Person
Aidan Gillen
Acting · Born 1968-04-24 · Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves. He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Game of Thrones
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Peaky Blinders
Aberama Gold
The Wire
Tommy Carcetti
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Amyas Crale
Mayor of Kingstown
Milo Sunter
The Dark Knight Rises
CIA Op
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
The Bill
Jeff Barratt
ScreenPlay
Gypo
Cold War 1994
F.M.
Filmography
- 2027Panic Carefully
- 2026TRAD
- 2026Cold War 1994F.M.
- 2026Gorky ResortVasily Zarubin
- 2025The Physician IIHunne
- 2025NostalgieDrew
- 2025Re-CreationHamilton Barnes
- 2025London CallingFreddy Darby
- 2025Amongst the WolvesPower
- 2024The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the StairsSelf
- 2024Rock, Paper, ScissorsSteven Shadowwhispers (voice)
- 2023Dance FirstJames Joyce
- 2023BarberValentine Barber
- 2022That Dirty Black BagButler
- 2021Mayor of KingstownMilo Sunter
- 2021Killers of the Cosmos
- 2021KinFrank Kinsella
- 2021星际杀手
- 2021Those Who Wish Me DeadJack Blackwell
- 2021Rose Plays JuliePeter
- 2019I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...Aidan
- 2019ConfinementNarrator (voice)
- 2019Project Blue BookAllen Hynek
- 2018Keepers of the Flame
- 2018Bohemian RhapsodyJohn Reid
- 2018We Ourselves
- 2018Dave Allen at PeaceDave Allen
- 2018Maze Runner: The Death CureJanson
- 2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven KingdomsLittlefinger (voice)
- 2017King Arthur: Legend of the SwordWilliam "Goosefat Bill"
- 2017The LoversRobert
- 2017PickupsAidan
- 2017When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSDTimothy Leary
- 2017Urban MythsTimothy Leary
- 2016Quantum BreakPaul Serene
- 2016Sing StreetRobert Lawlor
- 2016Further BeyondAmbrosio O'Higgins
- 2015Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsJanson
- 2015VioletNarrator
- 2015StillCarver
- 2015You're Ugly TooWill
- 2015Men of GranitePelf
- 2015CharlieCharles J. Haughey
- 2014AmbitionMaster
- 2014CalvaryDr. Frank Harte
- 2013Peaky BlindersAberama Gold
- 2013Beneath the Harvest SkyClayton Cote
- 2013The NoteLars
- 2013Mister JohnGerry Devine
- 2013ScrapperRay
- 2013Sigur Rós: Valtari Film ExperimentMan (Ekki Múkk)
- 2013MaydayEverett Newcombe
- 2012Ekki múkkMan
- 2012The Dark Knight RisesCIA Op
- 2012Shadow DancerGerry
- 2012The Good ManMichael
- 2011BlitzBarry Weiss
- 2011Game of ThronesPetyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
- 2011Wake WoodPatrick
- 2010Thorne: ScaredycatPhil Hendricks
- 2010ThornePhil Hendricks
- 2010Treacle Jr.Aiden
- 2010Love/HateJohn Boy Power
- 2010IdentityDI John Bloom
- 2009Runners
- 2009FreefallGus
- 200912 RoundsMiles Jackson
- 2008BlackoutKarl
- 2007The Wire: The Last WordSelf
- 2007The Wire OdysseySelf
- 2007Tapping the WireSelf
- 2007Walk Away and I StumblePaul
- 2005Walk Away and I StumblePaul
- 2005Willesden ConfidentialSteve Fallon
- 2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryJimmy Colby
- 2005Trouble with SexConor
- 2004Photo FinishJoe Wilde
- 2003Burning The BedStephen
- 2003The Last DetectiveSteve Fallon
- 2003Shanghai KnightsLord Nelson Rathbone
- 2002The Final CurtainDave Turner
- 2002The WireTommy Carcetti
- 2001DiceGlenn Taylor
- 2001My KingdomPuttnam
- 2001Lorna DooneCarver Doone
- 2001The Low DownFrank
- 2000Lorna DooneCarver Doone
- 2000The DarklingJeff Obold
- 2000Buddy BoyFrancis
- 2000The Second DeathPool Player
- 1999Queer as FolkStuart Jones
- 1997MojoBaby
- 1997Gold In The StreetsPaddy
- 1997Amazing GraceFrank
- 1996Some Mother's SonGerard Quigley
- 1995Circle of FriendsAidan Lynch
- 1993SafeGypo
- 1992An Ungentlemanly ActMarine Wilcox
- 1991Killing TimeHarry
- 1991In Suspicious CircumstancesJames Crozier
- 1989A View of Harry ClarkMartin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotAmyas Crale
- 1988The CourierProstitute Boy
- 1988The Play on OneHarry
- 1987The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneYouth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
- 1986ScreenPlayGypo
- 1985The Drip
- 1984The BillJeff Barratt
- —James and LuciaJames Joyce
- —DriverDickinson
- —Sunny
- —Cold War 1995F.M.
- —Tall Tales & Murder
- —Other VoicesHost — Presenter
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