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Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Acting1959Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984) and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), Wild Child (2008) and Unknown (2011). He also played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson on the CBS television series Elementary (2012–19).

Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the television films An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007). Highly active in Irish cinema and the United States, Quinn is a four-time Irish Film and Television (IFTA) Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film for the Conor McPherson film The Eclipse (2009).

Acting History

Future
The Body Is Water
as John Umley
The Lightkeeper
as Father MacGabbhan
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
Hal
as Professor Tigues
2025
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
The Walsh Sisters
TVas Daddy Walsh
2024
Blue Bloods
TVas Gus Vanderlip• 1 eps
Rematch
TVas Roger Laver• 6 eps
The Late Late Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2023
2022
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
2021
Spiked
as John Wilson
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
The American Guest
TVas Theodore Roosevelt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Burton Lowe / Ben Nicholson• 2 eps
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Change in the Air
as Moody Burkhart
2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Rushlights
as Cameron Brogden
Stay
as Dermot
2012
The Stand Up
as Sandy
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
Elementary
TVas Thomas Gregson• 154 eps
Elementary
TVDirector
2011
Muide Éire
as Himself
Unknown
as Martin B.
Weeds
TVas CEO• 4 eps
Prime Suspect
TVas Kevin Sweeney• 13 eps
2010
Flipped
as Richard Baker
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
White Collar
TVas Professor George Oswald• 1 eps
2009
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
2008
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
The Prince of Motor City
as Charlie Hamilton
Canterbury's Law
TVas Matt Furey• 6 eps
2007
32A
as Frank Brennan
2006
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
The Book of Daniel
TVas Daniel Webster• 4 eps
2005
Mayday
as John Berry
Nine Lives
as Henry
Empire Falls
TVas David Roby• 2 eps
2004
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
Miracle Run
as Douglas Thomas
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
Plainsong
as Tom Guthrie
Cavedweller
as Clint Windsor
See You in My Dreams
as Joe F. Brown
Proud
as Commodore Alfred Lind
Third Watch
TVas John Miller• 5 eps
2003
Song for a Raggy Boy
as William Franklin
2002
Stolen Summer
as Joe O'Malley
Evelyn
as Nick Barron
The View
TVas Self• 3 eps
2001
Songcatcher
as Tom Bledsoe
Night Visions
TVas Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")• 1 eps
2000
Two of Us
as Paul McCartney
1999
In Dreams
as Paul Cooper
This Is My Father
as Kieran O'Day
This Is My Father
Executive Producer
1998
Practical Magic
as Gary Hallet
1997
The Assignment
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Commandments
as Seth Warner
1996
Michael Collins
as Harry Roland
1995
Haunted
as Professor David Ash
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
Out of Ireland
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Cap. Robert Walton
Legends of the Fall
as Alfred Ludlow
Baseball
TVas (voice)• 2 eps
1993
Benny & Joon
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Blink
as Detective John Hallstrom
1992
A Private Matter
as Bob Finkbine
The Playboys
as Tom Casey
1991
Lies of the Twins
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1990
Avalon
as Jules Kaye
The Lemon Sisters
as Frankie McGuinness
1989
Crusoe
as Crusoe
Perfect Witness
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
1987
All My Sons
as Chris Keller
Stakeout
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
1986
The Mission
as Felipe Mendoza
1985
An Early Frost
as Michael Pierson
1984
Reckless
as Johnny Rourke
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Tom Guthrie

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/8/1959(66 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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