Personal Info
Birth date
1976-05-25 (49 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Also known as
คิลเลียน เมอร์ฟี
キリアン・マーフィー
基利安·墨菲
킬리언 머피
كيليان مورفي
希里安·墨菲
کیلین مورفی
基里安·墨菲
席尼·墨菲
קיליאן מרפי
சில்லியன் மர்பி
کیلیان مورفی
Cillian Murphy
Biography
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 (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.
Filmography
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.75
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".28 Years Later
7.217
Overview:
Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.60 Minutes
6.651
Overview:
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.Peaky Blinders
8.531
Overview:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.28 Days Later
7.234
Overview:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
5
Overview:
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.Oppenheimer
8.058
Overview:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.The Dark Knight
8.521
Overview:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.Inception
8.369
Overview:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.The Oscars
7.056
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
NYR
Overview:
The second installment in the 28 Days Later sequel trilogy. Plot TBA.28 Years Later Part 3
NYR
Overview:
The third installment in the 28 Days Later sequel trilogy. Details TBA.Honest Trailers
6.609
Overview:
Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...A World of Calm
6.8
Overview:
A timely antidote for our modern lives, this revolutionary series takes audiences on an immersive audiovisual journey designed to help you relax and transform how you feel. Each episode is brought to life by narration from some of the smoothest voices in Hollywood.The Dark Knight Rises
7.785
Overview:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.Batman Begins
7.714
Overview:
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.In Time
6.971
Overview:
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".Dunkirk
7.451
Overview:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.A Quiet Place Part II
7.468
Overview:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.Anna
6.708
Overview:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.TRON: Legacy
6.503
Overview:
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.Free Fire
6.26
Overview:
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.Red Eye
6.396
Overview:
An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed. As the miles tick by, she's in a race against time to find a way to warn the potential victims before it's too late.Fight for First: Excel Esports
4.7
Overview:
Sports documentary series following British underdogs Excel Esports as they fight to be taken seriously in the global esports scene.Sunshine
6.963
Overview:
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.Cold Mountain
6.932
Overview:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.Acting
TBA28 Years Later Part 3 as Jim
TBAUntitled Prison Film as Unknown
TBAPeaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself
TBABlood Runs Coal as Chip Yablonski
TBAThe Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film as Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby
202628 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple as Jim
2025Steve as Steve
2024Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong
2024Kensuke's Kingdom as Dad (voice)
2023Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - J. Robert Oppenheimer
2021All of This Unreal Time as Man
2021A Quiet Place Part II as Emmett
2021Fight for First: Excel Esports (5 Episodes) as Narrator
2020A World of Calm (1 Episode) as Narrator
2019I'm the Man as Narrator
2019Anna as Lenny Miller
2019The Irish Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019The Irish Revolution (3 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018The Overcoat as Akaky (voice)
2018The Silent Man as The Doll
2018The Delinquent Season as Jim
2017The Party as Tom
2017Dunkirk as Shivering Soldier
2017Free Fire as Chris
2016Anthropoid as Josef Gabčík
2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
2015In the Heart of the Sea as Matthew Joy
2015Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth as Himself - Narrator
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1 Episode) as Self
2014Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014From the Mountain as Man
2014Transcendence as Agent Donald Buchanan
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self
2014Aloft as Ivan
2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
2013Peaky Blinders (36 Episodes) as Thomas Shelby
2012Broken as Mike Kiernan
2012The Dark Knight Rises as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012Red Lights as Tom Buckley
2012Honest Trailers (1, 1 Episode) as Robert J. Oppenheimer (archive footage), Jonathan Crane (archive footage)
2011In Time as Raymond Leon
2011Retreat as Martin
2010TRON: Legacy as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010Inception as Robert Fischer, Jr.
2010Peacock as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
2009Perrier's Bounty as Michael McCrea
2008The Dark Knight as Scarecrow
2008The Edge of Love as William Killick
2008Waveriders as Narrator
2007Watching the Detectives as Neil
2007Sunshine as Capa
2006The Silent City as Unnamed Character
2006The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Damien
2006The Making of 'Red Eye' as Self
2006Carry On Ken as Self
2005Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
2005Red Eye as Jackson Rippner
2005Batman Begins as Dr. Jonathan Crane
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2003Cold Mountain as Bardolph
2003Girl with a Pearl Earring as Pieter
2003Intermission as John
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self
200228 Days Later as Jim
2001The Way We Live Now (4 Episodes) as Paul Montague
2001Disco Pigs as Pig / Darren
2001How Harry Became a Tree as Gus
2001On the Edge as Jonathan Breech
2001Watchmen as Phil
2000A Man of Few Words as Best Man
2000Filleann an Feall as Ger
1999Sunburn as Davin McDerby
1999Eviction as Brendan McBride
1999The Trench as Rag Rookwood
1999At Death's Door as Young Reaper
1999Sweety Barrett as Pat the Barman
1997Quando as Pat
196860 Minutes (1 Episode) as Self
1953The Oscars (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Winner
Production
TBAThe Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film ... Producer
TBA28 Years Later Part 3 ... Executive Producer
TBABlood Runs Coal ... Producer
202628 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple ... Executive Producer
2025Steve ... Producer
202528 Years Later ... Executive Producer
2024Small Things Like These ... Producer
2013Peaky Blinders (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
Writing
2001Watchmen ... Writer