Portrait of Cillian Murphy

Acting

Cillian Murphy

Career

Active from 1997 to 2027, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
45
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cillian Murphy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.9, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Bleak Realism 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Fast-Paced 4
  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Visually Stunning 3
  • Atmospheric 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain

as Thomas Shelby / Tommy / Himself

Blood Runs Coal
Blood Runs Coal

as Chip Yablonski

28 Years Later: Part III
28 Years Later: Part III

Executive Producer

2020s

13 titles · average score 73
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
GoodWatch score 68

as Tommy Shelby

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
GoodWatch score 80

as Jim (uncredited)

Steve
Steve (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

as Steve

28 Years Later
28 Years Later (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These (2024)
GoodWatch score 78

as Bill Furlong

Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

as Dad (voice)

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (2024)

as Thomas Shelby (voice)

Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 87

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
GoodWatch score 78

as Emmett

All of This Unreal Time
All of This Unreal Time (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

as Man

Fight for First: Excel Esports
Fight for First: Excel Esports (2021)

TV show · as Narrator

A World of Calm
A World of Calm (2020)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Narrator

2010s

25 titles · average score 62
Anna
Anna (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lenny Miller

Free Fire
Free Fire (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

as Chris

Dunkirk
Dunkirk (2017)
GoodWatch score 85

as Shivering Soldier

Anthropoid
Anthropoid (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

as Josef Gabčík

In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
GoodWatch score 54

as Matthew Joy

Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Thomas Shelby

Red Lights
Red Lights (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

as Tom Buckley

Broken
Broken (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mike Kiernan

In Time
In Time (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

as Raymond Leon

Retreat
Retreat (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

as Martin

Inception
Inception (2010)
GoodWatch score 83

as Robert Fischer, Jr.

Peacock
Peacock (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

as John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa

2000s

22 titles · average score 68
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight (2008)
GoodWatch score 89

as Scarecrow

Sunshine
Sunshine (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Capa

Watching the Detectives
Watching the Detectives (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

as Neil

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
GoodWatch score 82

as Damien

Red Eye
Red Eye (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jackson Rippner

Batman Begins
Batman Begins (2005)
GoodWatch score 80

as Dr. Jonathan Crane

Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

as Pieter

28 Days Later
28 Days Later (2002)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jim

The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Paul Montague

On the Edge
On the Edge (2001)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jonathan Breech

Disco Pigs
Disco Pigs (2001)
GoodWatch score 43

as Pig / Darren

1990s

6 titles · average score 61
Sunburn
Sunburn (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Davin McDerby

At Death's Door
At Death's Door (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Young Reaper

The Trench
The Trench (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Rag Rookwood

Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Pat the Barman

Eviction
Eviction (1999)

as Brendan McBride

Quando
Quando (1997)

as Pat