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Premiering soon, Cillian appears most recently in “In Time”, directed by Andrew Niccol, opposite Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried. In November, Cillian will be bringing, “Misterman”, directed by Enda Walsh, a much acclaimed one man, theatre performance, from earlier this year, to St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York.
Cillian appears in “Inception” (Warner Bros.), a contemporary sci-fi thriller set within the architecture of the mind. The film, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page, marks Cillian’s third collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. In 2005, Cillian made an indelible impression as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow in “Batman Begins” and reprised the role in last year’s “The Dark Knight.”
Cillian starred opposite Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent in Ian Fitzgibbon’s “Perrier’s Bounty,” a dark comedy that follows three unlikely fugitives on the run from a gangster kingpin in Dublin. He also stars in Mandate Pictures’ “Peacock,” a psychological thriller about a man with split personalities.
Cillian first garnered international attention for his performance as the reluctant survivor Jim in Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later.” Following “Batman Begins,” he starred opposite Rachel McAdams in Wes Craven’s hit thriller “Red Eye” and garnered a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Patrick “Kitten” Brady in Neil Jordan’s “Breakfast on Pluto.” In Ken Loach’s 2006 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” Cillian portrayed a guerilla fighter who battles the British Black and Tan squads that attempt to thwart Ireland’s bid for independence. Cillian re-teamed with Boyle and writer Alex Garland (“28 Days Later”) on “Sunshine” (2007), a thriller in which a group of scientists attempt to re-ignite a dying sun.
Cillian’s screen credits also include Beeban Kidron’s forthcoming “Hippie Hippie Shake,” John Maybury’s “Edge of Love,” John Crowley’s “Intermission,” Peter Webber’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” Anthony Minghella’s “Cold Mountain,” “How Harry Became a Tree,” “On the Edge,” and “Sunburn.”
Cillian made his mark on stage with a stunning performance in Enda Walsh’s “Disco Pigs.” After receiving commendations for Best Fringe Show at the 1996 Dublin Theatre Festival and the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival 1997, “Disco Pigs” went on to tour extensively in Ireland, the U.K., Canada and Australia. Murphy later starred in the film version directed by Kirsten Sheridan.
In 2006, Cillian made his West End debut at the New Ambassador Theatre in John Kolvenbach’s “Love Song,” directed by John Crowley. His stage collaborations with Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes include “The Country Boy,” “Juno and the Paycock,” and “Playboy of the Western World” at the Gaity Theatre in Dublin. Murphy also starred as Konstantin in the Edinburgh Fest production of “The Seagull” directed by Peter Stein, as Adam in Neil LaBute’s “The Shape of Things” at the Gate Theatre in Dublin and as Claudio in “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Cillian lives in London, for UK projects contact Lou Coulson: telephone 0044 207 734 9633. In the USA Cillian is represented by Darren Statt at UTA, click here for UTA’s website