A
A Quiet Place Part III
as Emmett
2027
C
Cillian Murphy
Also known as Cillian Ó Murchú
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.
Personal details
Full filmography
2027
2026
P
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026
2
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
2025
S
Steve
2025
2
28 Years Later
2025
2024
S
Small Things Like These
London premiere2024
K
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Dad (voice)
2024
P
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
as Thomas Shelby (voice)
2024
2023
O
Oppenheimer
London premiereas J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
I
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
2021
A
A Quiet Place Part II
as Emmett
2021
A
All of This Unreal Time
as Man
2021
2019
T
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
A
Anna
as Lenny Miller
2019
I
I'm the Man
as Narrator
2019
2018
T
The Delinquent Season
as Jim
2018
T
The Overcoat
as Akaky (voice)
2018
T
The Silent Man
as The Doll
2018
2017
F
Free Fire
as Chris
2017
D
Dunkirk
as Shivering Soldier
2017
T
The Party
as Tom
2017
2016
A
Anthropoid
as Josef Gabčík
2016
V
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
2016
2015
I
In the Heart of the Sea
as Matthew Joy
2015
A
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
as Himself - Narrator
2015
2014
T
Transcendence
as Agent Donald Buchanan
2014
A
Aloft
as Ivan
2014
L
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2014
F
From the Mountain
as Man
2014
2013
H
Harriet and the matches
as Cat (voice)
2013
2012
T
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012
R
Red Lights
as Tom Buckley
2012
B
Broken
as Mike Kiernan
2012
2011
I
In Time
as Raymond Leon
2011
R
Retreat
as Martin
2011
M
Misterman
as Thomas Magill
2011
2010
P
Peacock
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
2010
I
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
2010
P
Perrier's Bounty
as Michael McCrea
2010
T
TRON: Legacy
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010
2009
T
The Water
as The Son
2009
2008
T
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
2008
T
The Edge of Love
as William Killick
2008
W
Waveriders
as Narrator
2008
2007
S
Sunshine
as Capa
2007
W
Watching the Detectives
as Neil
2007
2006
T
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
as Damien
2006
T
The Silent City
as Unnamed Character
2006
C
Carry On Ken
as Self
2006
2005
B
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
2005
B
Breakfast on Pluto
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2005
R
Red Eye
as Jackson Rippner
2005
2003
C
Cold Mountain
as Bardolph
2003
G
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter
2003
I
Intermission
as John
2003
P
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
as Self
2003
2002
2
28 Days Later
as Jim
2002
H
How Harry Became a Tree
as Gus
2002
2001
D
Disco Pigs
as Pig / Darren
2001
O
On the Edge
as Jonathan Breech
2001