Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin. His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Physician II as Hunne
- 2024 · London Calling as Freddy Darby
- 2024 · Amongst the Wolves as Power
- 2024 · The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs as Self
- 2024 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
- 2023 · Dance First as James Joyce
- 2023 · Barber as Valentine Barber
- 2022 · That Dirty Black Bag as Butler
- 2021 · Mayor of Kingstown as Milo Sunter
- 2021 · Killers of the Cosmos as
- 2021 · Kin as Frank Kinsella
- 2021 · 星际杀手 as
- 2021 · Those Who Wish Me Dead as Jack Blackwell
- 2021 · Rose Plays Julie as Peter
- 2019 · I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... as Aidan
- 2019 · Confinement as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Project Blue Book as Dr. Allen Hynek
- 2018 · Keepers of the Flame as
- 2018 · I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't as Aidan
- 2018 · Bohemian Rhapsody as John Reid
- 2018 · We Ourselves as
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Dave Allen
- 2018 · Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson
- 2017 · Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms as Littlefinger (voice)
- 2017 · King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as William "Goosefat Bill"
- 2017 · The Lovers as Robert
- 2017 · Pickups as Aidan
- 2017 · When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD as Timothy Leary
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Timothy Leary
- 2016 · Further Beyond as Ambrosio O'Higgins
- 2016 · Quantum Break as Paul Serene
- 2016 · Sing Street as Robert Lawlor
- 2015 · Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Janson
- 2015 · Still as Carver
- 2015 · You're Ugly Too as Will
- 2015 · Men of Granite as Pelf
- 2015 · Charlie as Charles J. Haughey
- 2014 · Ambition as Master
- 2014 · Calvary as Dr. Frank Harte
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Aberama Gold
- 2013 · Beneath the Harvest Sky as Clayton
- 2013 · The Note as Lars
- 2013 · Mister John as Gerry Devine
- 2013 · Scrapper as Ray
- 2013 · Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment as Man (Ekki Múkk)
- 2013 · Mayday as Everett Newcombe
- 2012 · Ekki múkk as Man
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as CIA Op
- 2012 · Shadow Dancer as Gerry
- 2012 · The Good Man as Michael
- 2011 · Blitz as Barry Weiss
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
- 2011 · Wake Wood as Patrick
- 2010 · Thorne: Scaredycat as Phil Hendricks
- 2010 · Thorne as Phil Hendricks
- 2010 · Treacle Jr. as Aiden
- 2010 · Love/Hate as John Boy Power
- 2010 · Identity as DI John Bloom
- 2009 · Freefall as Gus
- 2009 · 12 Rounds as Miles Jackson
- 2008 · Blackout as Karl
- 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as Himself
- 2007 · The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2007 · Tapping the Wire as Self
- 2007 · Walk Away and I Stumble as Paul
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Jimmy Colby
- 2005 · Trouble with Sex as Conor
- 2004 · Photo Finish as Joe Wilde
- 2003 · Burning The Bed as Stephen
- 2003 · The Last Detective as Steve Fallon
- 2003 · Shanghai Knights as Lord Nelson Rathbone
- 2002 · The Final Curtain as Dave Turner
- 2002 · The Wire as Tommy Carcetti
- 2001 · Dice as Glenn Taylor
- 2001 · My Kingdom as Puttnam
- 2001 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 2001 · The Low Down as Frank
- 2000 · Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
- 2000 · The Darkling as Jeff Obold
- 2000 · Buddy Boy as Francis
- 2000 · The Second Death as Pool Player
- 1999 · Queer as Folk as Stuart Alan Jones
- 1997 · Mojo as Baby
- 1997 · Gold In The Streets as Paddy
- 1997 · Amazing Grace as Frank
- 1996 · Some Mother's Son as Gerard Quigley
- 1995 · Circle of Friends as Aidan Lynch
- 1993 · Safe as Gypo
- 1992 · An Ungentlemanly Act as Marine Wilcox
- Future · James and Lucia as James Joyce
- 1988 · The Courier as Prostitute Boy
- Future · Re-Creation as
- Future · Pojedynek as Vasily Zarubin
- 1991 · Killing Time as Harry
- 1991 · In Suspicious Circumstances as James Crozier
- 1989 · A View of Harry Clark as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Amyas Crale
- 1988 · The Play on One as Harry
- 1987 · The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
- 1984 · The Bill as Jeff Barratt
- Future · Violet as Narrator