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Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Birthday: 1976-05-25 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

as    Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby

2025
Bloodcurdling Kitty

as    Fisher Mayo

2025
28 Days Later

as    Jim

2025
Steve

as    Steve

2024
Small Things Like These

as    Bill Furlong

2024
Kensuke's Kingdom

as    Dad (voice)

2024
Oppenheimer

as    J. Robert Oppenheimer

2024
96th Academy Awards

as    Self

2024
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

as    Self - Presenter & Winner

2024
96th Academy Awards

as    Self - Winner

2024
Совет Андреев

as    Андреяни

2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

as    Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer

2021
A Quiet Place Part II

as    Emmett

2021
All of This Unreal Time

as    Man

2021
Fight for First: Excel Esports

as    Narrator

2019
Anna

as    Lenny Miller

2019
I'm the Man

as    Narrator

2019
The Irish Revolution

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
The Irish Revolution

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2018
The Overcoat

as    Akaky (voice)

2018
The Delinquent Season

as    Jim

2018
The Party

as    Tom

2017
Free Fire

as    Chris

2017
The Making of 'Dunkirk'

as    Self

2017
Dunkirk

as    Shivering Soldier

2016
Anthropoid

as    Josef Gabčík