Acting
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 | คิลเลียน เมอร์ฟี |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | MALE |
Birthday | May 25, 1976 (49 years old) |
Year | Movie & Role |
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2024 | Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong |
2023 | Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer |
2010 | Peacock as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa |
2010 | Inception as Robert Fischer, Jr. |
2009 | Perrier's Bounty as Michael McCrea |
2008 | The Dark Knight as Scarecrow |
2008 | The Edge of Love as William Killick |
2007 | Sunshine as Capa |
2007 | Watching the Detectives as Neil |
2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Damien |
2006 | The Silent City as Unnamed Character |
2005 | Batman Begins as Dr. Jonathan Crane |
2005 | Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden |
2005 | Red Eye as Jackson Rippner |
2003 | Cold Mountain as Bardolph |
2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring as Pieter |
2002 | 28 Days Later as Jim |
2001 | Disco Pigs as Pig / Darren |
1999 | The Trench as Rag Rookwood |
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby |