# List of awards and nominations received by Cillian Murphy
[Cillian Murphy](https://www.edgepedia.org/cillian-murphy) is an Irish actor whose awards record spans two decades of film and television work, culminating in the 2024 [Academy Award for Best Actor](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-actor) for his title role in [Christopher Nolan](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-nolan)'s *Oppenheimer*. Born in 1976 in Cork, Ireland, he is the first Irish-born actor to win the Best Actor Oscar.[1](https://www.newsfour.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NewsFour_Apr-May-2024.pdf) As of the most recent tally, IMDb lists 54 wins and 91 nominations across his career.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Award | Won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 96th Academy Awards (2024) for *Oppenheimer*[3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024) |
| BAFTA | Won Leading Actor at the 2024 British Academy Film Awards for *Oppenheimer*; nominated for the BAFTA TV Leading Actor award for *Peaky Blinders* in 2023[4](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/leading-actor/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/) |
| Golden Globes | Two nominations, one win: Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for *Oppenheimer* (2024); nominated in the Musical or Comedy category for *Breakfast on Pluto* (2006)[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/cillian-murphy/) |
| SAG Award | Won at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2024) for *Oppenheimer*, after being nominated alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt[6](https://apnews.com/article/663d25e3143330eb50a53c7e91841e34) • [7](https://apnews.com/article/b7fc5e0bbdae2f32ddb08399c1dbdaf7) |
| Irish awards | IFTA Best Actor in a Film for *Small Things Like These* (2025), his second IFTA win[8](https://ifta.ie/awards/iftawinnersnew2025.php) |
| Television | Golden FIPA winner for TV Series and Serials: Actor for *Peaky Blinders* at the Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (2014)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/) |
| Career total | 54 wins and 91 nominations per IMDb[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/) |
## Early recognition, 2002 to 2007
Murphy's first recorded award was the best actor prize at the Oursense Independent Film Festival in 2002 for *Disco Pigs*, followed by an Irish Film and Television Award nomination for the same film in 2003.[9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976) His international breakthrough came as Jim, the reluctant survivor in [Danny Boyle](https://www.edgepedia.org/danny-boyle)'s *28 Days Later*, which brought a cluster of 2003 and 2004 nominations: an IFTA nomination for best actor in a feature film, an Empire Award nomination for best newcomer, an Online Film Critics Society Award nomination for best breakthrough performance, and MTV Movie Award nominations for best trans-Atlantic breakthrough performance and breakthrough male performance.[9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976)
**Mid-2000s nominations.** For Neil Jordan's *Breakfast on Pluto* he received a Satellite Award nomination in 2005, a Golden Globe nomination for best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy, and a European Film Award nomination for best actor in 2006.[9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976) • [5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/cillian-murphy/) Genre and popular-vote bodies recognized his villainous roles: an MTV Movie Award nomination for best villain for the [Scarecrow](https://www.edgepedia.org/scarecrow) in *Batman Begins*, and Saturn Award and Teen Choice Award nominations for *Red Eye* in 2006.[9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/) [Ken Loach](https://www.edgepedia.org/ken-loach)'s *[The Wind That Shakes the Barley](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley-film)* earned him British Independent Film Award and European Film Award nominations for best actor in 2006, and he was nominated for BAFTA's Orange Rising Star award in 2007.[9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/)
## Peaky Blinders and television honors
Murphy's long run as Thomas Shelby in the BBC series *[Peaky Blinders](https://www.edgepedia.org/peaky-blinders-tv-series)* produced his first major television recognition. He won the Golden FIPA for TV Series and Serials: Actor at the Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming in 2014, and was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Leading Actor in 2023.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/) The Irish Academy also honored the television side of his career before his film IFTA win; by the time of the 2025 ceremony he was a two-time IFTA winner.[8](https://ifta.ie/awards/iftawinnersnew2025.php)
## The Oppenheimer awards season, 2024
*Oppenheimer* dominated the 2024 season, receiving 13 Academy Award nominations, the most of any film that year.[10](https://apnews.com/article/0ef5ed6895af04c56237f07b138c8a61) Murphy was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama and won.[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/cillian-murphy/) At the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, where *Oppenheimer* also won Best Film, Director, Supporting Actor, Score, Cinematography, and Editing, Murphy took the Leading Actor award over fellow nominees including [Bradley Cooper](https://www.edgepedia.org/bradley-cooper), Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti, and [Barry Keoghan](https://www.edgepedia.org/barry-keoghan).[4](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/leading-actor/) • [11](https://apnews.com/article/3a4b1d7a911d9dd218c2fc728cf89c80) At the 30th [Screen Actors Guild Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-actors-guild-awards) he won the male actor in a leading role prize, and the film took the ensemble award; press coverage noted that having won at the SAG Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Globes, he held the clear edge heading into the Oscars.[6](https://apnews.com/article/663d25e3143330eb50a53c7e91841e34)
At the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024, Murphy won Best Actor in a Leading Role, defeating nominees Bradley Cooper (*Maestro*), [Colman Domingo](https://www.edgepedia.org/colman-domingo) (*Rustin*), [Paul Giamatti](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-giamatti) (*The Holdovers*), and [Jeffrey Wright](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeffrey-wright) (*American Fiction*).[3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024) Accepting the award, he said, "We're all living in Oppenheimer's world. I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere."[12](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/12/ahqi-m12.pdf) The win made him the first Irish-born actor to receive the Best Actor Oscar, a result celebrated in his home city of Cork.[1](https://www.newsfour.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NewsFour_Apr-May-2024.pdf) He also received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actor in a Film for the role.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/)
## Recent work, 2025 and 2026
Murphy's post-Oscar projects have continued to draw nominations. For [Tim Mielants](https://www.edgepedia.org/tim-mielants)' *Small Things Like These*, in which he starred and which won Best Film at the 2025 Irish Film and Television Awards, Murphy won the IFTA for Best Actor in a Film.[8](https://ifta.ie/awards/iftawinnersnew2025.php) For *Steve* (2025), he was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Lead Performance, and the film received a 2026 BAFTA Film Award nomination for Outstanding British Film of the Year, shared with Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, and Max Porter.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/)
## References
1. [Comhghairdeas mór to Cillian Murphy becoming first Irish-born actor to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards, NewsFour, April/May 2024](https://www.newsfour.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NewsFour_Apr-May-2024.pdf)
2. [Cillian Murphy – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/awards/)
3. [The 96th Academy Awards, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024)
4. [Film / Leading Actor, BAFTA](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/leading-actor/)
5. [Cillian Murphy, Golden Globes](https://goldenglobes.com/person/cillian-murphy/)
6. [Inside the SAG Awards: A mostly celebratory mood for 1st show since historic strike, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/663d25e3143330eb50a53c7e91841e34)
7. [SAG Awards nominate 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer,' snub DiCaprio, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/b7fc5e0bbdae2f32ddb08399c1dbdaf7)
8. [IFTA Winners, Irish Film & Television Academy](https://ifta.ie/awards/iftawinnersnew2025.php)
9. [Murphy, Cillian 1976–, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/murphy-cillian-1976)
10. ['Oppenheimer,' Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/0ef5ed6895af04c56237f07b138c8a61)
11. [Winners of the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/3a4b1d7a911d9dd218c2fc728cf89c80)
12. [Oppenheimer's victory at the Academy Awards, World Socialist Web Site](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/12/ahqi-m12.pdf)
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