Danny Boyle Officially Confirms Cillian Murphy’s Major ‘28 Years Later Part 3’ Return

After winning the Oscar in 2024 for his performance in Oppenheimer, the last few years have been relatively quiet for Cillian Murphy, who hasn’t followed his Academy Award win with another smash box office hit yet. This has always been the trajectory of Murphy’s career, though, as he prefers to stay out of the spotlight both in his professional and private life. Murphy’s first film after Oppenheimer was Small Things Like These, which he followed last year with Steve, the Netflix original drama that earned millions of views on streaming. Earlier this year, he did return as Tommy Shelby for a Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man, but it wasn’t the most shocking role return for him. Murphy briefly reprised his role as Jim in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, showing that he’s survived all this time and even has a daughter.