Birthday
1976-05-25Place of Birth
Douglas, Cork, IrelandBiography
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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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026
5.5
as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
2026
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2024
5.5
as Self - Presenter & Winner
2024
The Story Of Our Time: The Making Of Oppenheimer
2023
6.6
as Self
2023
The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer
2023
7.1
as Self
2023
Actors on Actors - Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbie
2023
5.5
as Self
2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
2023
6.7
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023