Top 10 Cillian Murphy Movie Performances
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This prolific actor is finally getting the praise he deserves! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for Cillian Murphy’s best big-screen performances. Our countdown of the best Cillian Murphy movie performances includes “A Quiet Place Part II”, “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Oppenheimer”, and more! Did we forget another standout Murphy performance? Let us know in the comments below.
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@danielsantiagourtado3430
5 ай бұрын
Love your content
@Perplexy1
5 ай бұрын
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5 ай бұрын
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5 ай бұрын
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5 ай бұрын
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Cillian Murphy is an excellent actor. His performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer deserves him an Oscar.
@roxy5588
5 ай бұрын
100% absolutely yes! He was magical in that film! ❤️
If we were including TV show performances I'd personally put his "Thomas Shelby" role at number 1. Peaky Blinders was just a masterpiece
@victoriag1889
5 ай бұрын
Is his most iconic performance but Peaky blinders is TV show
@galanganarkhi602
3 ай бұрын
No shelby , no oppenheimer
@the-boy-who-lived
Ай бұрын
Even though Thomas Shelby is the most iconic character he had played, he did the best on Oppenheimer.
Red Eye is so underrated. He was fantastic in it.
@ryukomatoi592
5 ай бұрын
Charismatic evil
@dalehoward3704
4 ай бұрын
I LOOOVED that!!!
@mariamercedesruizpetro
3 ай бұрын
Por esa película es que lo reconozco y lo recuerdo parecía un loco aterrador cuando vi la película por primera vez no paraba de gritarle a la chica corre corre 😂😂😂 tenía 12 años
He's quickly become my favorite actor. Everything he does is just brilliant. Such a talented and charismatic actor.
@robanks3895
3 ай бұрын
He certainly is brilliant, The US audience is a bit late to the party. Cillian has been famous in the UK and Ireland for about 10 years
@sfinn85
3 ай бұрын
@@robanks3895He has been famous in the UK and Ireland longer than a decade as his breakthrough role was in "28 Days Later" in 2002. It led to Christopher Nolan noticing him
Please let Cillian Murray win an Oscar for Oppenheimer! PLEASE!!!!!!
@reviton8820
5 ай бұрын
BAFTA is 100% winning best actor
@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719
5 ай бұрын
He's a strong contender
@victoriag1889
5 ай бұрын
I hope 🤞 i want to see him win the Oscar 😢
@millicent6826
5 ай бұрын
I hope he wins
@Iggystar71
4 ай бұрын
If he doesn’t then I’m REALLY done with the Oscars.
His role in The Edge of Love is one of his most underrated performances!
My favorite Cillian Murphy's roles are: "Oppenheimer", "The Wind that shakes the barley", "Peaky Blinders" and "The Dark Knight trilogy".
That scene in Inception is what I remember most in the movie. Beautifully conceived, shot and acted.
28 Days Later is way underrated to me, not just the movie but his performance. For most of the movie he seems like a shy, unassuming guy that just survived through "lucky" (not so lucky to be in a coma in most cases) circumstances, but by the end he goes full badass.
He's a very captivating actor! He was great in Red Eye and Watching Detectives (rom com movie).
I have seen the future! And Cillian Murphy is going to win that Oscar for Best Actor!
In the Dark Knight Rises whoever decided to add a crack in the lens of Scarecrow's glasses was genius. That crack just made him look more crazy.
@Jeremiah_Rivers76
5 ай бұрын
Forget Ducard, Joker, and Bane! The Scarecrow doesn’t scare the #2 out of me as much as he used to, but he’s still a stand-out villain!
I always thought Cillian Murphy is an underrated actor. When people think about The Dark Knight, the Joker and Bane usually come up. After Oppenheimer, the industry and audiences finally see Cillian as a force to be reckoned with when he wins his first Academy Award.
@robanks3895
3 ай бұрын
And of course his most iconic role as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders, there is no actor that can match that role
He's amazing!!! He deserves an Oscar!!!
Another film to check out of his is Intermission. It stars Cillian and Colin Farrell and Colm Meaney. It's brilliant.
@user-tw3re9hg3j
5 ай бұрын
His first Movie Disco Pigs his performance is amazing, don't think anyone outside of Ireland knows it
@terserah_netijen_ajah
4 ай бұрын
@@user-tw3re9hg3jI have watched Disco Pigs ❤❤❤❤
@yalikejazz8180
3 ай бұрын
@@user-tw3re9hg3ji'm from serbia and i've seen it, he excelled :)
Give. Him. The. Oscar.
"Oppenheimer" deserves to Cillian the Academy Award, right now!
I was flabbergasted when I saw him in Peacock. That's when I knew that he was amazing.
@overnight_doughnut_fryer
23 күн бұрын
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Cillian is one of my top favourite actor. He is a true actor, a master talent and a force to be reckoned with. I absolutely fell in love with him in "Red Eye" and then "Peaky Blinders". Just now i finished "Oppenheimer" and "Watching the Detectives"...he never cease to amaze me with his range of different characters!
So happy for the success of Cillian Murphy, i love him as Thomas Shelby 😍
Cillian has a whole body of work that many have enjoyed for many years. (Peaky Blinders included). It's thrilling to see how Oppie put him on the grand stage for everyone to see this lovely man's incredible talent. Go get that Oscar, Cill!!
WatchMojo campaigning for Cillian Murphy...I love it!
First of all, love you Rebecca like always! Second, i bet this Robert Oppenheimer is what's gonna get him that Oscar!
@charlottehardy822
5 ай бұрын
Hopefully 🤞
@WatchMojo
5 ай бұрын
When I saw The Wind that Shakes the Barley in Belfast, the entire cinema stood and clapped at the closing credits. Never witnessed anything like it.
@nbenefiel
3 ай бұрын
I can’t watch it again. It tears me up.
@annettegilbert3715
2 ай бұрын
Loved the movie ❤
I love that the Wind That Shakes The Barley is that high. Unbelievably good film that tends to get forgotten now. It won the Cannes Palmes d’Or
@christineroerty2534
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant movie and performance by Cillian Murphy.
First thing I remember seeing him in was 28 days later, he said he'd be interested in doing another one (28 years later). Even though it's not big screen my favorite part he's played is Peaky Blinders
My favorite roles of Cillian Murphy was his portrayals as Scarecrow and Red Eye. He performed spectacularly as Robert Oppenheimer. The only role we need him to play is Doctor Doom in the MCU.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley. 🇮🇪☘️
Can't forget his outstanding amazing role of Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders..His performance leaves u wanting more.
@sfinn85
3 ай бұрын
It's a TV show not a movie
I am desperate for the next 28 Days Later movie, and putting Cillian back into the franchise, would be the cherry on the cake. One of the greatest actors of his generation, i adore the guy.
I really liked Nolan's Cillian Murphy scarecrow! In the role of Scarecrow I met for the first time we meet Cillian! In Ophennaimer Cillian Murphy was fantastic, he deserves to win an Oscar for his great performance!
SUNSHINE is an underrated film. So visceral utterly Existential
He only did supporting roles, until he participated in Peaky Blinders, and after that I thought he would only be known as the eternal meme of 2020 and now he's there shutting me up, receiving the Oscar now for Oppenhaimer. 17:49 pm
@sfinn85
3 ай бұрын
He had the lead role in the movies "28 Days Later" and "Breakfast on Pluto"
@annettegilbert3715
2 ай бұрын
@sfinn8And many more Sunshine, Anthropoid, etc 28 Days Later. On the Edge, Disco Pigs, Red Eye, Red Lights, The Edge of Love ..lots
This guy is a powerhouse performer ❤
Cillian Murphy is brilliant in everything he takes on.
Manifesting Oscar Winner Cillian Murphy
About how such an underrated and talented actor, with many underrated movies, and after that, he went from being currently one of the best actors, and that is thanks to movies like 28 days later, the Batman trilogy, Peaky Blinders and recently Oppenheimer has gained him a lot of fame and now it is very possible that he will win Best Actor thanks to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
I really enjoyed watching him in the film Anthropoid.
@annettegilbert3715
2 ай бұрын
Great movie .. tragic but Cillian is fantastic in it !
Cillian Murphy in dark knight scared the shit out of me 😢
28 Days Later is the movie that convinced me horror movies can be a good experience. Horror’s been my favorite genre ever since.
He played a crazy good dual role in Peacock (2010) alongside Susan Sarandon and Elliot Page, where he played a man with a split personality playing both husband and wife creepily and effortlessly
@millicent6826
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I'm seeing others acknowledge Peacock on here. One of the best!
@loreespeechly8413
5 ай бұрын
Incredible.. I just recently watched
I want to mention his role in Anthropoid. An underrated WW2 film about the assassination of Heydrich, in which Murphy plays one of the assassins.
Born to Act
His performance in Peacock is extremely underrated. He pulls off both characters effortlessly and you can really tell their mannerisms apart.
@millicent6826
5 ай бұрын
Peacock yes! One of the best. To this day I am blown away by it. Every time I watch it, I'm like what just happened because it's just that good!
@Dolorous_Edd
3 ай бұрын
Ellen Page and Susan Surandon? I'll check it out
@overnight_doughnut_fryer
23 күн бұрын
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Movie performances it should be performances and peaky blinders should be top 3 but still get list good to see Cillian Murphy gets the recognition he deserves he is soo underrated 😊
“Anthropoid”, a true story of Czech heroism, and “Perrier’s Bounty” where I first discovered him last September and felt sorry for him getting constantly beaten up.
Murph my love
I did t even know that was him in the movie a quiet place . Damn he can change faces too! Now that’s talent
J. Robert Oppenheimer is his best performance to date. I hope he wins an Oscar for it.
@victoriag1889
5 ай бұрын
I hope too
@NT_1
5 ай бұрын
SUNSHINE
@juanche978
4 ай бұрын
I think Thomas Shelby is even superior
@michaelmonthey5974
4 ай бұрын
@@juanche978 Probably should have gotten an Emmy for that one.
One of my favorite actors, He's been around for longer than it seems delivering performance on top of performance and improving every film. I tend to ignore Tron:Legacy but not because of Cillian.
Cillian in anything, any role. He shines. Should have won a BAFTA for Thomas Shelby, he deserves that and an OSCAR too.
Ooo I love this guy!! Didn't know he was Irish but right on, he"s amazing
Greatest actor of our time folks!
I've seen 28 days later more times than I can count but i never put together that Jim was Cillian Murphy until just now. I don't know why, Ive seen him in other things but it didn't click until this moment. It's the eyes that are burned into my memories, his eyes in that movie.
It’s easy to see why he has become such a Nolan favourite - even came down to the last few for Batman before (rightly) being beat out by the incomparable Christian Bale & thus a brilliant turn as Scarecrow instead was born. Oppenheimer meanwhile is easily one of the best films I have seen in years & I hope it finally sees Cillian, Nolan & Robert Downey Jr bring home Oscar gold!
He can really save the MCU as Doctor Doom replacing Kang as main villain for Multiverse Saga
@jessemillan1385
5 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!!!
@ivangomez123
5 ай бұрын
I know right!! However, he put one simple condition to play Doom, "a good script".
@user-qt6sf6yl1f
5 ай бұрын
But nothing can save Marvel from Disney so better he keep playing quality roles definitely no
@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231
5 ай бұрын
Nah, Kang was played by a black guy, so replacing him with a white guy would be a racisms. You're only allowed to replace white actors with non white actors, you can't do it the other way.
@mike91mdk45
5 ай бұрын
I think better writing is the only thing that can save it. No more of the political diarrhea. Just good story. With disney that's difficult.
Loved him in inception, every nolan movie really, but especially inception and oppenheimer
His performance in Anthoropoide was also compelling!
I think what Nolan did from giving Cillian Scarecrow, to Fischer, Solider in Dunkirk and Oppenheimer, I think almost every time Cillian plays a new Nolan film character is always a step up of how dramatic can he be in every new Nolan character he’s plays
@annettegilbert3715
2 ай бұрын
Any movie he's appears in really!
So glad so many of us agree about Anthropoid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Red Lights, Anthropoid, The Party.👍👍👍
I really liked him in Anthropoid.
What about the time keeper in In Time?? #Underrated asf
Peacock. Gillian was sensational in Peacock.
I'm waiting patiently for the Peaky Blinders"movie ....
@wjbt3
5 ай бұрын
Peaky Blinders created Godzilla 🤯
Honorable mentions: Peacock In Time Anna
There are a few performances missing from the list that should have at least been in honorable mentions. Also his performance in Anthropoid should have been in the top 10 list and his perf in Breakfast on Pluto should have been higher. But I'm glad at least his role in The Wind That Shakes the Barley is higher up the list.
Girl with a pearl earring 2003 🙂
First time I saw him Was ‘Red Eye’ ! And that alone was Already Legendary
No brown sauce in your tea, bad list
@asdf7711
3 ай бұрын
Unforgettable!
Nearly had a stroke not seeing Thomas Shelby then I realised it’s MOVIE performances.
I am glad On The Edge was mentioned, it's one of my favorites and he is so fricken cute in it . I think Watching the Detectives needs mention, he has great comedic timing. He should do morr comedies..
Peacock (2010) is also a good Cillian movie ♥
Oscars have finally have him n me
I hope he wins! So glad he's getting the acknowledgement he deserves. One movie I think his performance was amazing as well was Peacock.
I wonder if he realizes how beautiful he is?
Peacock. 👍
How many TV performances has Cillian Murphy done? I ask because his role on “Pinky Blinders” shouldn’t be overlooked.
Very glad that Intermission got a mention
I was like they better have Breakfast on Pluto, and there it was the first one to be mentioned. Thank you miss Mojo, :)
Red Lights was a interesting movie too & he did a great job in it!
Red lights is my fav cilian murphy movie
And then you add his tv acting skills....Tommy Shelby and you see one of the most brilliant actors that will never accept his brilliance.
Oh come on you could've included Peaky Blinders! It's not like you can make a separate list for his tv roles...
Watch him in Anthropoid....hard and heroic... masterful acting ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
All these comments about peaky blinders and everyone forgot his role in Project Anthropoid
How much I love Red Eye,
28 Days Later is the best one.
I prefer Cillian Murphy in Irish films although 28 Days Later and Sunshine are some of his best outside of Ireland. Oppenheimer is great I just think it's getting way too much credit because let's face it, it didn't really have much competition.
OSCAR FOR HIM PLS
His performance in "Intermission" should've been in this list
Sunshine could've been a Sci fi classic but they definitely fumbled the ending somehow.
@NT_1
5 ай бұрын
Still an absolute masterpiece of a movie. The soundtracks clearly have no match. Beautiful.
@annettegilbert3715
2 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯
Can you guys finally make a video on top 10 Heath Ledger performances
Such a good actor I will say I think his best performance is in peaky blinders but obviously that’s not a movie so can’t make this list. He definitely deserves a Oscar
Watching the detectives!!
Is anyone really surprised by the choice for number one?
if you want a slice of life film of his, check out The Delinquent Season. It's great!
My honourable mention Hass to be Timekeeper Raymond Leon - in time
There’s a movie that is overlooked, called Perrier’s Bounty with Brendon Gleeson and Jim Broadbent. Funny and charming.