Inevitably, if you play a character for a long time, and I was researching him for six months, then shooting it for however long that was.. And you'r… - Cillian Murphy

About Cillian Murphy

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. Murphy began his collaboration with filmmaker Christopher Nolan in 2005, playing the Scarecrow in The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017). He also gained greater 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). He won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award for portraying the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023).