Cillian Murphy on stage and screen

Irish actor Cillian Murphy has worked in film and theatre since the late 1990s.

Murphy in 2017

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Quando Pat Short film[1]
1998 The Tale of Sweety Barrett Pat the Barman
1999 Eviction Brendan McBride Short film
Sunburn Davin McDerby
At Death's Door Grim Reaper, Jr. Short film
The Trench Rag Rookwood
2000 Filleann an Feall Ger Short film
A Man of Few Words Best man Short film
2001 On the Edge Jonathan Breech
How Harry Became a Tree Gus
Disco Pigs Darren / Pig
Watchmen Phil Short film
2002 28 Days Later Jim
2003 Intermission John
Girl with a Pearl Earring Pieter
Cold Mountain Bardolph
Zonad Guy Hendrickson Short film
2005 Batman Begins Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow
Red Eye Jackson Rippner
Breakfast on Pluto Patrick "Kitten" Braden
2006 The Silent City Soldier Short film
The Wind That Shakes the Barley Damien O'Donovan
2007 Sunshine Robert Capa
Watching the Detectives Neil Lewis[2]
2008 The Dark Knight Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow Cameo
The Edge of Love William Killick
Waveriders Narrator Documentary; voice
2009 Perrier's Bounty Michael McCrea
The Water Son Short film
2010 Peacock John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa
Hippie Hippie Shake Richard Neville Unreleased
Inception Robert Fischer
Tron: Legacy Edward Dillinger, Jr. Uncredited cameo
2011 Retreat Martin
In Time Raymond Leon
2012 Red Lights Tom Buckley
Broken Mike Kiernan
The Dark Knight Rises Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow Cameo
2013 Harriet and the Matches Cat Short film; voice
2014 Aloft Ivan
Transcendence Agent Donald Buchanan
From the Mountain Narrator Short film; voice
2015 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth Narrator Documentary; voice
In the Heart of the Sea Matthew Joy
2016 Anthropoid Jozef Gabčík
Free Fire Chris
2017 The Party Tom
Dunkirk Shivering Soldier
2018 The Delinquent Season Jim
The Overcoat Akaky Short film; voice
2019 Anna Lenny Miller
2020 A Quiet Place Part II Emmett
2021 All of This Unreal Time Man Short film
2023 Kensuke's Kingdom Dad Voice
Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer
2024 Small Things like These Bill Furlong Also producer
2025 28 Years Later Jim Post-production; also executive producer
TBA Steve Steve Post-production; also producer[3][4][5]
28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple Jim Filming; also executive producer
The Immortal Man Thomas Shelby Filming; also producer

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Way We Live Now Paul Montague 4 episodes
2013–2022 Peaky Blinders Thomas Shelby Main role

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Notes
2009 "The Water" Feist
2011 "Winter Beats" I Break Horses
2013 "Hold Me Forever" Money Director only
2015 "The Clock" Paul Hartnoll
2016 "Stages" The Frank and Walters Voice
2017 "The Ways" Allred and Broderick
"The Meetings of the Waters" Fionn Regan
2022 "Pana-vision" The Smile

Video games

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Year Title Voice role
2005 Batman Begins Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2023 Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom Thomas Shelby

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venues
1996–1998 Disco Pigs Darren/"Pig" World tour[6]
1998 Much Ado About Nothing Claudio Kilkenny Castle[7]
1999 The Country Boy Curly Town Hall Theatre[7]
1999 Juno and the Paycock Johnny Boyle Gaiety Theatre
2002 The Shape of Things Adam Gate Theatre[8]
2003 The Seagull Konstantine Edinburgh International Festival[9]
2004 The Playboy of the Western World Christy Mahon Town Hall Theater[10]
2006 Love Song Beane Ambassadors Theatre[11]
2010 From Galway to Broadway and back again. Christy Mahon Town Hall Theatre[12]
2011–2012 Misterman Thomas Magill Galway Arts Festival
Royal National Theatre
St. Ann's Warehouse
2014 Ballyturk No. 1 Galway Arts Festival
Olympia Theatre
Cork Opera House
Royal National Theatre
2018–2019 Grief is the Thing with Feathers Crow, Dad Black Box Theatre
O’Reilly Theatre[13]
Barbican Centre
St. Ann's Warehouse

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cillian Murphy Bio, Tribute.ca. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Watching the Detectives (2008)", RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  3. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2024-07-03). "Cillian Murphy-Led 'Steve' Wraps Production With Jay Lycurgo Co-Starring: First-Look Set Photo". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2024-06-04). "'Peaky Blinders' Movie Officially Greenlit At Netflix With Cillian Murphy Starring & Producing; Tom Harper To Direct From Steven Knight's "No Holds Barred" Script". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2024-02-08). "Cillian Murphy Sets Next Movie: Will Star In & Produce 'Steve' For Netflix As He & Alan Moloney Officially Launch Production Company Big Things Films – Q&A". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ Disco Pigs Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, Corcadorca.com. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Cillian Murphy" Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, LisaRichards.ie (Murphy's agent's website). Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  8. ^ The Shape of Things (archived link), Gate-Theatre.ie. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  9. ^ The Seagull (archived link), EdinburghGuide.com. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  10. ^ The Playboy of the Western World, 2004, DruidTheatre.com. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  11. ^ Love Song, MusicOMH.com. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  12. ^ "From Galway to Broadway and back again 2010 - Galway", Druid Theatre, 21 May 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  13. ^ Complicite,Complicite.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017