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Cillian Murphy

1976-05-25

The Biography

Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 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.

Cillian Murphy in

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The Dark Knight

8.5 average rating
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Oppenheimer

8.083 average rating
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Inception

8.369 average rating
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A Quiet Place Part II

7.489 average rating
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Batman Begins

7.709 average rating
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The Dark Knight Rises

7.781 average rating
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28 Days Later

7.223 average rating
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TRON: Legacy

6.487 average rating
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In Time

6.972 average rating
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Dunkirk

7.455 average rating
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Anna

6.718 average rating
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In the Heart of the Sea

6.8 average rating
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Red Eye

6.4 average rating
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Free Fire

6.263 average rating
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Small Things Like These

7.4 average rating
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Cold Mountain

6.9 average rating
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Sunshine

7 average rating
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Transcendence

6 average rating
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The Party

6.3 average rating
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The Trench

5.5 average rating