The most prominent movies and TV series in which Cillian Murphy played. TOP 5
Cillian Murphy has played villains and heroes, conquered space and tried to survive in the post-apocalypse, rivaled Batman and exposed a psychic charlatan
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Oppenheimer (2023)
Even before the film's release, the actor admitted that Christopher Nolan is a director with whom he is ready to collaborate until the end of his days, but he still failed to play the main role.
Oppenheimer is a grandiose scientist or, as he called himself, "the destroyer of worlds," who at first strives to make a grand discovery, and then is horrified by its possible consequences. Oppenheimer's role is perhaps the most challenging in Murphy's career...
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
An Irish family of gangsters from Birmingham terrified their enemies and fascinated their friends. "Peaky Blinders have become an important part of mass culture: from the sophisticated style of the main characters and their hairstyles, which have been copied by more than a dozen barbers, to the quality of the dramatic material. It turned out that Murphy would reveal himself best in the role of a World War I-traumatized war veteran with a wolfish grip."
28 Days Later (2002)
Murphy's character is an ordinary resident of the metropolis, a deliveryman Jim, who wakes up in a hospital after 28 days of coma. Going out into the streets of deserted London, the hero realizes that something irresistible has happened. Having met a couple of similar miraculously surviving heroes, the confused Jim sets off with them on a dangerous journey in a new world of zombies.
The actor himself admits that his role in 28 Days was a turning point for him and largely determined the course of his further career.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
The plot centers on two O'Donovan brothers - Damien (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Padraic Delaney) - whose personal lives reflect the history of the whole state. Murphy's character is a successful doctor who left his medical practice to defend his country. Together with his brother, he joins the national liberation movement. But their goal is only half achieved...
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
The film in the format of 36 book chapters tells the story of Patrick, a foundling without a family, who is desperately trying to find his mother. Raised by a priest, Patrick is as far away from church austerity and religious norms as possible. On the contrary, he resists external limits and prohibitions with all his might. In his journey, the hero meets the same amazing characters, comprehends the world beyond his native target, and undergoes a difficult inner transformation...
