Aidan Quinn
March 8, 1959 (66 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Stay as Dermot
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · Muide Éire as Himself
- 2011 · Unknown as Martin B.
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Gus Vanderlip
- 2010 · Sarah's Key as William Rainsferd
- 2010 · Flipped as Richard Baker
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Ulysses S. Grant
- 2009 · White Collar as Professor George Oswald
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 1999 · Music of the Heart as Brian
- 1999 · Third Watch as John Miller
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ben Nicholson
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Burton Lowe
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Kieran O'Day
- 1999 · In Dreams as Paul Cooper
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gary Hallet
- 1997 · The Assignment as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Haunted as Prof. David Ash
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Alfred Ludlow
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Cap. Robert Walton
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- Future · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2021 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Moody Burkhart
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 2013 · If I Were You as Derek
- 2013 · The Last Keepers as John
- 2012 · Allegiance as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
- 2012 · The Horses of McBride as Matt Davidson
- 2012 · Festival of Lights as Adem
- 2012 · The Stand Up as Sandy
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2011 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2010 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2009 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Harry Roland
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1993 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1988 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan