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Cillian Murphy

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.

Filmography

2026
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby

Movie
2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

as Jim

Movie
2025
Steve

as Steve

Movie
2024
Small Things Like These

as Bill Furlong

Movie
2023
Oppenheimer

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie
2021
A Quiet Place Part II

as Emmett

Movie
2019
Anna

as Lenny Miller

Movie
2017
Dunkirk

as Shivering Soldier

Movie
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

as Self - Actor

Movie
2011
In Time

as Raymond Leon

Movie
2010
Inception

as Robert Fischer, Jr.

Movie
2008
The Dark Knight

as Scarecrow

Movie
2007
Sunshine

as Capa

Movie
2005
Red Eye

as Jackson Rippner

Movie
2005
Batman Begins

as Dr. Jonathan Crane

Movie
2002
28 Days Later

as Jim

Movie
2013
Peaky Blinders

as Thomas Shelby

TV Show