Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy Movies and TV Shows

Cillian Murphy is an Irish film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles and distinctive blue eyes. A native of Cork, Murphy began his performing career as a rock musician. After turning down a record deal, he made his professional acting debut in the play Disco Pigs in 1996. He went on to star in Irish and UK film and stage productions throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, first coming to international attention in 2003 as the hero in the post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later. Murphy is best known for his work with director Christopher Nolan, where he appeared as the villain Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow in all three films in the Dark Knight trilogy. Murphy has also worked with Nolan on Inception and Dunkirk. In 2013, Murphy started working on a TV show for BBC titled “Peaky Blinders” as the show’s lead role, Thomas Shelby. The show is still airing as of 2020 with five highly critically acclaimed seasons under its belt A resident of London since 2001, Murphy often works in or near the city and has expressed no desire to move to Hollywood. Uncomfortable on the celebrity circuit, he customarily gives interviews about his work, but does not appear on television talk shows or discuss details of his private life with the press. Born in Douglas and raised in Ballintemple, two suburbs of Cork, Cillian Murphy is the eldest of four children. His father, Brendan, works for the Irish Department of Education and his mother is a French teacher. Not only are his parents educators, but his aunts and uncles are also teachers, as was his grandfather. Musicianship also runs in the family, and Murphy started playing music and writing songs at age ten. In mid-2004, Murphy married his long-time live-in girlfriend, Yvonne McGuinness, an artist whom he met in 1996 at one of his rock band's shows. The couple live in northwest London with their two sons Malachy (born in 2005) and Aaron (born in 2007). Murphy is known for being reluctant to speak about his personal life. He frequently gives interviews about his work but did not appear on a single live TV chat show, where actors customarily share information about their private lives, until 2010, when he was a guest on The Late Late Show on Ireland's RTÉ to promote Perrier's Bounty. He does not have a stylist or a personal publicist, travels without an entourage, and often attends premieres alone. Shy and private, Murphy professes a lack of interest in the celebrity scene, finding the red carpet experience "a challenge... and not one I want to overcome." He intentionally practices a lifestyle that will not interest the tabloids: "I haven't created any controversy, I don't sleep around, I don't go and fall down drunk." Murphy is friends with fellow Irish actors Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson, looking up to the latter like a "surrogate movie dad". But primarily, Murphy's close friendships are those he made before becoming a star.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 5/25/1976 (47 years old)
  • Place of birth: Douglas, Cork, Ireland
  • nationality: Irish
  • height: 1.75 m
  • Net worth: $20,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Strays
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Arnold McFarley
2023

Adventure

Comedy

6.3
74%
Oppenheimer
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 81%
role:
J. Robert Oppenheimer
2023

Drama

History

8.4
81%
2021

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
75%
Anna
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Lenny Miller
2019

Action

Thriller

6.6
67%
2018

Drama

Romance

6.4
66%
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The Dunkirk Spirit: Behind the Making of the Movie
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 77%
role:
Himself
Not available
2018

Documentary

7.7
77%
Not available
The Party
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Tom
2017

Comedy

Drama

6.5
64%
Dunkirk
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Shivering Soldier
2017

Action

Drama

War & Politics

7.8
75%
Free Fire
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Chris
2017

Action

Crime

Mystery

6.3
63%
Anthropoid
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Josef Gabčík
2016

History

Thriller

War & Politics

7.2
71%
2015

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

Thriller

6.9
67%
Transcendence
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Agent Donald Buchanan
2014

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
60%
Aloft
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 56%
role:
Ivan
2014

Drama

5.3
56%
Peaky Blinders
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 85%
role:
Tommy Shelby & 1 more
Not available
2013

Crime

Drama

8.8
85%
Not available
Broken
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Mike Kiernan
2012

Drama

7.2
69%
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The Dark Knight Rises
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 78%
role:
Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2012

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

8.4
78%
Red Lights
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Tom Buckley
2012

Thriller

6.2
61%
In Time
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 70%
role:
Raymond Leon & 1 more
2011

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
70%
Retreat
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Martin
2011

Drama

Horror

Thriller

5.8
55%
New Girl
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 73%
role:
Patrick 'Kitten' Braden
Not available
2011

Comedy

7.8
73%
Not available
TRON: Legacy
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 64%
role:
Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
2010

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
64%
Inception
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 84%
role:
Robert Fischer, Jr. & 1 more
2010

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
84%
Peacock
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 63%
role:
John Skillpa
2010

Mystery

Thriller

6.2
63%
Perrier's Bounty
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 56%
role:
Michael McCrea
2009

Action

Comedy

Crime

Drama

6.3
56%
The Dark Knight
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 85%
role:
Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
2008

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

9.0
85%
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The Edge of Love
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
William Killick
2008

Drama

History

Romance

6.1
61%
Sunshine
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Robert Capa
2007

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
70%
The Silent City
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 56%
role:
Unnamed Character
Not available
2006

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
56%
Not available
2006

Drama

War & Politics

7.5
74%
Red Eye
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Jackson Rippner
2005

Horror

Thriller

6.5
64%
Batman Begins
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow & 1 more
2005

Action

Crime

Drama

8.2
77%
seaQuest DSV
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Bardolph
2003

Adventure

Drama

History

Romance

7.2
69%
Girl with a Pearl Earring
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Pieter
Not available
2003

Drama

Romance

6.9
66%
Not available
2003

Comedy

Crime

Drama

6.8
62%
28 Days Later
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Jim
Not available
2002

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
72%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Cillian Murphy are, for example, Strays, Oppenheimer and A Quiet Place Part II.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are The Dark Knight (8.8), Inception (8.6) and Oppenheimer (8.3).
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