Aidan Gillen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-04-24 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

  • Aiden Gillen
  • Aiden Murphy
  • Adrian Murphy
  • Aidan Murphy
  • 艾丹·吉伦
  • Ейдан Гіллен
  • ایدان گیلن

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 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.

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Known For

Game of Thrones
8.5%

Game of Thrones

Apr 17, 2011

The Dark Knight Rises
7.8%

The Dark Knight Rises

Jul 17, 2012

Bohemian Rhapsody
8.0%

Bohemian Rhapsody

Oct 24, 2018

Peaky Blinders
8.5%

Peaky Blinders

Sep 12, 2013

The Wire
8.6%

The Wire

Jun 2, 2002

Sing Street
7.9%

Sing Street

Mar 11, 2016

Shanghai Knights
6.1%

Shanghai Knights

Feb 6, 2003

Those Who Wish Me Dead
6.6%

Those Who Wish Me Dead

May 5, 2021

Blitz
6.2%

Blitz

May 20, 2011

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Acting

James and Lucia as James Joyce
Panic Carefully
2026
Pojedynek as Vasily Zarubin
2025
The Physician II as Hunne
2025
Re-Creation
2025
Amongst the Wolves as Power
2024
London Calling as Freddy Darby
2024
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs as Self
2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
2023
Dance First as James Joyce
2023
Barber as Valentine Barber
2022
That Dirty Black Bag as Butler
2021
Mayor of Kingstown as Milo Sunter
2021
Killers of the Cosmos
2021
Kin as Frank Kinsella
2021
星际杀手
2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead as Jack Blackwell
2021
Rose Plays Julie as Peter
2019
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... as Aidan
2019
Confinement as Narrator (voice)
2019
Project Blue Book as Allen Hynek
2018
Keepers of the Flame
2018
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't as Aidan
2018
Bohemian Rhapsody as John Reid
2018
We Ourselves
2018
Dave Allen at Peace as Dave Allen
2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson
2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms as Littlefinger (voice)
2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as William "Goosefat Bill"
2017
The Lovers as Robert
2017
Pickups as Aidan
2017
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD as Timothy Leary
2017
Urban Myths as Timothy Leary
2016
Further Beyond as Ambrosio O'Higgins
2016
Quantum Break as Paul Serene
2016
Sing Street as Robert Lawlor
2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Janson
2015
Violet as Narrator
2015
Still as Carver
2015
You're Ugly Too as Will
2015
Men of Granite as Pelf
2015
Charlie as Charles J. Haughey
2014
Ambition as Master
2014
Calvary as Dr. Frank Harte
2013
Peaky Blinders as Aberama Gold
2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky as Clayton Cote
2013
The Note as Lars
2013
Mister John as Gerry Devine
2013
Scrapper as Ray
2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment as Man (Ekki Múkk)
2013
Mayday as Everett Newcombe
2012
Ekki múkk as Man
2012
The Dark Knight Rises as CIA Op
2012
Shadow Dancer as Gerry
2012
The Good Man as Michael
2011
Blitz as Barry Weiss
2011
Game of Thrones as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
2011
Wake Wood as Patrick
2010
Thorne: Scaredycat as Phil Hendricks
2010
Thorne as Phil Hendricks
2010
Treacle Jr. as Aiden
2010
Love/Hate as John Boy Power
2010
Identity as DI John Bloom
2009
Freefall as Gus
2009
12 Rounds as Miles Jackson
2008
Blackout as Karl
2007
The Wire: The Last Word as Self
2007
The Wire Odyssey as Self
2007
Tapping the Wire as Self
2007
Walk Away and I Stumble as Paul
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Jimmy Colby
2005
Trouble with Sex as Conor
2004
Photo Finish as Joe Wilde
2003
Burning The Bed as Stephen
2003
The Last Detective as Steve Fallon
2003
Shanghai Knights as Lord Nelson Rathbone
2002
The Final Curtain as Dave Turner
2002
The Wire as Tommy Carcetti
2001
Dice as Glenn Taylor
2001
My Kingdom as Puttnam
2001
Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
2001
The Low Down as Frank
2000
Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
2000
The Darkling as Jeff Obold
2000
Buddy Boy as Francis
2000
The Second Death as Pool Player
1999
Queer as Folk as Stuart Alan Jones
1997
Mojo as Baby
1997
Gold In The Streets as Paddy
1997
Amazing Grace as Frank
1996
Some Mother's Son as Gerard Quigley
1995
Circle of Friends as Aidan Lynch
1993
Safe as Gypo
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act as Marine Wilcox
1991
Killing Time as Harry
1991
In Suspicious Circumstances as James Crozier
1989
A View of Harry Clark as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Amyas Crale
1988
The Courier as Prostitute Boy
1988
The Play on One as Harry
1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
1985
The Drip
1984
The Bill as Jeff Barratt
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