Cillian Murphy on stage and screen
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Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor who has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Murphy made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation.

Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Quando | Pat | Short film | [1] |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweety Barrett | Pat the Barman | [2] | |
| 1999 | Eviction | Brendan McBride | Short film | [3] |
| Sunburn | Davin McDerby | [4] | ||
| The Trench | Rag Rookwood | [5] | ||
| 2000 | Filleann an Feall | Ger | Short film | [6] |
| A Man of Few Words | Best man | [7] | ||
| 2001 | On the Edge | Jonathan Breech | [8] | |
| How Harry Became a Tree | Gus | [9] | ||
| Disco Pigs | Darren / Pig | [10] | ||
| Watchmen | Phil | Short film | [11] | |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Jim | [12] | |
| 2003 | Intermission | John | [13] | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | [14] | ||
| Cold Mountain | Bardolph | [15] | ||
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | [16] | |
| Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | [17] | ||
| Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick "Kitten" Braden | [18] | ||
| 2006 | The Silent City | Soldier | Short film | |
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien O'Donovan | [19] | ||
| 2007 | Sunshine | Robert Capa | [20] | |
| Watching the Detectives | Neil Lewis | [21] | ||
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | Cameo | [22] |
| The Edge of Love | William Killick | [23] | ||
| Waveriders | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | [24] | |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea | [25] | |
| The Water | Son | Short film | ||
| 2010 | Peacock | John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa | [26] | |
| Hippie Hippie Shake | Richard Neville | Unreleased | [27] | |
| Inception | Robert Fischer | [28] | ||
| Tron: Legacy | Edward Dillinger, Jr. | Uncredited cameo | [29] | |
| 2011 | Retreat | Martin | [30] | |
| In Time | Raymond Leon | [31] | ||
| 2012 | Red Lights | Tom Buckley | [32] | |
| Broken | Mike Kiernan | [33] | ||
| The Dark Knight Rises | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | Cameo | [34] | |
| 2013 | Harriet and the Matches | Cat | Voice; Short film | [35] |
| 2014 | Aloft | Ivan | [36] | |
| Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan | [37] | ||
| From the Mountain | Narrator | Voice; Short film | ||
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Matthew Joy | [38] | |
| 2016 | Anthropoid | Jozef Gabčík | [39] | |
| Free Fire | Chris | [40] | ||
| 2017 | The Party | Tom | [41] | |
| Dunkirk | Shivering Soldier | [42] | ||
| 2018 | The Delinquent Season | Jim | [43] | |
| 2019 | Anna | Lenny Miller | [44] | |
| 2020 | A Quiet Place Part II | Emmett | [45] | |
| 2021 | All of This Unreal Time | Man | Short film | [46] |
| 2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Dad | Voice | [47] |
| Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | [48] | ||
| 2024 | Small Things like These | Bill Furlong | Also producer | [49] |
| 2025 | 28 Years Later | N/a | Executive producer only | [50] |
| Steve | Steve | Also producer | [51][52][53] | |
| 2026 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Jim | Uncredited cameo; also executive producer | [54] |
| Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Thomas Shelby | Also producer | [55] | |
| TBA | Untitled Damien Chazelle film | The Inmate | Filming | [56] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Paul Montague | [57] | |
| 2013–2022 | Peaky Blinders | Thomas Shelby | Also executive producer | [58] |
| 2015 | Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth | Narrator | Voice; Documentary series | [59] |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1998 | Disco Pigs | Darren/"Pig" | World tour | [60] |
| 1998 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Kilkenny Castle | [61] |
| 1999 | The Country Boy | Curly | Town Hall Theatre | [62] |
| 1999 | Juno and the Paycock | Johnny Boyle | Gaiety Theatre | [63] |
| 2002 | The Shape of Things | Adam | Gate Theatre | [64] |
| 2003 | The Seagull | Konstantin Treplev | Edinburgh International Festival | [65] |
| 2004 | The Playboy of the Western World | Christy Mahon | Town Hall Theater | [66] |
| 2006 | Love Song | Beane | Ambassadors Theatre | [67] |
| 2010 | From Galway to Broadway and back again. | Christy Mahon | Town Hall Theatre | [68] |
| 2011–2012 | Misterman | Thomas Magill | Galway Arts Festival Royal National Theatre St. Ann's Warehouse |
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| 2014 | Ballyturk | No. 1 | Galway Arts Festival Olympia Theatre Cork Opera House Royal National Theatre |
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| 2018–2019 | Grief is the Thing with Feathers | Crow, Dad | Black Box Theatre O'Reilly Theatre Barbican Centre St. Ann's Warehouse |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "The Water" | Feist | [77] | |
| 2011 | "Winter Beats" | I Break Horses | [78] | |
| 2013 | "Hold Me Forever" | Money | Director only | [79] |
| 2015 | "The Clock" | Paul Hartnoll | [80] | |
| 2016 | "Stages" | The Frank and Walters | Voice only | [81] |
| 2017 | "The Ways" | Allred and Broderick | [82] | |
| "The Meetings of the Waters" | Fionn Regan | [83] | ||
| 2022 | "Pana-vision" | The Smile | [84] | |
| 2026 | "Opalite" | Taylor Swift | Voice and image only | [85] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow | [86] |
| 2023 | Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom | Thomas Shelby | [87] |