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Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Acting1968Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves.

He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.

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Acting History

Future
James and Lucia
as James Joyce
Driver
as Dickinson
Other Voices
TVas Host — Presenter
2027
2026
Pojedynek
as Vasily Zarubin
2025
London Calling
as Freddy Darby
Re-Creation
as Hamilton Barnes
Nostalgie
as Drew
2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors
TVas Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)• 1 eps
2023
Dance First
as James Joyce
Barber
as Valentine Barber
2022
2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Jack Blackwell
Kin
TVas Frank Kinsella• 16 eps
Mayor of Kingstown
TVas Milo Sunter• 22 eps
2019
Confinement
as Narrator (voice)
Project Blue Book
TVas Allen Hynek• 20 eps
2018
Dave Allen at Peace
as Dave Allen
Bohemian Rhapsody
as John Reid
2017
The Lovers
as Robert
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as William "Goosefat Bill"
Pickups
as Aidan
Peaky Blinders
TVas Aberama Gold• 9 eps
Urban Myths
TVas Timothy Leary• 1 eps
2016
Sing Street
as Robert Lawlor
Further Beyond
as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Quantum Break
TVas Paul Serene
2015
Still
as Carver
Violet
as Narrator
Charlie
TVas Charles J. Haughey
2014
Calvary
as Dr. Frank Harte
Ambition
as Master
2013
The Note
as Lars
Mister John
as Gerry Devine
Scrapper
as Ray
Mayday
TVas Everett Newcombe
2012
The Good Man
as Michael
2011
Wake Wood
as Patrick
Blitz
as Barry Weiss
Game of Thrones
TVas Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish• 60 eps
2010
Treacle Jr.
as Aiden
Thorne: Scaredycat
as Phil Hendricks
Identity
TVas DI John Bloom
Love/Hate
TVas John Boy Power• 10 eps
Thorne
TVas Phil Hendricks
2009
12 Rounds
as Miles Jackson
Freefall
as Gus
2008
Blackout
as Karl
2007
2005
Willesden Confidential
as Steve Fallon
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TVas Jimmy Colby• 1 eps
2004
Photo Finish
as Joe Wilde
The Wire
TVas Tommy Carcetti• 35 eps
2003
Shanghai Knights
as Lord Nelson Rathbone
Burning The Bed
as Stephen
The Last Detective
TVas Steve Fallon
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Amyas Crale• 1 eps
2002
The Final Curtain
as Dave Turner
2001
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
My Kingdom
as Puttnam
The Low Down
as Frank
Dice
TVas Glenn Taylor
2000
Buddy Boy
as Francis
The Second Death
as Pool Player
The Darkling
as Jeff Obold
Lorna Doone
TVas Carver Doone
1999
Queer as Folk
TVas Stuart Alan Jones
1997
Mojo
as Baby
1996
Some Mother's Son
as Gerard Quigley
1995
Circle of Friends
as Aidan Lynch
1994
In Suspicious Circumstances
TVas James Crozier• 1 eps
1993
Safe
as Gypo
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Marine Wilcox
1991
Killing Time
as Harry
1989
A View of Harry Clark
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
1988
The Courier
as Prostitute Boy
The Play on One
TVas Harry
1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
1985
1984
The Bill
TVas Jeff Barratt

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/24/1968(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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