Awards and Nominations
More and more in recent years, Cillian Murphy has been honoured by film festival juries, critics associations, and major industry awards organisations, as well as by popular vote awards contests. Please if you know of something we should add to this list.
GQ's 2006 Actor of the Year
Industry
2008
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy)
- Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film nomination for Sunshine
2007
- British Independent Film Awards
- Best Actor nomination for Sunshine
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy)
- Best Actor Lead Film nominations for Breakfast on Pluto and The Wind That Shakes the Barley—WON for Pluto!
2006
- British Independent Film Awards
- Best Actor nomination for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- European Film Awards (European Film Academy)
- European Actor of the Year nomination for The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Breakfast on Pluto
- European Film Festival Palic (Serbia)
- Best Actor nomination for Breakfast on Pluto—WON!
- Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
- Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy nomination for Breakfast on Pluto
- GQ Men of the Year (U.K.)
- Actor of the Year—WON!
- Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films, U.S.A.)
- Best Supporting Actor nomination for Red Eye
At the 2006 Golden Globes
2005
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy)
- Best Irish Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Red Eye
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy)
- Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Batman Begins
- London Film Critics' Circle Awards
- British Actor in a Supporting Role nomination for Batman Begins
- Satellite Awards (International Press Academy, U.S.A.)
- Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical nomination for Breakfast on Pluto
2003
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy, first annual ceremony in November)
- Best Actor in a Film nomination for 28 Days Later...
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy, last biannual ceremony in January)
- Best Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Disco Pigs
- OFCS Awards (Online Film Critics Society)
- Breakthrough Performance nomination for 28 Days Later...
2002
- Ourense International Independent Film Festival (Spain)
- Best Actor nomination for Disco Pigs—WON!
At the 2003 Empire Awards
Popular
2007
- British Academy Film Awards (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
- The Orange Rising Star Award nomination
- Scream Awards (Spike TV, U.S.A.)
- Sci-Fi Star nomination for Sunshine
2006
- MTV Movie Awards (U.S.A.)
- Best Villain nomination for Batman Begins
- Scream Awards (Spike TV, U.S.A.)
- Most Vile Villain nomination for Batman Begins
- Teen Choice Awards (Fox Broadcasting Company)
- Choice Sleezebag nomination for Batman Begins and Red Eye
2004
- MTV Movie Awards (U.S.A.)
- Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer nomination for 28 Days Later...
- MTV Movie Awards (U.S.A.)
- Breakthrough Male Performance nomination for 28 Days Later...
2003
- Empire Awards (Empire Magazine, U.K.)
- Best Newcomer nomination for 28 Days Later...
- IFTA Awards (Irish Film and Television Academy)
- Best Actor in a Film/Public Vote nomination for 28 Days Later...
