Acting
Aidan Gillen
Born 1968-04-24
Dublin, Ireland
Department: Acting
Biography
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 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
Prominent works featuring Aidan Gillen
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Game of Thrones
2011
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
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Peaky Blinders
2013
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
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The Wire
2002
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Shanghai Knights
2003
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Sing Street
2016
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (117 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Panic Carefully | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2027 |
 | 7 Miles Out | Ronald Westbourne | Movie | 2026 |
 | TRAD | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Cold War 1994 | F.M. | Movie | 2026 |
 | Young Sherlock | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Gorky Resort | Vasily Zarubin | Movie | 2026 |
 | The Physician II | Hunne | Movie | 2025 |
 | Nostalgie | Drew | Movie | 2025 |
 | Re-Creation | Hamilton Barnes | Movie | 2025 |
 | London Calling | Freddy Darby | Movie | 2025 |
 | Amongst the Wolves | Power | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Steven Shadowwhispers (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Dance First | James Joyce | Movie | 2023 |
 | Barber | Valentine Barber | Movie | 2023 |
 | That Dirty Black Bag | Butler | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Mayor of Kingstown | Milo Sunter | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Killers of the Cosmos | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Kin | Frank Kinsella | TV Series | 2021 |
 | 星际杀手 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Those Who Wish Me Dead | Jack Blackwell | Movie | 2021 |
 | Rose Plays Julie | Peter | Movie | 2021 |
 | I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... | Aidan | Movie | 2019 |
| Confinement | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2019 | |
 | Project Blue Book | Allen Hynek | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Keepers of the Flame | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | Bohemian Rhapsody | John Reid | Movie | 2018 |
 | We Ourselves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dave Allen at Peace | Dave Allen | Movie | 2018 |
 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Janson | Movie | 2018 |
 | Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Littlefinger (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | William "Goosefat Bill" | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Lovers | Robert | Movie | 2017 |
 | Pickups | Aidan | Movie | 2017 |
 | When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD | Timothy Leary | Movie | 2017 |
 | Urban Myths | Timothy Leary | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Quantum Break | Paul Serene | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Sing Street | Robert Lalor | Movie | 2016 |
 | Further Beyond | Ambrosio O'Higgins | Movie | 2016 |
 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Janson | Movie | 2015 |
 | Violet | Narrator | Movie | 2015 |
 | Still | Carver | Movie | 2015 |
 | You're Ugly Too | Will | Movie | 2015 |
| Men of Granite | Pelf | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Charlie | Charles J. Haughey | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Ambition | Master | Movie | 2014 |
 | Calvary | Dr. Frank Harte | Movie | 2014 |
 | Peaky Blinders | Aberama Gold | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Beneath the Harvest Sky | Clayton Cote | Movie | 2013 |
| The Note | Lars | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Mister John | Gerry Devine | Movie | 2013 |
 | Scrapper | Ray | Movie | 2013 |
 | Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment | Man (Ekki Múkk) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Mayday | Everett Newcombe | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Ekki múkk | Man | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Dark Knight Rises | CIA Op | Movie | 2012 |
 | Shadow Dancer | Gerry | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Good Man | Michael | Movie | 2012 |
 | Blitz | Barry Weiss | Movie | 2011 |
 | Game of Thrones | Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Wake Wood | Patrick | Movie | 2011 |
 | Thorne: Scaredycat | Phil Hendricks | Movie | 2010 |
 | Thorne | Phil Hendricks | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Treacle Jr. | Aiden | Movie | 2010 |
 | Love/Hate | John Boy Power | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Identity | DI John Bloom | TV Series | 2010 |
| Runners | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 | |
 | Freefall | Gus | Movie | 2009 |
 | 12 Rounds | Miles Jackson | Movie | 2009 |
 | Blackout | Karl | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Wire Odyssey | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Tapping the Wire | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Walk Away and I Stumble | Paul | Movie | 2007 |
| Walk Away and I Stumble | Paul | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Willesden Confidential | Steve Fallon | Movie | 2005 |
 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Jimmy Colby | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Trouble with Sex | Conor | Movie | 2005 |
| Photo Finish | Joe Wilde | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Burning The Bed | Stephen | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Last Detective | Steve Fallon | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Shanghai Knights | Lord Nelson Rathbone | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Final Curtain | Dave Turner | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Wire | Tommy Carcetti | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Dice | Glenn Taylor | TV Series | 2001 |
 | My Kingdom | Puttnam | Movie | 2001 |
 | Lorna Doone | Carver Doone | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Low Down | Frank | Movie | 2001 |
 | Lorna Doone | Carver Doone | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Darkling | Jeff Obold | Movie | 2000 |
 | Buddy Boy | Francis | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Second Death | Pool Player | Movie | 2000 |
 | Queer as Folk | Stuart Jones | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Mojo | Baby | Movie | 1997 |
 | Gold In The Streets | Paddy | Movie | 1997 |
 | Amazing Grace | Frank | Movie | 1997 |
 | Some Mother's Son | Gerard Quigley | Movie | 1996 |
 | Circle of Friends | Aidan Lynch | Movie | 1995 |
 | Safe | Gypo | Movie | 1993 |
 | An Ungentlemanly Act | Marine Wilcox | Movie | 1992 |
 | Killing Time | Harry | Movie | 1991 |
 | In Suspicious Circumstances | James Crozier | TV Series | 1991 |
 | A View of Harry Clark | Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy) | Movie | 1989 |
 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Amyas Crale | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Courier | Prostitute Boy | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Play on One | Harry | TV Series | 1988 |
 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy) | Movie | 1987 |
 | ScreenPlay | Gypo | TV Series | 1986 |
 | The Drip | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Bill | Jeff Barratt | TV Series | 1984 |
| James and Lucia | James Joyce | Movie | — | |
| Driver | Dickinson | Movie | — | |
| Sunny | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Cold War 1995 | F.M. | Movie | — |
 | Black Noise | Hector | Movie | — |
 | Tall Tales & Murder | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — |
| Other Voices | Host — Presenter | TV Series | — |