Cast & creator
Cillian Murphy
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Graham Norton Show
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.
Also known as: Cillian Ó Murchú
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2027 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Peaky Blinders
Thomas Shelby
2013Peaky Blinders
Executive Producer
2013
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
Inception
Robert Fischer, Jr.
2010
The Dark Knight
Scarecrow
2008
The Dark Knight Rises
Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012
Batman Begins
Dr. Jonathan Crane
2005
28 Years Later
Executive Producer
2025
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
28 Days Later
Jim
2002
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Jim (uncredited)
202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Executive Producer
2026
TRON: Legacy
Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010
In Time
Raymond Leon
2011
In the Heart of the Sea
Matthew Joy
2015
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Tommy Shelby
2026Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Producer
2026
A Quiet Place Part II
Emmett
2021
Dunkirk
Shivering Soldier
2017
Red Eye
Jackson Rippner
2005
Anna
Lenny Miller
2019
Cold Mountain
Bardolph
2003
Sunshine
Capa
2007
Transcendence
Agent Donald Buchanan
2014
Small Things Like These
Bill Furlong
2024Small Things Like These
Producer
2024
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Pieter
2003
Red Lights
Tom Buckley
2012
Anthropoid
Josef Gabčík
2016
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Damien
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2005
Free Fire
Chris
2017Sacrifice
Steve
Steve
2025Steve
Producer
2025
Kensuke's Kingdom
Dad (voice)
2024
The Edge of Love
William Killick
2008
The Way We Live Now
Paul Montague
2001
A World of Calm
Narrator
2020
Watching the Detectives
Neil
2007
A Quiet Place Part III
Emmett
2027
The Party
Tom
2017
Broken
Mike Kiernan
2012
The Trench
Rag Rookwood
1999
Intermission
John
2003
Peacock
John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
2010
28 Years Later: Part III
Executive Producer
Lennon or McCartney
Self
2014
Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel
Executive Producer
On the Edge
Jonathan Breech
2001
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023
Retreat
Martin
2011
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Thomas Shelby (voice)
2024Quando
Pat
1997
The Delinquent Season
Jim
2018
Aloft
Ivan
2014
Perrier's Bounty
Michael McCrea
2010
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016
All of This Unreal Time
Man
2021
Fight for First: Excel Esports
Narrator
2021
How Harry Became a Tree
Gus
2002
Disco Pigs
Pig / Darren
2001
At Death's Door
Young Reaper
1999
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Self - Narrator
2015
The Irish Revolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
I'm the Man
Narrator
2019
Filleann an Feall
Ger
2000
Sweety Barrett
Pat the Barman
1999
A Man of Few Words
Best Man
2000
The Irish Revolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
The Water
The Son
2009
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
Self
2003
Sunburn
Davin McDerby
1999
Carry On Ken
Self
2006
The Overcoat
Akaky (voice)
2018
Waveriders
Narrator
2008Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
Misterman
Thomas Magill
2011
Harriet and the matches
Cat (voice)
2013Blood Runs Coal
Chip Yablonski
Blood Runs Coal
Producer
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Himself - Narrator
2015
From the Mountain
Man
2014
Watchmen
Phil
2001Watchmen
Writer
2001Watchmen
Co-Producer
2001
Eviction
Brendan McBride
1999
The Silent Man
The Doll
2018
The Silent City
Unnamed Character
2006