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.
The Dark Knight
(Scarecrow)
28 Days Later
(Jim)
Batman Begins
(Dr. Jonathan Crane)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
(Damien)
Sunshine
(Capa)
Breakfast on Pluto
(Patrick 'Kitten' Braden)
Oppenheimer
(J. Robert Oppenheimer)
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film
(Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby)
Cold Mountain
(Bardolph)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
(Pieter)
Watching the Detectives
(Neil)
Peacock
(John Skillpa)
Red Eye
(Jackson Rippner)
The Trench
(Rag Rookwood)
The Silent City
(Unnamed Character)
Disco Pigs
(Pig / Darren)
Inception
(Robert Fischer, Jr.)
Perrier's Bounty
(Michael McCrea)
The Edge of Love
(William Killick)
Small Things Like These
(Bill Furlong)
Sunburn
(Davin McDerby)
Intermission
(John)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow)
In Time
(Raymond Leon)
On the Edge
(Jonathan Breech)
Retreat
(Martin)
The Irish Revolution
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Red Lights
(Tom Buckley)
Broken
(Mike Kiernan)
How Harry Became a Tree
(Gus)
Transcendence
(Agent Donald Buchanan)
The Making of 'Red Eye'
(Self)
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
(Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer)
In the Heart of the Sea
(Matthew Joy)
Aloft
(Ivan)
Steve
(Steve)
Free Fire
(Chris)
Filleann an Feall
(Ger)
Watchmen
(Phil)
TRON: Legacy
(Edward Dillinger (uncredited))
A Man of Few Words
(Best Man)
At Death's Door
(Young Reaper)
Eviction
(Brendan McBride)
Anthropoid
(Josef Gabčík)
Blood Runs Coal
(Chip Yablonski)
28 Years Later
(Jim)
Sweety Barrett
(Pat the Barman)
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
(Himself - Narrator)
Dunkirk
(Shivering Soldier)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
(Self - Actor)
The Party
(Tom)
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
(Archive Footage)
The Delinquent Season
(Jim)
Anna
(Lenny Miller)
The Overcoat
(Akaky (voice))
Kensuke's Kingdom
(Dad (voice))
A Quiet Place Part II
(Emmett)
Waveriders
(Narrator)
I'm the Man
(Narrator)
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
(Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(Self (archive footage))
Carry on Ken
(Self)
All of This Unreal Time
(Man)
Lennon or McCartney
(Self)
The Silent Man
(The Doll)
From the Mountain
(Man)
The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer
(Self)
Fight for First: Excel Esports
(Narrator)
The Way We Live Now
(Paul Montague)
Peaky Blinders
(Thomas Shelby)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Honest Trailers
(Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage))
60 Minutes
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Irish Revolution
(Self - Narrator (voice))
A World of Calm
(Narrator)
Watchmen
(Writer)
28 Years Later
(Executive Producer)
Steve
(Producer)
Blood Runs Coal
(Producer)
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
(Executive Producer)
28 Years Later Part 3
(Executive Producer)
Small Things Like These
(Producer)
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film
(Producer)
Peaky Blinders
(Executive Producer)