Aidan Turner
Acting1983Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.
Known For
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Kili
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Kili
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Kili
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Luke Garroway
Loving Vincent
Boatman
The Tudors
Bedoli
And Then There Were None
Philip Lombard
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Calvin Barr
Acting History
Future
The Way of the Wind
as Andrew
Grendel
as Unferth
2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Vicomte de Valmont
2025
The Diplomat
TVas Callum Ellis• 3 eps
2024
Rivals
TVas Declan O'Hara• 8 eps
2023
Fifteen-Love
TVas Glenn Lapthorn• 6 eps
2022
Toast of Tinseltown
TVas Barney• 2 eps
The Suspect
TVas Joe O'Loughlin• 5 eps
2021
Leonardo
TVas Leonardo da Vinci• 8 eps
2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
as Calvin Barr
Love Is Blind
as Russell
2018
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2017
Loving Vincent
as Boatman
The Secret Scripture
as Jack McNulty
2016
Poldark Revealed
as Self / Ross Poldark
2015
Poldark
TVas Ross Poldark• 43 eps
And Then There Were None
TVas Philip Lombard• 3 eps
2014
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
TVas Brad• 94 eps
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Luke Garroway
2012
2011
Hattie
as John Schofield
2009
Desperate Romantics
TVas Dante Gabriel Rossetti• 6 eps
Being Human
TVas John Mitchell• 22 eps
2008
Alarm
as Mal
2007
The Tudors
TVas Bedoli• 1 eps