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)
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2011 · Muide Éire as Himself
- 2011 · Unknown as Martin B.
- 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 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 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 View as Self
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Harry Roland
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Alfred Ludlow
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Cap. Robert Walton
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1989 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- Future · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Moody Burkhart
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Stay as Dermot
- 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 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 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 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 1999 · Music of the Heart as Brian
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · The Assignment as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- 1997 · The Irish in America as Narrator
- 1995 · Haunted as Professor David Ash
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 1993 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1990 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as