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 th ... riller 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
as Thomas Shelby
Episodes: 36
First Aired: Sep 12, 2013
Fight for First: Excel Esports
as Narrator
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 13, 2021
The Way We Live Now
as Paul Montague
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 11, 2001
Honest Trailers
as Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
A World of Calm
as Narrator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 2020
The Irish Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 04, 2019
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 2005
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
60 Minutes
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
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