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Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor. He started his performing career as the lead singer, pianist, and songwriter of a rock band named The Sons of Mr. Green Genes. Murphy turned down a record deal in the late 1990s and began acting on stage and in short and independent films.

English

Peaky Blinders

2013
as Thomas "Tommy" Shelby

Oppenheimer

2023
as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Inception

2010
as Robert Fischer

In Time

2011
as Timekeeper Raymond Leon

Batman Begins

2005
as Dr. Jonathan Crane

Dunkirk

2017
as Shivering Soldier

The Dark Knight

2008
as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

ANNA

2019
as Lenny Miller

The Dark Knight Rises

2012
as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

In the Heart of the Sea

2015
as Matthew Joy

Red Eye

2005
as Jackson Rippner

Transcendence

2014
as Agent Donald Buchanan

TRON: Legacy

2010
as Edward Dillinger

The Edge of Love

2008
as William Killick

Cold Mountain

2003
as Bardolph

Sunshine

2007
as Robert Capa

Red Lights

2012
as Tom Buckley

Peacock

2010
as Emma Skillpa

Lennon or McCartney

2014
as Himself (archive footage)

Intermission

2003
as John

Retreat

2011
as Martin

The Trench

1999
as Rag Rookwood

Sunburn

1999
as Davin McDerby

Perrier's Bounty

2009
as Michael McCrea

The Silent City

2006
as Unnamed Character

Anthropoid

2016
as Josef Gabčík

Peacock

2010
as John Skillpa

At Death's Door

1999
as Young Reaper

Aloft

2014
as Ivan

The Way We Live Now

2001
as Paul Montague

Watchmen

2001
as Phil

Breakfast on Pluto

2005
as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

Sweety Barrett

1999
as Pat the Barman

The Party

2017
as Tom

Disco Pigs

2001
as Pig / Darren

Eviction

1999
as Brendan McBride

Broken

2012
as Mike Kiernan

Free Fire

2017
as Chris

On the Edge

2001
as Jonathan Breech

Blood Runs Coal

as Chip Yablonski

The Overcoat

2018
as Akaky (voice)

Steve

as Steve

The Immortal Man

as Thomas Shelby

Writer

Movie Watchmen 2001

Producer

Movie 28 Years Later 2025

Guest Star

Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Cillian Murphy & Margot Robbie
2023
Episode A World of Calm
Snowfall
2020
Episode The Irish Revolution
We Lived In Dreams
2019
Episode The Irish Revolution
That The Nation May Live
2019
Episode The Irish Revolution
The Spirit Of Freedom
2019
Episode El Hormiguero
Rodrigo Cortés y Cillian Murphy
2012
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Keegan-Michael Key, Cillian Murphy
2017
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Carpenter, Metallica
2014
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Emily Ratajkowski, Cillian Murphy, David Simon
2020
Episode Movies With Ali Plumb
Becoming... Thomas Shelby: A Peaky Blinders Special
2022
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Michael Che, Dave Chappelle, Cillian Murphy, The Linda Lindas
2021