Cillian Murphy
Known For
Acting
Born
1976-05-25 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Biography
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.
Most Known For
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Jim
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Peaky Blinders
as Thomas Shelby
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
60 Minutes
as Self
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
28 Days Later
as Jim
In Time
as Raymond Leon
Anna
as Lenny Miller