Who is Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy?

IRISH actor Cillian Murphy has won over fans worldwide for his talent and heartthrob status.

He stunned audiences with his performance in Oppenheimer and was nominated for an Academy Award.

What is Cillian Murphy’s net worth?

Cillian Murphy was born May 25, 1976 in Douglas, Ireland.

He stands at just 5 feet 7 inches tall and is an actor.

In his teens, he began playing guitar and singing in multiple bands with his brother.

The duo were offered a five-album deal but turned it down.

He started learning Law at University College Cork but knew it was not what he wanted to do.

After this, he branched into acting and played the lead in a production of Little Shop of Horrors, performed at the Cork Opera House.

Cillian's first appearance in a film was in 1997, he played Pat in the short film Quando.

After that, he appeared in more short films and worked on stage.

He starred in the 2002 Danny Boyle horror 28 days later before taking on Batman as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.

Cillian would work with Nolan again in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) as well as the box-office success, Oppenheimer.

He regularly stars in darker or more serious films such as in John Krasinski's A Quiet Place Part II (2020). For this role, he won the Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2021.

Since 2013, he has been most recognisable as Tommy Shelby in the BBC's popular series Peaky Blinders, which ran until 2022.

Cillian married his long-time girlfriend, Yvonne McGuinness, in 2004.

According to , the actor has amassed a net worth of $20 million, or £15.9 million.

How much was Cillian Murphy paid for Oppenheimer?

In 2023, Cillian Murphy starred in the blockbuster film Oppenheimer, a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atom bomb.

The record-breaking movie became the highest-grossing biographical film of all time and grossed $953.8 million at the box office worldwide.

Murphy worked alongside an ensemble cast that included Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh.

Although reports of his salary for the movie have yet to be confirmed, multiple reports online claim that Murphy earned $10 million (£7.7 million) from the film.

What has Cillian Murphy said about playing Oppenheimer?

In Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy played the father of the atomic bomb.

Although he has delivered award-winning performances throughout his career, he revealed that this role was not without challenge.

He told the CBS Mornings panel, "I knew I had an awful lot of work to do as quickly as I could."

"I love work that is very, very challenging and scares the life out of you because you think, 'How am I going to do this?'" said Murphy.

"It's such a huge thing to take on. That's the stuff that really gets me going, rather than something that I think, 'I know how to do that.'"