Aidan Quinn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 8, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, 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).
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Filmography
The Well of Saint Nobody
Movie
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Movie · as Barnet Rosset
Ages of the Moon
Movie
The Body Is Water
Movie · as John Umley
Hal
Movie · as Professor Tigues
Ruby
Movie · as Sacha
The Lightkeeper
Movie · as Father MacGabbhan
Little Audrey
Movie · as Bishop Ryan
The Gettysburg Address
Movie · as Theodore Parker (voice)
The Walsh Sisters
TV · as Daddy Walsh · 6 eps
Rematch
TV · as Roger Laver · 6 eps
Daughter of the Bride
Movie · as Bruce
A Journey to Sundance
Movie · as Self
Blacklight
Movie · as Gabriel Robinson
Spiked
Movie · as John Wilson
The American Guest
TV · as Theodore Roosevelt · 4 eps
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Change in the Air
Movie · as Moody Burkhart
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Keepers
Movie · as John
Rushlights
Movie · as Cameron Brogden
If I Were You
Movie · as Derek
Stay
Movie · as Dermot
Allegiance
Movie · as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Stand Up
Movie · as Sandy
Festival of Lights
Movie · as Adem
The Horses of McBride
Movie · as Matt Davidson
Elementary
TV · as Thomas Gregson · 154 eps
Unknown
Movie · as Martin B.
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Movie · as Henry Brown
Muide Éire
Movie · as Self
Prime Suspect
TV · as Kevin Sweeney · 13 eps
Flipped
Movie · as Richard Baker
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie · as Charlie Wright
Sarah's Key
Movie · as William Rainsferd
The 5th Quarter
Movie · as Steven Abbate
Jonah Hex
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant
Blue Bloods
TV · as Gus Vanderlip · 1 ep
A Shine of Rainbows
Movie · as Alec
The Eclipse
Movie · as Nicholas Holden
Handsome Harry
Movie · as Prof. Porter
Irish Chicago
Movie · as Self - Host
From Ararat to Zion
Movie · as Narrator
White Collar
TV · as Professor George Oswald · 1 ep
Wild Child
Movie · as Gerry Moore
Dark Matter
Movie · as Jacob Reiser
The Prince of Motor City
Movie · as Charlie Hamilton
Canterbury's Law
TV · as Matt Furey · 6 eps
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie · as Henry Dawes
32A
Movie · as Frank Brennan
The Exonerated
Movie · as Kerry Max Cook
The Book of Daniel
TV · as Daniel Webster · 4 eps
Nine Lives
Movie · as Henry
Mayday
Movie · as John Berry
Empire Falls
TV · as David Roby · 2 eps
Weeds
TV · as CEO · 4 eps
Return to Sender
Movie · as Frank Nitzche
Shadow of Fear
Movie · as Detective Scofield
Miracle Run
Movie · as Douglas Thomas
Cavedweller
Movie · as Clint Windsor
See You in My Dreams
Movie · as Joe F. Brown
Proud
Movie · as Commodore Alfred Lind
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Movie · as Harry Vardon
Plainsong
Movie · as Tom Guthrie
Song for a Raggy Boy
Movie · as William Franklin
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Movie · as Gen. Benedict Arnold
Stolen Summer
Movie · as Joe O'Malley
Evelyn
Movie · as Nick Barron
Songcatcher
Movie · as Tom Bledsoe
Night Visions
TV · as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List") · 1 ep
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Miles Hendon
Two of Us
Movie · as Paul McCartney
Music of the Heart
Movie · as Brian
In Dreams
Movie · as Paul Cooper
This Is My Father
Movie · as Kieran O'Day
Third Watch
TV · as John Miller · 5 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Ben Nicholson, Burton Lowe · 1 ep
Practical Magic
Movie · as Gary Hallet
Commandments
Movie · as Seth Warner
The Assignment
Movie · as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Movie · as Henry Morton Stanley
The Irish in America
Movie · as Narrator
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Michael Collins
Movie · as Harry Roland
Looking for Richard
Movie · as Richmond
Haunted
Movie · as Professor David Ash
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie · as Don Day
Lumière & Company
Movie · as (segment "John Boorman")
Out of Ireland
Movie · as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · as Cap. Robert Walton
Legends of the Fall
Movie · as Alfred Ludlow
Baseball
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps
Benny & Joon
Movie · as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Blink
Movie · as Detective John Hallstrom
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Playboys
Movie · as Tom Casey
A Private Matter
Movie · as Bob Finkbine
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Movie · as Martin Quarrier
Lies of the Twins
Movie · as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Avalon
Movie · as Jules Kaye
The Handmaid's Tale
Movie · as Nick
Crusoe
Movie · as Crusoe
The Lemon Sisters
Movie · as Frankie McGuinness
Perfect Witness
Movie · as Samuel De Valera Paxton
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Stakeout
Movie · as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
All My Sons
Movie · as Chris Keller
The Mission
Movie · as Felipe Mendoza
Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie · as Dez
An Early Frost
Movie · as Michael Pierson
Reckless
Movie · as Johnny Rourke
American Playhouse
TV · as Chris Keller · 1 ep
The Late Late Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Tom Guthrie · 1 ep