Aidan Gillen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-04-24 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Aidan Gillen

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 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 ...

Acting

2016

Further Beyond

as Ambrosio O'Higgins

2000

The Darkling

as Jeff Obold

2003

Shanghai Knights

as Lord Nelson Rathbone

2023

Barber

as Valentine Barber

1997

2008

Blackout

as Karl

2009

12 Rounds

as Miles Jackson

1991

Killing Time

as Harry

2013

The Note

as Lars

2001

My Kingdom

as Puttnam

2010

Thorne: Scaredycat

as Phil Hendricks

1988

The Courier

as Prostitute Boy

2012

2011

Blitz

as Barry Weiss

1996

Some Mother's Son

as Gerard Quigley

2011

Wake Wood

as Patrick

2010

Treacle Jr.

as Aiden

1997

Mojo

as Baby

2000

Buddy Boy

as Francis

2005

2001

The Low Down

as Frank

2014

Calvary

as Dr. Frank Harte

2009

Freefall

as Gus

2013

Mister John

as Gerry Devine

2023

Dance First

as James Joyce

2013

2007

2013

Scrapper

as Ray

2015

1993

Safe

as Gypo

2025

London Calling

as Freddy Darby

2014

Ambition

as Master

2015

Still

as Carver

2012

2015

2001

Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone

1995

Circle of Friends

as Aidan Lynch

2026

Pojedynek

as Vasily Zarubin

2025

Re-Creation

as Hamilton Barnes

2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

as William "Goosefat Bill"

2025

2016

Sing Street

as Robert Lawlor

2019

Confinement

as Narrator (voice)

2000

The Second Death

as Pool Player

2017

The Lovers

as Robert

1992

An Ungentlemanly Act

as Marine Wilcox

2003

Burning The Bed

as Stephen

2002

The Final Curtain

as Dave Turner

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James and Lucia

as James Joyce

2018

Dave Allen at Peace

as Dave Allen

2018

Bohemian Rhapsody

as John Reid

1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

2021

2021

Those Who Wish Me Dead

as Jack Blackwell

2012

The Good Man

as Michael

2015

Violet

as Narrator

2017

Pickups

as Aidan

2007

1989

A View of Harry Clark

as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)

2004

Photo Finish

as Joe Wilde

2025

2025

2005

Willesden Confidential

as Steve Fallon

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