Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Known for
Acting
Born
April 24, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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James and Lucia

James and Lucia

Movie · as James Joyce

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Driver

Driver

Movie · as Dickinson

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Sunny

Sunny

Movie

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Cold War 1995 poster

Cold War 1995

Movie · as F.M.

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Black Noise poster

Black Noise

Movie · as Hector Livingstone

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Paddy Power

Paddy Power

Movie

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Other Voices

Other Voices

TV · as Host — Presenter

2027
Panic Carefully poster

Panic Carefully

Movie

2026
Gorky Resort poster

Gorky Resort

Movie · as Vasily Zarubin

2026
TRAD poster

TRAD

Movie

2026
Cold War 1994 poster

Cold War 1994

Movie · as F.M.

2026
7 Miles Out poster

7 Miles Out

Movie · as Ronald Westbourne

2026
Tall Tales & Murder poster

Tall Tales & Murder

TV · as Grinner · 6 eps

2026
Young Sherlock poster

Young Sherlock

TV · 3 eps

2025
London Calling poster

London Calling

Movie · as Freddy Darby

2025
Re-Creation poster

Re-Creation

Movie · as Hamilton Barnes

2025
Amongst the Wolves poster

Amongst the Wolves

Movie · as Power

2025
The Physician II poster

The Physician II

Movie · as Hunne

2025
Nostalgie poster

Nostalgie

Movie · as Drew

2024
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs poster

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

Movie · as Self

2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors

TV · as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Barber poster

Barber

Movie · as Valentine Barber

2023
Dance First poster

Dance First

Movie · as James Joyce

2022
That Dirty Black Bag poster

That Dirty Black Bag

TV · as Butler · 2 eps

2021
Rose Plays Julie poster

Rose Plays Julie

Movie · as Peter

2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead poster

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Movie · as Jack Blackwell

2021
星际杀手 poster

星际杀手

TV · 6 eps

2021
Killers of the Cosmos poster

Killers of the Cosmos

TV · 6 eps

2021
Mayor of Kingstown poster

Mayor of Kingstown

TV · as Milo Sunter · 22 eps

2021
Kin poster

Kin

TV · as Frank Kinsella · 16 eps

2019
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... poster

I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...

Movie · as Aidan

2019
Confinement

Confinement

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
Project Blue Book poster

Project Blue Book

TV · as Allen Hynek · 20 eps

2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure poster

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Movie · as Janson

2018
Dave Allen at Peace poster

Dave Allen at Peace

Movie · as Dave Allen

2018
Bohemian Rhapsody poster

Bohemian Rhapsody

Movie · as John Reid

2018
We Ourselves poster

We Ourselves

Movie

2018
Keepers of the Flame poster

Keepers of the Flame

Movie

2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword poster

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Movie · as William "Goosefat Bill"

2017
The Lovers poster

The Lovers

Movie · as Robert

2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms poster

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

Movie · as Littlefinger (voice)

2017
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD poster

When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

Movie · as Timothy Leary

2017
Pickups poster

Pickups

Movie · as Aidan

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Timothy Leary · 1 ep

2016
Further Beyond poster

Further Beyond

Movie · as Ambrosio O'Higgins

2016
Sing Street poster

Sing Street

Movie · as Robert Lalor

2016
Quantum Break poster

Quantum Break

TV · as Paul Serene · 4 eps

2015
Men of Granite

Men of Granite

Movie · as Pelf

2015
Still poster

Still

Movie · as Carver

2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Movie · as Janson

2015
You're Ugly Too poster

You're Ugly Too

Movie · as Will

2015
Violet poster

Violet

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Charlie poster

Charlie

TV · as Charles J. Haughey · 3 eps

2014
Calvary poster

Calvary

Movie · as Dr. Frank Harte

2014
Ambition poster

Ambition

Movie · as Master

2013
The Note

The Note

Movie · as Lars

2013
Mister John poster

Mister John

Movie · as Gerry Devine

2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky poster

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Movie · as Clayton Cote

2013
Scrapper poster

Scrapper

Movie · as Ray

2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment poster

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

Movie · as Man (Ekki Múkk)

2013
Mayday poster

Mayday

TV · as Everett Newcombe · 5 eps

2013
Peaky Blinders poster

Peaky Blinders

TV · as Aberama Gold · 9 eps

2012
Shadow Dancer poster

Shadow Dancer

Movie · as Gerry

2012
The Dark Knight Rises poster

The Dark Knight Rises

Movie · as CIA Op

2012
The Good Man poster

The Good Man

Movie · as Michael

2011
Blitz poster

Blitz

Movie · as Barry Weiss

2011
Wake Wood poster

Wake Wood

Movie · as Patrick

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish · 60 eps

2010
Thorne: Scaredycat poster

Thorne: Scaredycat

Movie · as Phil Hendricks

2010
Treacle Jr. poster

Treacle Jr.

Movie · as Aiden

2010
Identity poster

Identity

TV · as DI John Bloom · 6 eps

2010
Love/Hate poster

Love/Hate

TV · as John Boy Power · 10 eps

2010
Thorne poster

Thorne

TV · as Phil Hendricks · 6 eps

2009
12 Rounds poster

12 Rounds

Movie · as Miles Jackson

2009
Freefall poster

Freefall

Movie · as Gus

2009
Runners

Runners

Movie

2008
Blackout poster

Blackout

Movie · as Karl

2007
The Wire: The Last Word poster

The Wire: The Last Word

Movie · as Self

2007
The Wire Odyssey poster

The Wire Odyssey

Movie · as Self

2007
Walk Away and I Stumble poster

Walk Away and I Stumble

Movie · as Paul

2007
Tapping the Wire poster

Tapping the Wire

Movie · as Self

2005
Trouble with Sex poster

Trouble with Sex

Movie · as Conor

2005
Willesden Confidential poster

Willesden Confidential

Movie · as Steve Fallon

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Jimmy Colby · 1 ep

2005
Walk Away and I Stumble

Walk Away and I Stumble

TV · as Paul · 2 eps

2004
Photo Finish

Photo Finish

Movie · as Joe Wilde

2003
Shanghai Knights poster

Shanghai Knights

Movie · as Lord Nelson Rathbone

2003
Burning The Bed poster

Burning The Bed

Movie · as Stephen

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · as Steve Fallon · 1 ep

2002
The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain

Movie · as Dave Turner

2002
The Wire poster

The Wire

TV · as Tommy Carcetti · 35 eps

2001
My Kingdom poster

My Kingdom

Movie · as Puttnam

2001
The Low Down poster

The Low Down

Movie · as Frank

2001
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

Movie · as Carver Doone

2001
Dice poster

Dice

TV · as Glenn Taylor · 6 eps

2000
The Darkling poster

The Darkling

Movie · as Jeff Obold

2000
Buddy Boy poster

Buddy Boy

Movie · as Francis

2000
The Second Death poster

The Second Death

Movie · as Pool Player

2000
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

TV · as Carver Doone · 2 eps

1999
Queer as Folk poster

Queer as Folk

TV · as Stuart Jones · 10 eps

1997
Amazing Grace poster

Amazing Grace

Movie · as Frank

1997
Mojo poster

Mojo

Movie · as Baby

1997
Gold In The Streets poster

Gold In The Streets

Movie · as Paddy

1996
Some Mother's Son poster

Some Mother's Son

Movie · as Gerard Quigley

1995
Circle of Friends poster

Circle of Friends

Movie · as Aidan Lynch

1993
Safe poster

Safe

Movie · as Gypo

1992
An Ungentlemanly Act poster

An Ungentlemanly Act

Movie · as Marine Wilcox

1991
Killing Time poster

Killing Time

Movie · as Harry

1991
In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances

TV · as James Crozier · 1 ep

1989
A View of Harry Clark poster

A View of Harry Clark

Movie · as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Amyas Crale · 1 ep

1988
The Courier poster

The Courier

Movie · as Prostitute Boy

1988
The Play on One poster

The Play on One

TV · as Harry · 1 ep

1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne poster

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Movie · as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Gypo · 1 ep

1985
The Drip poster

The Drip

Movie

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Jeff Barratt · 1 ep