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Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

ActingBorn March 8, 1959 (age 67)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).

Filmography

2026
The Lightkeeper

as Father MacGabbhan

Movie
2025
The Gettysburg Address

as Theodore Parker (voice)

Movie
2025
The Walsh Sisters

as Daddy Walsh

TV
2024
Rematch

as Roger Laver

TV
2023Movie
2023Movie
2022
Blacklight

as Gabriel Robinson

Movie
2021
The American Guest

as Theodore Roosevelt

TV
2021
Spiked

as John Wilson

Movie
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
Change in the Air

as Moody Burkhart

Movie
2017
Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013
Stay

as Dermot

Movie
2013
Rushlights

as Cameron Brogden

Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2012
Allegiance

as Lieutenant Colonel Owens

Movie
2012
The Horses of McBride

as Matt Davidson

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Elementary

as Thomas Gregson

TV
2012
The Stand Up

as Sandy

Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Prime Suspect

as Kevin Sweeney

TV
2011
Unknown

as Martin B.

Movie
2010
Blue Bloods

as Gus Vanderlip

TV
2010
Sarah's Key

as William Rainsferd

Movie
2010
Flipped

as Richard Baker

Movie
2010
Jonah Hex

as Ulysses S. Grant

Movie
2010
The 5th Quarter

as Steven Abbate

Movie
2009
White Collar

as Professor George Oswald

TV
2009Movie
2009Movie
2009
Handsome Harry

as Prof. Porter

Movie
2009
The Eclipse

as Nicholas Holden

Movie
2009
Irish Chicago

as Self - Host

Movie
2008
Wild Child

as Gerry Moore

Movie
2008
The Prince of Motor City

as Charlie Hamilton

Movie
2008
Dark Matter

as Jacob Reiser

Movie
2008
Canterbury's Law

as Matt Furey

TV
2007
32A

as Frank Brennan

Movie
2007Movie
2006
The Exonerated

as Kerry Max Cook

Movie
2006
The Book of Daniel

as Daniel Webster

TV
2005
Mayday

as John Berry

Movie
2005
Nine Lives

as Henry

Movie
2005
Weeds

as CEO

TV
2005
Empire Falls

as David Roby

TV
2004
Return to Sender

as Frank Nitzche

Movie
2004
Shadow of Fear

as Detective Scofield

Movie
2004
Miracle Run

as Douglas Thomas

Movie
2004
Proud

as Commodore Alfred Lind

Movie
2004
See You in My Dreams

as Joe F. Brown

Movie
2004
Cavedweller

as Clint Windsor

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Plainsong

as Tom Guthrie

Movie
2003
Song for a Raggy Boy

as William Franklin

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Evelyn

as Nick Barron

Movie
2002
Stolen Summer

as Joe O'Malley

Movie
2001
Night Visions

as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")

TV
2001
Songcatcher

as Tom Bledsoe

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Two of Us

as Paul McCartney

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Third Watch

as John Miller

TV
1999TV
1999
This Is My Father

as Kieran O'Day

Movie
1999
In Dreams

as Paul Cooper

Movie
1998
Practical Magic

as Gary Hallet

Movie
1997
The Assignment

as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Commandments

as Seth Warner

Movie
1997Movie
1996
Michael Collins

as Harry Roland

Movie
1996Movie
1995
Lumière & Company

as (segment "John Boorman")

Movie
1995
Haunted

as Professor David Ash

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Out of Ireland

as Maurice Woulfe (voice)

Movie
1994
Legends of the Fall

as Alfred Ludlow

Movie
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Cap. Robert Walton

Movie
1994
Baseball

as (voice)

TV
1993
Blink

as Detective John Hallstrom

Movie
1993TV
1993
Benny & Joon

as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl

Movie
1992
A Private Matter

as Bob Finkbine

Movie
1992
The Playboys

as Tom Casey

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Lies of the Twins

as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan

Movie
1990
Avalon

as Jules Kaye

Movie
1990Movie
1989
The Lemon Sisters

as Frankie McGuinness

Movie
1989
Perfect Witness

as Samuel De Valera Paxton

Movie
1989
Crusoe

as Crusoe

Movie
1988TV
1987
Stakeout

as Richard "Stick" Montgomery

Movie
1987
All My Sons

as Chris Keller

Movie
1986
The Mission

as Felipe Mendoza

Movie
1985
An Early Frost

as Michael Pierson

Movie
1984
Reckless

as Johnny Rourke

Movie
1962TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Tom Guthrie

TV
Movie
The Body Is Water

as John Umley

Movie
Little Audrey

as Bishop Ryan

Movie
Hal

as Professor Tigues

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 8, 1959
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity3.2
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