Cillian Murphy
Born May 25, 1976 (Age: 49)
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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.
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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Filmography
A Quiet Place Part III
2027
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as Emmett
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Age: 51
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
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as Jim
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Age: 49
Small Things Like These
2024
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as Bill Furlong
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Age: 48
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
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as Dad (voice)
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Age: 47
Oppenheimer
2023
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as J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Age: 47
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
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as Emmett
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Age: 44
Anna
2019
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as Lenny Miller
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Age: 43
The Party
2017
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as Tom
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Age: 41
Dunkirk
2017
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as Shivering Soldier
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Age: 41
Free Fire
2017
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as Chris
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Age: 40
Anthropoid
2016
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as Josef Gabčík
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Age: 40
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
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as Matthew Joy
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Age: 39
Transcendence
2014
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as Agent Donald Buchanan
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Age: 37
Aloft
2014
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as Ivan
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Age: 37
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
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as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
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Age: 36
Red Lights
2012
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as Tom Buckley
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Age: 35
In Time
2011
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as Raymond Leon
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Age: 35
Retreat
2011
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as Martin
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Age: 35
Misterman
2011
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as Thomas Magill
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Age: 34
TRON: Legacy
2010
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as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Inception
2010
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as Robert Fischer, Jr.
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Age: 34
No Image
The Water
2009
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as The Son
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Age: 32
The Dark Knight
2008
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as Scarecrow
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Age: 32
Sunshine
2007
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as Capa
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Age: 30
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
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as Damien
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Age: 30
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
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as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
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Age: 29
Red Eye
2005
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as Jackson Rippner
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Age: 29
Batman Begins
2005
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as Dr. Jonathan Crane
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Age: 29
Cold Mountain
2003
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as Bardolph
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Age: 27
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
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as Pieter
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Age: 27
Intermission
2003
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as John
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Age: 27
28 Days Later
2002
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as Jim
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Age: 26
Filleann an Feall
2000
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as Ger
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Age: 24
A Man of Few Words
2000
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as Best Man
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Age: 24
No Image
Quando
1997
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as Pat
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Age: 20