Which actor played Robert Fischer in Christopher Nolan’s Inception?

Cillian Murphy played Robert Fischer in Christopher Nolan’s Inception.

Fischer is the heir to a powerful business empire and the target of the film’s central operation. Cobb’s team enters Fischer’s dreams to perform “inception,” planting the idea that Fischer should dismantle his father’s company. The emotional force of the plan depends on Fischer’s relationship with his dying father and his interpretation of a final message.

Murphy’s performance is part of an ensemble led by Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb. Other principal team members include Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur, Elliot Page as Ariadne, Tom Hardy as Eames, and Ken Watanabe as Saito.

The role is occasionally confused with Murphy’s later collaboration with Nolan in Oppenheimer, where he played the title character. In Inception, Murphy plays the dream target Robert Fischer, not the architect or mission leader.