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Aidan Gillen

Acting

Born April 24, 1968 · Dublin, Ireland

Also known as Aiden Gillen · Aiden Murphy · Adrian Murphy

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2004 · nominated

Filmography49 titles

The Wire

2002as Tommy Carcetti

Peaky Blinders

2013as Aberama Gold

Game of Thrones

2011as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Amyas Crale

Project Blue Book

2019as Allen Hynek

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005as Jimmy Colby

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018as John Reid

The Good Man

2012as Michael

Mayor of Kingstown

2021as Milo Sunter

Sing Street

2016as Robert Lawlor

The Dark Knight Rises

2012as CIA Op

The Last Detective

2003as Steve Fallon

Queer as Folk

1999as Stuart Jones

Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone

Love/Hate

2010as John Boy Power

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018as Janson

Calvary

2014as Dr. Frank Harte

Gorky Resort

2026as Vasily Zarubin

That Dirty Black Bag

2022as Butler

Dance First

2023as James Joyce

Some Mother's Son

1996as Gerard Quigley

The Bill

1984as Jeff Barratt

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015as Janson

London Calling

2025as Freddy Darby

Those Who Wish Me Dead

2021as Jack Blackwell

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017as William "Goosefat Bill"

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

Thorne: Sleepyhead

2010as Phil Hendricks

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2024as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)

Scrapper

2013as Ray

Blitz

2011as Barry Weiss

Circle of Friends

1995as Aidan Lynch

Mayday

as Everett Newcombe

Shanghai Knights

2003as Lord Nelson Rathbone

Beneath the Harvest Sky

2013as Clayton Cote

Shadow Dancer

2012as Gerry

12 Rounds

2009as Miles Jackson

Rose Plays Julie

2019as Peter

Further Beyond

2016as Ambrosio O'Higgins

Lorna Doone

2001as Carver Doone

Amongst the Wolves

2024as Power

Wake Wood

2009as Patrick

My Kingdom

2001as Puttnam

The Lovers

2017as Robert

Still

2015as Carver

Mister John

2013as Gerry Devine

Barber

2023as Valentine Barber

Trouble with Sex

2005as Conor

Killers of the Cosmos