Cillian Murphy

Actor | Producer | Soundtrack

Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who ...

Born: May 25, 1976

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Filmography

Known For

28 Days Later... Jim (2002)
Inception Robert Fischer (2010)
Red Eye Jackson Rippner (2005)
Known For

Sunshine Robert Capa (2007)
Actor

Peaky Blinders Thomas Shelby (2013-2017)
The Delinquent Season Jim (2017)
Dunkirk Shivering Soldier (2017)
The Party Tom (2017)
Free Fire Chris (2016)
Anthropoid Josef Gabcík (2016)
In the Heart of the Sea Matthew Joy (2015)
8:58: The Clock Generic Man (2015)
From the Mountain Man (2014)
Transcendence Agent Buchanan (2014)
Aloft Ivan (2014)
Harriet and the Matches Cat (2013)
The Dark Knight Rises Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow (2012)
Broken Mike Kiernan (2012)
Red Lights Tom Buckley (2012)
In Time Raymond Leon (2011)
Retreat Martin (2011)
TRON: Legacy Edward Dillinger (2010)
Inception Robert Fischer (2010)
Peacock John / Emma Skillpa (2010)
The Water Son (2009)
Perrier's Bounty Michael (2009)
The Dark Knight Scarecrow (2008)
The Edge of Love William Killick (2008)
Watching the Detectives Neil (2007)
Sunshine Robert Capa (2007)
The Silent City (2006)
The Wind that Shakes the Barley Damien (2006)
Breakfast on Pluto Patrick 'Kitten' Braden (2005)
Red Eye Jackson Rippner (2005)
Batman Begins Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow (2005)
Batman Begins Dr. Jonathan Crane (2005)
Zonad Guy Hendrickson (2003)
Cold Mountain Bardolph (2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring Pieter (2003)
Intermission John (2003)
28 Days Later... Jim (2002)
Watchmen Phil (2001)
The Way We Live Now Paul Montague (2001)
How Harry Became a Tree Gus (2001)
On the Edge Jonathan Breech (2001)
Disco Pigs Pig - Darren (2001)
A Man of Few Words Best Man (2000)
Filleann an Feall Ger (2000)
At Death's Door Young Reaper (1999)
Eviction Brendan McBride (1999)
The Trench Rag Rookwood (1999)
Sunburn Davin McDerby (1999)
Sweety Barrett Pat the Barman (1998)
Actor

Quando Pat (1997)
Soundtrack

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Soundtrack

Disco Pigs (2001)
Producer

Peaky Blinders (2016-2017)
Writer

Watchmen (2001)
Archive footage

Lennon or McCartney (2014)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
Archive footage

The 2006 European Film Awards (2006)
Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2006)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

An intensely private person, he prefers not to speak about his personal life and did not appear on any live TV chat shows until 2010.

[2004, on how he prepared for his role in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)] We went to this abattoir in Luxembourg and chopped shit up. It was my idea. [Why would a vegetarian take it upon himself to hack swine into little bits?] Have you ever seen ...