Aidan Quinn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-03-08 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Aidan Quinn

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 fi...

Acting

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Cap. Robert Walton

1996

Michael Collins

as Harry Roland

1990

Avalon

as Jules Kaye

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Benny & Joon

as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl

1987

Stakeout

as Richard "Stick" Montgomery

1994

Legends of the Fall

as Alfred Ludlow

1998

Practical Magic

as Gary Hallet

2025

Food Fight

as Daniel

1986

The Mission

as Felipe Mendoza

2004

Return to Sender

as Frank Nitzche

1999

1999

In Dreams

as Paul Cooper

2008

Wild Child

as Gerry Moore

1992

The Playboys

as Tom Casey

1996

1988

Crusoe

as Crusoe

2013

2000

2010

Flipped

as Richard Baker

2005

Nine Lives

as Henry

1984

Reckless

as Johnny Rourke

1997

Commandments

as Seth Warner

2002

Stolen Summer

as Joe O'Malley

2009

The Eclipse

as Nicholas Holden

2011

Unknown

as Martin B.

2022

Blacklight

as Gabriel Robinson

2008

Dark Matter

as Jacob Reiser

1995

Haunted

as Prof. David Ash

1997

The Assignment

as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

2003

Song for a Raggy Boy

as William Franklin

2007

32A

as Frank Brennan

1991

2004

Shadow of Fear

as Detective Scofield

2009

Handsome Harry

as Prof. Porter

2010

Sarah's Key

as William Rainsferd

2005

Mayday

as John Berry

1985

An Early Frost

as Michael Pierson

2000

Two of Us

as Paul McCartney

2004

Miracle Run

as Douglas Thomas

2010

The 5th Quarter

as Steven Abbate

2004

Cavedweller

as Clint Windsor

2012

Allegiance

as Lieutenant Colonel Owens

1989

The Lemon Sisters

as Frankie McGuinness

1992

A Private Matter

as Bob Finkbine

2012

The Stand Up

as Sandy

2013

Rushlights

as Cameron Brogden

2013

1991

Lies of the Twins

as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan

2003

2013

Stay

as Dermot

2012

The Horses of McBride

as Matt Davidson

1989

Perfect Witness

as Sam Paxton

2006

The Exonerated

as Kerry Max Cook

1993

Blink

as Detective John Hallstrom

2008

The Prince of Motor City

as Charlie Hamilton

2002

Evelyn

as Nick Barron

2004

See You in My Dreams

as Joe F. Brown

1999

This Is My Father

as Kieran O'Day

2009

Irish Chicago

as Self - Host

2001

Songcatcher

as Tom Bledsoe

2004

Proud

as Commodore Alfred Lind

1995

Lumière & Company

as (segment "John Boorman")

2010

Jonah Hex

as Ulysses S. Grant

-

Cry from the Sea

as Father MacGabbhan

2018

Change in the Air

as Moody Burkhart

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Theodore Parker (voice)

2004

Plainsong

as Tom Guthrie

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

1987

All My Sons

as Chris Keller

2009

2021

Spiked

as John Wilson

1995

Out of Ireland

as Maurice Woulfe (voice)

Production

1999

This Is My Father

as Executive Producer

-

Ages of the Moon

as Director

-

Ages of the Moon

as Producer

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