Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Actor and producer. Born 25 May 1976 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland.

18

Titles on Fi1m15 acting · 2 producing · 1 other

75

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 15 titles

1

Oscar1 won

Born

25 May 1976, Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Active

2001–present

Frequently works with

Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Christian Bale

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Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong in Small Things Like These (2024) — Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong in Small Things Like These (2024)Image via TMDB

Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer (2023) — Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer (2023)Image via TMDB

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders (2013) — Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders (2013)Image via TMDB

Cillian Murphy as Jim in 28 Days Later (2002) — Cillian Murphy as Jim in 28 Days Later (2002)Image via TMDB

Cillian Murphy — Cillian MurphyJoshPopov, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ben Wheatley and the cast of Free Fire (inc. Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley) (2016) — Ben Wheatley and the cast of Free Fire (inc. Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley) (2016)Bex Walton from London, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cast & Crew beim Photo Call zu The Party bei der Berlinale 2017 v.l.n.r. Kurban Kassam (Produzent/Producer) Timothy Spall (Schauspieler/Actor) Patricia Clar — Cast & Crew beim Photo Call zu The Party bei der Berlinale 2017 v.l.n.r. Kurban Kassam (Produzent/Producer) Timothy Spall (Schauspieler/Actor) Patricia ClarMaximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cast & Crew bei der Weltpremiere von The Party im Rahmen der Berlinale 2017: v.l.n.r. Patricia Clarkson, Sally Potter, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas, — Cast & Crew bei der Weltpremiere von The Party im Rahmen der Berlinale 2017: v.l.n.r. Patricia Clarkson, Sally Potter, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas,Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cillian Murphy — Cillian MurphyImage via TMDB

Cast and director photo (Cillian Murphy, Sean Ellis (director), Jamie Dornan, and Sam Keeley at 'Anthropoid - ADIFF Premiere - 31 August 2016', uploaded to Vime — Cast and director photo (Cillian Murphy, Sean Ellis (director), Jamie Dornan, and Sam Keeley at 'Anthropoid - ADIFF Premiere - 31 August 2016', uploaded to VimeDublin Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cillian Murphy at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival — Cillian Murphy at the 2025 Toronto International Film FestivalJoshPopov, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: JoshPopov, CC BY 4.0 (licence); Bex Walton from London, England, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Dublin Film Festival, CC BY 3.0 (licence); JoshPopov, CC BY 4.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.