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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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby | 2026-03-06 |
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Jim (uncredited) | 2026-01-14 |
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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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Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 2023-07-19 |
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Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer | 2023-07-15 |
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All of This Unreal Time | Man | 2021-07-01 |
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A Quiet Place Part II | Emmett | 2021-05-21 |
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The Irish Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-04-02 |
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Anna | Lenny Miller | 2019-06-19 |
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I'm the Man | Narrator | 2019-12-03 |
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The Silent Man | The Doll | 2018-06-12 |
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The Overcoat | Akaky (voice) | 2018-07-14 |
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The Delinquent Season | Jim | 2018-04-27 |
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Dunkirk | Shivering Soldier | 2017-07-19 |
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The Party | Tom | 2017-07-27 |
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Free Fire | Chris | 2017-03-31 |
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actor | 2016-06-30 |
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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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Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan | 2014-04-16 |
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From the Mountain | Man | 2014-11-05 |
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Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014-12-12 |
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Aloft | Ivan | 2014-02-12 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow | 2012-07-17 |
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Broken | Mike Kiernan | 2012-08-22 |
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Red Lights | Tom Buckley | 2012-03-02 |
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Retreat | Martin | 2011-10-14 |
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In Time | Raymond Leon | 2011-10-27 |
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Misterman | Thomas Magill | 2011-04-13 |
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TRON: Legacy | Edward Dillinger (uncredited) | 2010-12-14 |
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Peacock | John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa | 2010-04-20 |
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Inception | Robert Fischer, Jr. | 2010-07-15 |
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Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea | 2009-09-11 |
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The Water | The Son | 2009-04-10 |
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Waveriders | Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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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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Watching the Detectives | Neil | 2007-05-01 |
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Sunshine | Capa | 2007-04-05 |
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien | 2006-06-23 |
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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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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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Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | 2005-08-10 |
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Cold Mountain | Bardolph | 2003-12-24 |
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Intermission | John | 2003-08-29 |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | 2003-12-12 |
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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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Watchmen | Phil | 2001-06-04 |
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On the Edge | Jonathan Breech | 2001-08-10 |
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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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Eviction | Brendan McBride | 1999-12-02 |
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At Death's Door | Young Reaper | 1999-06-04 |
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Sunburn | Davin McDerby | 1999-12-12 |
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The Trench | Rag Rookwood | 1999-09-17 |
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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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Blood Runs Coal | Chip Yablonski | |
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