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Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 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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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026as Jim (uncredited)Our takeThe most hopeful discovery in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple arrives inside the body everyone else has stopped seeing as human. Dr. Ian Kelson looks at Samson—the towering Alpha infected who could tear him apart—and asks whether rage is an identity or an illness. Jimmy Crystal looks at frightened survivors and…
The Dark Knight2008as ScarecrowOur takeTwo boats sit in the dark, and each has been handed the means to destroy the other. The terrifying question is no longer whether Batman can beat a criminal. It is whether frightened people will decide that survival excuses murder. Then Gotham surprises the Joker—and Batman still ends the night running from the police.
Inception2010as Robert Fischer, Jr.Our takeSpoilers ahead. Christopher Nolan’s Inception turns a corporate heist into a story about grief, guilt, and the difficulty of knowing when to wake up. RecapRush’s view: the final image matters less as a puzzle with one hidden answer than as a character decision—Cobb stops checking the world and goes to his children.Profile and filmography data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.