Cillian Murphy

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1976-05-25 (48 years old)

Place of Birth Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Also Known As คิลเลียน เมอร์ฟี, キリアン・マーフィー, 基利安·墨菲, 킬리언 머피, كيليان مورفي, 希里安·墨菲, کیلین مورفی, 基里安·墨菲, 席尼·墨菲, קיליאן מרפי, சில்லியன் மர்பி

Cillian Murphy

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

Untitled Peaky Blinders Film

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

2025
2024
Small Things Like These

as Bill Furlong

2024
2024
Kensuke's Kingdom

as Dad (voice)

2023
Oppenheimer

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer

2021
2020
A World of Calm

as Narrator

2019
I'm the Man

as Narrator

2019
Anna

as Lenny Miller

2019
The Irish Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
The Irish Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2018
The Overcoat

as Akaky (voice)

2018
The Silent Man

as The Doll

2017
The Party

as Tom

2017
Dunkirk

as Shivering Soldier

2017
Free Fire

as Chris

2016
Anthropoid

as Josef Gabčík

2015
2015
2014
Transcendence

as Agent Donald Buchanan

2014
Aloft

as Ivan

2013
Peaky Blinders

as Thomas Shelby

2012
Broken

as Mike Kiernan

2012
The Dark Knight Rises

as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

2012
Red Lights

as Tom Buckley

2012
Honest Trailers

as Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage)

2011
In Time

as Raymond Leon

2011
Retreat

as Martin

2010
TRON: Legacy

as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)

2010
Inception

as Robert Fischer, Jr.

2010
Peacock

as John Skillpa

2009
Perrier's Bounty

as Michael McCrea

2008
The Dark Knight

as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

2008
The Edge of Love

as William Killick

2008
Waveriders

as Narrator

2007
Sunshine

as Capa

2006
The Silent City

as Unnamed Character

2006
Carry on Ken

as Self

2005
Breakfast on Pluto

as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

2005
Red Eye

as Jackson Rippner

2005
Batman Begins

as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

2003
Cold Mountain

as Bardolph

2003
Intermission

as John

2003
2002
2001
Disco Pigs

as Pig / Darren

2001
On the Edge

as Jonathan Breech

2001
Watchmen

as Phil

2001
The Way We Live Now

as Paul Montague

2000
A Man of Few Words

as Best Man

1999
Sunburn

as Davin McDerby

1999
Eviction

as Brendan McBride

1999
The Trench

as Rag Rookwood

1999
At Death's Door

as Young Reaper

1999
Sweety Barrett

as Pat the Barman

1968
60 Minutes

as Self

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Producer

28 Years Later Part 3

as Executive Producer

Blood Runs Coal

as Producer

Steve

as Producer

2025
28 Years Later

as Executive Producer

2024
2013
Peaky Blinders

as Executive Producer

Writer

2001
Watchmen

as Writer