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Cillian Murphy
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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 Trilogβ¦
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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 (2005β2012) 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 (2013β2022) 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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BODY OF WORK
Cillian Murphy's Filmography
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A Quiet Place Part III
as Emmett
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
as Tommy Shelby
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Jim (uncredited)
Steve
as Steve
Small Things Like These
as Bill Furlong
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Dad (voice)
Peaky Blinders: Rambertβs The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
as Thomas Shelby (voice)
Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
All of This Unreal Time
as Man
A Quiet Place Part II
as Emmett
I'm the Man
as Narrator
Anna
as Lenny Miller
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Overcoat
as Akaky (voice)
The Silent Man
as The Doll
The Delinquent Season
as Jim
The Party
as Tom
Dunkirk
as Shivering Soldier
Free Fire
as Chris
Anthropoid
as Josef GabΔΓk
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
In the Heart of the Sea
as Matthew Joy
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
as Himself - Narrator
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
From the Mountain
as Man
Transcendence
as Agent Donald Buchanan
Aloft
as Ivan
Harriet and the matches
as Cat (voice)
Broken
as Mike Kiernan
The Dark Knight Rises
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Red Lights
as Tom Buckley
In Time
as Raymond Leon
Retreat
as Martin
Misterman
as Thomas Magill
TRON: Legacy
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Inception
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
Peacock
as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Perrier's Bounty
as Michael McCrea
The Water
as The Son
The Dark Knight
as Scarecrow
The Edge of Love
as William Killick
Waveriders
as Narrator
Watching the Detectives
as Neil
Sunshine
as Capa
The Silent City
as Unnamed Character
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
as Damien
Carry On Ken
as Self
Breakfast on Pluto
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Red Eye
as Jackson Rippner
Batman Begins
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Cold Mountain
as Bardolph
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
as Self
Intermission
as John
28 Days Later
as Jim
How Harry Became a Tree
as Gus
Disco Pigs
as Pig / Darren
On the Edge
as Jonathan Breech
Watchmen
as Phil
A Man of Few Words
as Best Man
Filleann an Feall
as Ger
Sunburn
as Davin McDerby
Eviction
as Brendan McBride
The Trench
as Rag Rookwood
At Death's Door
as Young Reaper
Sweety Barrett
as Pat the Barman
No Poster
Quando
as Pat
Sacrifice
28 Years Later: Part III
as Jim
No Poster
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
No Poster
Blood Runs Coal
as Chip Yablonski