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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 has already worked with Nolan for around 20 years and six films. He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). In 2011, Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play Misterman. In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors.
Cillian Murphy
Jonathan Crane
for Jonathan Crane in The Knightwing
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After the Dark Knight’s sacrifice 13 years ago, John Blake embraces his calling as Gotham’s protector as he recalls a Kryptonian tale once shared with him by Superman—of Nightwing, a winged champion who brought light to the darkest places. Inspired, he takes the name Knightwing, forging a symbol of hope rooted in both Earth and the stars. Blake’s mission collides with that of Officer Richard Grayson, still scarred by the unsolved murder of his parents, the Flying Graysons. Their pursuit of justice uncovers Tony Zucco’s return, working under the ruthless Penguin and funding Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow. Together, this unholy trinity plots to unleash Crane’s perfected toxin and claim Gotham’s sister city, Blüdhaven. Through battle and sacrifice, Blake and Grayson dismantle the alliance and finally end Scarecrow’s reign of terror. Yet Blake realizes Gotham’s future belongs to a new generation. He steps down, entrusting the mantle of Knightwing to Richard who wants to use his grief to fuel his dedication and make sure no kid goes through what he did. In a final credits scene, a letter is delivered to a quiet estate in Hawaii. A man retrieves it, weathered but alive. Its seal: a lone star, its paper bearing only an address. He unfolds it, and for the first time in years, Bruce Wayne reads in silence—his return all but certain.
