Cillian Murphy on stage and screen
Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor who has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Murphy made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1997 | Quando | Pat | Short film | |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweety Barrett | Pat the Barman | ||
| 1999 | Eviction | Brendan McBride | Short film | |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Davin McDerby | ||
| 1999 | At Death's Door | Grim Reaper, Jr. | Short film | |
| 1999 | The Trench | Rag Rookwood | ||
| 2000 | Filleann an Feall | Ger | Short film | |
| 2000 | A Man of Few Words | Best man | Short film | |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Jonathan Breech | ||
| 2001 | How Harry Became a Tree | Gus | ||
| 2001 | Disco Pigs | Darren / Pig | ||
| 2001 | Watchmen | Phil | Short film | |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Jim | ||
| 2003 | Intermission | John | ||
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | ||
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Bardolph | ||
| 2003 | Zonad | Guy Hendrickson | Short film | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | ||
| 2005 | Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | ||
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Patrick "Kitten" Braden | ||
| 2006 | The Silent City | Soldier | Short film | |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Damien O'Donovan | ||
| 2007 | Sunshine | Robert Capa | ||
| 2007 | Watching the Detectives | Neil Lewis | ||
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | Cameo | |
| 2008 | The Edge of Love | William Killick | ||
| 2008 | Waveriders | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Michael McCrea | ||
| 2009 | The Water | Son | Short film | |
| 2010 | Peacock | John Skillpa / Emma Skillpa | ||
| 2010 | Hippie Hippie Shake | Richard Neville | Unreleased | |
| 2010 | Inception | Robert Fischer | ||
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Edward Dillinger, Jr. | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2011 | Retreat | Martin | ||
| 2011 | In Time | Raymond Leon | ||
| 2012 | Red Lights | Tom Buckley | ||
| 2012 | Broken | Mike Kiernan | ||
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow | Cameo | |
| 2013 | Harriet and the Matches | Cat | Voice; Short film | |
| 2014 | Aloft | Ivan | ||
| 2014 | Transcendence | Agent Donald Buchanan | ||
| 2014 | From the Mountain | Narrator | Voice; Short film | |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Matthew Joy | ||
| 2016 | Anthropoid | Jozef Gabčík | ||
| 2016 | Free Fire | Chris | ||
| 2017 | The Party | Tom | ||
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Shivering Soldier | ||
| 2018 | The Delinquent Season | Jim | ||
| 2018 | The Overcoat | Akaky | Voice; Short film | |
| 2019 | Anna | Lenny Miller | ||
| 2020 | A Quiet Place Part II | Emmett | ||
| 2021 | All of This Unreal Time | Man | Short film | |
| 2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Dad | Voice | |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | ||
| 2024 | Small Things Like These | Bill Furlong | Also producer | |
| 2025 | 28 Years Later | Executive producer only | ||
| 2025 | Steve | Steve | Also producer | |
| 2026 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Jim | Uncredited cameo; also executive producer | |
| 2026 | Thomas Shelby | Post-production; also producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Paul Montague | 4 episodes |
| 2013–2022 | Peaky Blinders | Thomas Shelby | Main role; also executive producer |
| 2015 | Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth | Narrator | Voice; Documentary series |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
| 2009 | "The Water" | Feist | |
| 2011 | "Winter Beats" | I Break Horses | |
| 2013 | "Hold Me Forever" | Money | Director only |
| 2015 | "The Clock" | Paul Hartnoll | |
| 2016 | "Stages" | The Frank and Walters | Voice only |
| 2017 | "The Ways" | Allred and Broderick | |
| 2017 | "The Meetings of the Waters" | Fionn Regan | |
| 2022 | "Pana-vision" | The Smile |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow |
| 2023 | Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom | Thomas Shelby |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1996–1998 | Disco Pigs | Darren/"Pig" | World tour |
| 1998 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Kilkenny Castle |
| 1999 | The Country Boy | Curly | Town Hall Theatre |
| 1999 | Juno and the Paycock | Johnny Boyle | Gaiety Theatre |
| 2002 | The Shape of Things | Adam | Gate Theatre |
| 2003 | The Seagull | Konstantine | Edinburgh International Festival |
| 2004 | The Playboy of the Western World | Christy Mahon | Town Hall Theater |
| 2006 | Love Song | Beane | Ambassadors Theatre |
| 2010 | From Galway to Broadway and back again. | Christy Mahon | Town Hall Theatre |
| 2011–2012 | Misterman | Thomas Magill | Galway Arts Festival Royal National Theatre St. Ann's Warehouse |
| 2014 | Ballyturk | No. 1 | Galway Arts Festival Olympia Theatre Cork Opera House Royal National Theatre |
| 2018–2019 | Grief is the Thing with Feathers | Crow, Dad | Black Box Theatre O’Reilly Theatre Barbican Centre St. Ann's Warehouse |