Actor

Cillian Murphy

May 25, 1976 · Douglas, Cork, Ireland

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.

Notable work

8.4
Inception (2010)
as Robert Fischer, Jr.
8.5
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Scarecrow
7.8
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
7.7
Batman Begins (2005)
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
7.5
Dunkirk (2017)
as Shivering Soldier
7
In Time (2011)
as Raymond Leon
8
Oppenheimer (2023)
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
8.5
Peaky Blinders (2013)
as Thomas Shelby
7.2
28 Days Later (2002)
as Jim
6.5
TRON: Legacy (2010)
as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
7.4
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
as Emmett
6.1
Transcendence (2014)
as Agent Donald Buchanan

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