Aidan Quinn
March 8, 1959 (66 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aidan Quinn 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
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 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 · 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 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 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
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Harry Roland
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Haunted as Prof. David Ash
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 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
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 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 · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2025 · Food Fight as Daniel
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 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
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 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
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 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
- 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
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 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 · 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 · Perfect Witness as Sam Paxton
- 1988 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- Future · Cry from the Sea as Father MacGabbhan
- Future · The Body Is Water as
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as
- Future · Ages of the Moon as