Cillian Murphy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-05-25 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Cillian Murphy

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. Jo...

Acting

2008

The Dark Knight

as Scarecrow

2002

2005

Batman Begins

as Dr. Jonathan Crane

2007

Sunshine

as Capa

2005

Breakfast on Pluto

as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

2023

Oppenheimer

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

2003

Cold Mountain

as Bardolph

2010

Peacock

as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa

2005

Red Eye

as Jackson Rippner

1999

The Trench

as Rag Rookwood

2006

The Silent City

as Unnamed Character

2001

Disco Pigs

as Pig / Darren

2010

Inception

as Robert Fischer, Jr.

2009

Perrier's Bounty

as Michael McCrea

2008

The Edge of Love

as William Killick

2024

1999

Sunburn

as Davin McDerby

2003

2012

The Dark Knight Rises

as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

2011

In Time

as Raymond Leon

2001

On the Edge

as Jonathan Breech

2011

Retreat

as Martin

2019

The Irish Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2012

Red Lights

as Tom Buckley

2012

Broken

as Mike Kiernan

2014

Transcendence

as Agent Donald Buchanan

2023

Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer

2015

2014

Aloft

as Ivan

2025

Steve

as Steve

2017

Free Fire

as Chris

2001

Watchmen

as Phil

2010

TRON: Legacy

as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)

2000

1999

At Death's Door

as Young Reaper

1999

Eviction

as Brendan McBride

2016

Anthropoid

as Josef Gabčík

-

Blood Runs Coal

as Chip Yablonski

1999

Sweety Barrett

as Pat the Barman

2015

2017

Dunkirk

as Shivering Soldier

2017

The Party

as Tom

2019

Anna

as Lenny Miller

2018

The Overcoat

as Akaky (voice)

2024

Kensuke's Kingdom

as Dad (voice)

2008

Waveriders

as Narrator

2019

I'm the Man

as Narrator

-

Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain

as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself

2006

2018

The Silent Man

as The Doll

1997

Quando

as Pat

Production

2001

Watchmen

as Writer

2025

28 Years Later

as Executive Producer

2025

Steve

as Producer

-

Blood Runs Coal

as Producer

-

28 Years Later Part 3

as Executive Producer

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