Cillian Murphy Net Worth: How Peaky Blinders, Oppenheimer and an Oscar Built $18 Million

Cillian Murphy’s net worth is estimated at $18 million as of October 2026, a fortune built over three decades of stage, film and television work that reached its peak with the Academy Award for Best Actor for Oppenheimer and a return to his most famous role, Tommy Shelby, in Netflix’s Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. The Cork-born actor now also runs his own production company, Big Things Films, which has made two of his recent films.

The two estimate sites that track him both put Murphy at $20 million, but neither shows a single salary behind that number, and none of his fees has ever been reported. Our figure is a model instead: we estimate what he kept from his work up to 2022, then add what he most likely kept from each major project since. The Radar Readout below shows every step, the likely range and how sure we are.

Cillian Murphy Net Worth at a Glance

How Cillian Murphy’s $18 Million Net Worth Is Built

The table matches the widget. The central values add up to $18 million, and the low and high columns add up to the published range. Because no fee of his has been made public, each line is an assumption based on comparable reported pay, not a reported figure.

Peaky Blinders: The Role That Made Tommy Shelby a Global Name

Murphy played Tommy Shelby across all six series of Peaky Blinders, which ran from 2013 to 2022 for a total of 36 episodes. The show started on BBC Two and moved to BBC One for its last two series. Netflix bought exclusive US distribution rights in September 2014, along with rights to release the show around the world, and Murphy is also listed as one of its executive producers.

Salaries for the series have never been published, so we do not assign a per-episode figure. We fold his series earnings into his starting fortune instead.

In March 2026 he returned to the part in the feature film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, written by series creator Steven Knight and directed by Tom Harper. The film premiered at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on March 2, opened in select UK cinemas on March 6 and arrived on Netflix worldwide on March 20. Murphy is credited as a producer as well as the star, and Netflix said the film went to No. 1 in its Top 10. Murphy told Netflix that “Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me.”

The story is not over. A sequel series for BBC One and Netflix was announced in October 2025 and began filming in March 2026, with Murphy serving as an executive producer. We count only a modest amount for that credit until any terms are reported.

Oppenheimer and the Oscar

Murphy’s long partnership with Christopher Nolan began with Batman Begins in 2005 and continued through The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk. It peaked with Oppenheimer, released by Universal on July 21, 2023, with Murphy in the title role. The film was made on a $100 million production budget and grossed about $983.1 million worldwide.

At the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024, Oppenheimer won seven Oscars from 13 nominations, including Best Actor for Murphy. He also won the BAFTA, the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama and the SAG award for the same performance.

His own Oppenheimer fee was never published. Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and Emily Blunt each reportedly took $4 million, a pay cut from their usual upfront rates, so we model Murphy’s fee in the same area and assume he kept roughly half after commissions and tax. That is why the Oppenheimer lane is only $2 million in our model, even though it was the most successful film of his career.

Big Things Films: Steve and Small Things Like These

In February 2024 Murphy launched Big Things Films with Irish producer Alan Moloney. Its first major release was Small Things Like These, in which Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a coal merchant in 1985 New Ross. He pitched the project to Matt Damon while they were filming Oppenheimer, and it was made with Damon and Ben Affleck’s company Artists Equity. The film had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2024, and reached Irish and UK cinemas that November.

The company’s second film, Steve, cast Murphy as the headteacher of a school for boys with behavioral difficulties. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2025, and Netflix released it worldwide on October 3, 2025.

Neither film’s budget or Murphy’s fee is public. Owning the production company means he can earn as both star and producer, but these are smaller films, so we keep this lane at $1.5 million.

28 Years Later, Versace and Property

Murphy first played Jim in 28 Days Later in 2002. He is an executive producer on the new trilogy and made an uncredited return as Jim at the end of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, which Sony released in January 2026. That film grossed about $58.5 million worldwide against a $63 million budget, so it is unlikely to have produced large backend payments.

Off screen, Murphy was named the new face of Versace in 2024. The terms were not disclosed, so we model this lane conservatively.

On property, Wealthy Gorilla says Murphy reportedly paid 1.695 million euros, or about $1.98 million, for a five-bedroom terraced house in Monkstown, Dublin, in January 2015. We fold that home into his starting fortune rather than counting it separately.

Why Other Sites Say $20 Million

Our central figure is a little lower because none of his fees is public and the one hard reference point, the $4 million reported for his Oppenheimer co-stars, suggests that even his best-known film did not pay a blockbuster salary. The $20 million figures sit comfortably inside our range, so the gap reflects caution about unreported pay rather than a disagreement about his career.

How Cillian Murphy Compares

Murphy shared the screen in Oppenheimer with Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon, who both took reported pay cuts to join the film. Damon’s partner at Artists Equity, Ben Affleck, executive produced Small Things Like These. For other leading men, see our profiles of Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling.

Frequently Asked Questions About Cillian Murphy’s Net Worth

How much is Cillian Murphy worth in 2026?

We estimate Cillian Murphy’s net worth at $18 million as of October 2026, with a likely range of $12.25 million to $26 million. Celebrity Net Worth and Wealthy Gorilla both list $20 million.

How much was Cillian Murphy paid for Oppenheimer?

His fee has not been reported. His co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and Emily Blunt each reportedly earned $4 million, and we assume Murphy was paid in the same area.

Did Cillian Murphy produce the Peaky Blinders film?

Yes. He is credited as a producer on Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as well as starring as Tommy Shelby, and he is an executive producer on the upcoming sequel series.

What is Big Things Films?

Big Things Films is the production company Murphy launched with Alan Moloney in February 2024. It produced Small Things Like These and the Netflix film Steve, both starring Murphy.

Who is Cillian Murphy’s wife?

Murphy has been married to Yvonne McGuinness since 2004. They have two sons, born in 2005 and 2007.

Does Cillian Murphy own property?

Wealthy Gorilla reports he bought a five-bedroom terraced house in Monkstown, Dublin, in January 2015 for 1.695 million euros.