Cillian Murphy 1976 49

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.

From Douglas, Cork, Ireland

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Inception 2010
Robert Fischer, Jr.
The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins 2005
Dr. Jonathan Crane
Dunkirk 2017
Shivering Soldier
In Time 2011
Raymond Leon
Oppenheimer 2023
J. Robert Oppenheimer
TRON: Legacy 2010
Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Transcendence 2014
Agent Donald Buchanan
Anna 2019
Lenny Miller
Red Eye 2005
Jackson Rippner

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2026 Forbidden 404! as Dead Guy #2

2026 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Jim Executive Producer

2025 Steve as Steve Producer

2025 Untitled Prison Film

2025 Blood Runs Coal as Chip Yablonski Producer

2025 The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby Producer

2025 28 Years Later Executive Producer

2024 Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong Producer

2024 Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as (archive footage)

2024 Kensuke's Kingdom as Dad (voice)

2023 The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer as Self

2023 Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer

2023 Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer

2021 All of This Unreal Time as Man

2021 A Quiet Place Part II as Emmett

2019 I'm the Man as Narrator

2019 Anna as Lenny Miller

2019 The Irish Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)

2018 The Overcoat as Akaky (voice)

2018 The Silent Man as The Doll

2018 The Delinquent Season as Jim

2017 The Party as Tom

2017 Dunkirk as Shivering Soldier

2017 Free Fire as Chris

2016 Anthropoid as Josef Gabčík

2016 Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor

2015 In the Heart of the Sea as Matthew Joy

2015 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth as Himself - Narrator

2014 Lennon or McCartney as Self

2014 From the Mountain as Man

2014 Transcendence as Agent Donald Buchanan

2014 Aloft as Ivan

2013 The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)

2013 Peaky Blinders as Thomas Shelby

2012 Broken as Mike Kiernan

2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

2012 Red Lights as Tom Buckley

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 / Emma Skillpa

2009 Perrier's Bounty as Michael McCrea

2008 The Dark Knight as Scarecrow

2008 The Edge of Love as William Killick

2008 Waveriders as Narrator

2007 Watching the Detectives as Neil

2007 Sunshine as Capa

2006 The Silent City as Unnamed Character

2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Damien

2006 The Making of 'Red Eye' as Self

2006 Carry On Ken as Self

2005 Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

2005 Red Eye as Jackson Rippner

2005 Batman Begins as Dr. Jonathan Crane

2003 Cold Mountain as Bardolph

2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring as Pieter

2003 Intermission as John

2002 28 Days Later as Jim

2001 Disco Pigs as Pig / Darren

2001 How Harry Became a Tree as Gus

2001 On the Edge as Jonathan Breech

2001 Watchmen as Phil Writer

2000 A Man of Few Words as Best Man

2000 Filleann an Feall as Ger

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

1997 Quando as Pat

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8.15 TV Movie 2

7.40 Animation 2

7.17 Action 11

7.02 Crime 11

7.02 History 8

7.01 Adventure 6

6.86 Science Fiction 9

6.80 Family 1

6.75 Horror 4

6.71 Drama 33

6.66 Documentary 8

6.62 Comedy 9

6.61 War 6

6.49 Thriller 18

6.35 Romance 8

6.21 Mystery 4

5.20 Music 1