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
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 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
- 2010 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · White Collar as Professor George Oswald
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 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 View as Self
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Haunted as Professor David Ash
- 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)
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 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 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Moody Burkhart
- 2013 · Stay as Dermot
- 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 · Muide Éire as Himself
- 2011 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2009 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · The Assignment as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- 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
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1988 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- 1993 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as