05 |
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The Silent City | Unnamed Character | 2006-10-01 |
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Carry On Ken | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien | 2006-06-23 |
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Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | 2005-08-10 |
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Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick 'Kitten' Braden | 2005-11-16 |
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Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane | 2005-06-10 |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | 2003-12-12 |
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Cold Mountain | Bardolph | 2003-12-24 |
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Intermission | John | 2003-08-29 |
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28 Days Later | Jim | 2002-10-31 |
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How Harry Became a Tree | Gus | 2002-03-01 |
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Disco Pigs | Pig / Darren | 2001-10-05 |
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On the Edge | Jonathan Breech | 2001-09-21 |
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Watchmen | Phil | 2001-06-04 |
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Filleann an Feall | Ger | 2000-06-04 |
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A Man of Few Words | Best Man | 2000-06-04 |
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The Trench | Rag Rookwood | 1999-09-17 |
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At Death's Door | Young Reaper | 1999-06-04 |
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Eviction | Brendan McBride | 1999-12-02 |
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Sunburn | Davin McDerby | 1999-12-12 |
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Sweety Barrett | Pat the Barman | 1999-04-16 |
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Quando | Pat | 1997-04-02 |
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Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain | Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself | |
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Harriet and the matches | Cat (voice) | |
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Untitled Damien Chazelle Film | ||
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Blood Runs Coal | Chip Yablonski |
