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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Quinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 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)
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2011 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2011 · Unknown as Martin B.
- 2010 · Flipped as Richard Baker
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Ulysses S. Grant
- 2009 · White Collar as Professor George Oswald
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 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 · In Dreams as Paul Cooper
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gary Hallet
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 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 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 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
- 2025 · Food Fight as Daniel
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 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
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 2010 · Sarah's Key as William Rainsferd
- 2010 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2009 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 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
- 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
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Kieran O'Day
- 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 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Sam Paxton
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as
- Future · Cry from the Sea as Father MacGabbhan
- Future · Ages of the Moon as