The Dark Knight
2008 • as Scarecrow
Cillian Murphy
Known for Acting · 34 titles on FreeFlix
Cillian Murphy is credited on FreeFlix as an actor, with TMDB listing their main department as Acting. Their catalogue-connected work here covers 32 films and 2 TV titles.
The titles drawing the most attention are The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Batman Begins (2005).
Across that filmography the recurring genres are thriller, drama, action — these are genres calculated from their credits, not an official label.
Biography
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 ha…
Biography supplied by TMDB.
Known For
Inception
2010 • as Robert Fischer, Jr.
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 • as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins
2005 • as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Dunkirk
2017 • as Shivering Soldier
Oppenheimer
2023 • as J. Robert Oppenheimer
In Time
2011 • as Raymond Leon
Peaky Blinders
2013 • TV • as Thomas Shelby
TV Series Created by Cillian Murphy
Peaky Blinders
2013 • TV • as Thomas Shelby
Cillian Murphy Movies
The Dark Knight
2008 • as Scarecrow
Inception
2010 • as Robert Fischer, Jr.
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 • as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
Batman Begins
2005 • as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Dunkirk
2017 • as Shivering Soldier
Oppenheimer
2023 • as J. Robert Oppenheimer
In Time
2011 • as Raymond Leon
28 Days Later
2002 • as Jim
TRON: Legacy
2010 • as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
A Quiet Place Part II
2021 • as Emmett
Transcendence
2014 • as Agent Donald Buchanan
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 • as Matthew Joy
Sunshine
2007 • as Capa
Anna
2019 • as Lenny Miller
Red Eye
2005 • as Jackson Rippner
Cold Mountain
2003 • as Bardolph
TV Credits
Peaky Blinders
2013 • TV • as Thomas Shelby
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • TV • as Self - Guest
Genres associated with their filmography
Calculated from the 34 catalogue titles above — these are the genres their work most often falls under, not an official classification.
Frequent Collaborations
People credited alongside Cillian Murphy on more than one of the titles above.
- Christopher Nolan — 5 shared titles: The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Dunkirk
- Christian Bale — 3 shared titles: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins
- Michael Caine — 3 shared titles: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins
- Gary Oldman — 3 shared titles: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins
- Tom Hardy — 3 shared titles: Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Dunkirk
- Morgan Freeman — 2 shared titles: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
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Further credits
Smaller or less widely rated credits, listed for completeness.