Cillian Murphy has appeared in six Christopher Nolan films, more than any other actor, from a Batman Begins audition for the lead that became Scarecrow, through to Oppenheimer.
28 Days Later made him internationally known, and Breakfast on Pluto is the early performance that showed the range, playing a transgender woman in 1970s Ireland.
Peaky Blinders gave him a six-season television lead and an enormous audience.
He won Best Actor for Oppenheimer, and the performance is largely internal, with Nolan holding on his face for extended periods and trusting it to carry the film’s moral weight.
