Look Back on These 18 Young Cillian Murphy Photos
Take a look at these throwback photos of young Cillian Murphy in the 2000s, before he was an Oscar winner.
In the early 2000s, a young Cillian Murphy began his acting career. Notable credits from his early acting days include 28 Days Later (2002), Intermission (2003), and Breakfast on Pluto (2005), for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination. Before his screen work and his big Oscars win, Murphy performed primarily in theatrical productions.
Murphy has been married to his wife, Yvonne McGuinness, since 2004, and the couple have two children, now teenagers, who walked the 2024 Oscars red carpet with the Irish actor. Although an intensely popular actor and public figure, Cillian Murphy prefers to stay out of the "celebrity scene," as he's shared multiple times in interviews.
The actor had his breakthrough following his work with the acclaimed director, Christopher Nolan, which began with The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012), in which he played the villain Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow. Aside from his work with Nolan, Murphy also gained recognition for his role in the TV series Peaky Blinders (2013-2022), as the beloved character Tommy Shelby. Murphy also featured in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) and starred most recently in the hugely popular film Oppenheimer (2023) as the titular character.
From film festivals to red carpets to early photo shoots, here are some of L'OFFICIEL's favorite photos of young Cillian Murphy from early in his career.
