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Cillian Murphy

25 May, 1976 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland

Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 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. Robert Oppenheimer in the biographical epic Oppenheimer (2023). By the year 2023, Murphy has already worked with Nolan for around 20 years and six films. He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). In 2011, Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play Misterman. In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors.

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คิลเลียน เมอร์ฟีキリアン・マーフィー基利安·墨菲킬리언 머피كيليان مورفي希里安·墨菲کیلین مورفی基里安·墨菲席尼·墨菲קיליאן מרפיசில்லியன் மர்பி

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The Trench
55% (1999)
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Disco Pigs
57% (2001)
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Sunburn
62% (1999)
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Red Lights
62% (2012)
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Broken
70% (2012)
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Aloft
55% (2014)
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Steve
0% (1970)
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Watchmen
74% (2001)
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Eviction
50% (1999)
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Dunkirk
75% (2017)
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The Party
63% (2017)
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I'm the Man
70% (2019)

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