Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

56 · Born: Apr 24, 1968

Personal Details

Born Apr 24, 1968 Dublin, Ireland
Relatives
  • Fionnuala Murphy (Sibling)
  • John Paul Murphy (Sibling)
  • Patricia Murphy (Sibling)

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin. His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.

Career

2023
Barber
Barber as Val Barber
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Dance First
Dance First as James Joyce
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2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead as Jack Blackwell
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Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie as Peter
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Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown as Milo Sunter
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Killers of the Cosmos
Kin
Kin as Frank Kinsella
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2019
Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book as Dr. Allen Hynek
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2018
Keepers of the Flame
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody as John Reid
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We Ourselves
We Ourselves
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Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace as Dave Allen
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson
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2017
The Lovers
The Lovers as Robert
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Pickups
Pickups as Aidan
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Urban Myths
Urban Myths as Timothy Leary
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Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders as Aberama Gold
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2016
Further Beyond
Further Beyond as Ambrosio O'Higgins
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Sing Street
Sing Street as Robert Lalor
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Quantum Break
Quantum Break as Paul Serene
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2015
Still
Still as Carver
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You're Ugly Too
You're Ugly Too as Will
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Charlie
Charlie as Charles J. Haughey
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2014
Calvary
Calvary as Dr. Frank Harte
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2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Beneath the Harvest Sky as Clayton
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Mister John
Mister John as Gerry Devine
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Scrapper
Scrapper as Ray
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Mayday
Mayday as Everett Newcombe
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2012
Sigur Rós: Ekki múkk
Sigur Rós: Ekki múkk as Man
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Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer as Gerry
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The Good Man
The Good Man as Michael
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2011
Blitz
Blitz as Barry Weiss
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Wake Wood
Wake Wood as Patrick
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Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones as Petyr 'LittleFinger' Baelish
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2010
Treacle Jr.
Treacle Jr. as Aiden
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Thorne: Scaredycat
Thorne: Scaredycat as Phil Hendricks
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Identity
Identity as DI John Bloom
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Love/Hate
Love/Hate as John Boy Power
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2009
Freefall
Freefall as Gus
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12 Rounds
12 Rounds as Miles Jackson
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2008
Blackout
Blackout as Karl
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2005
Walk Away and I Stumble
Walk Away and I Stumble as Paul
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Trouble with Sex
Trouble with Sex as Conor
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2004
The Wire
The Wire as Tommy Carcetti
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2003
Burning the Bed
Burning the Bed as Stephen
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Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights as Lord Nelson Rathbone
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Poirot
Poirot as Amyas Crale
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2002
The Final Curtain
The Final Curtain as Dave Turner
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2001
The Low Down
The Low Down as Frank
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Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
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My Kingdom
My Kingdom as Puttnam
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Dice
Dice as Glenn Taylor
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2000
The Darkling
The Darkling as Jeff Obold
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Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
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1999
Buddy Boy
Buddy Boy as Francis
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Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk as Stuart Alan Jones
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1997
Mojo
Mojo as Baby
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Gold in the Streets
Gold in the Streets as Paddy
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1996
Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son as Gerard Quigley
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1995
Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends as Aidan Lynch
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1993
Screenplay
Screenplay as Gypo
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1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
An Ungentlemanly Act as Marine Wilcox
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2007
The Wire: The Last Word
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire
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The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey
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