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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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Jim (uncredited) | 2026-01-14 |
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby | 2026-03-06 |
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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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Anna | Lenny Miller | 2019-06-19 |
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I'm the Man | Narrator | 2019-12-03 |
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The Irish Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-04-02 |
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The Silent Man | The Doll | 2018-06-12 |
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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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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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Anthropoid | Josef Gabčík | 2016-08-12 |
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actor | 2016-06-30 |
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Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth | Himself - Narrator | 2015-08-31 |
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In the Heart of the Sea | Matthew Joy | 2015-12-03 |
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From the Mountain | Man | 2014-11-05 |
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Aloft | Ivan | 2014-02-12 |
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Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014-12-12 |
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Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan | 2014-04-16 |
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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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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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Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea | 2009-09-11 |
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The Water | The Son | 2009-04-10 |
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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 Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien | 2006-06-23 |
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Carry On Ken | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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The Silent City | Unnamed Character | 2006-10-01 |
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Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | 2005-08-10 |
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Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane | 2005-06-10 |
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Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick 'Kitten' Braden | 2005-11-16 |
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Cold Mountain | Bardolph | 2003-12-24 |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | 2003-12-12 |
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Intermission | John | 2003-08-29 |
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How Harry Became a Tree | Gus | 2002-03-01 |
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28 Days Later | Jim | 2002-10-31 |
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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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Disco Pigs | Pig / Darren | 2001-10-05 |
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A Man of Few Words | Best Man | 2000-06-04 |
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Filleann an Feall | Ger | 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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Sweety Barrett | Pat the Barman | 1999-04-16 |
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Sunburn | Davin McDerby | 1999-12-12 |
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Eviction | Brendan McBride | 1999-12-02 |
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Quando | Pat | 1997-04-02 |
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Harriet and the matches | Cat (voice) | |
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28 Years Later Part 3 | Jim | |
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The Meetings of the water | Man | |
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Blood Runs Coal | Chip Yablonski | |
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Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain | Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself |
