Aidan Quinn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-03-08 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aidan Quinn
Biography
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).
Acting
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
Cry from the Sea
as Father MacGabbhan
Food Fight
as Daniel
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
(2023)
Daughter of the Bride
as Bruce
(2022)
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
(2021)
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
(2021)
Spiked
as John Wilson
(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)
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
(2012)
The Stand Up
as Sandy
(2012)
Festival of Lights
as Adem
(2012)
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
(2011)
Unknown
as Martin B.
(2011)
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Henry Brown
(2010)
Flipped
as Richard Baker
(2010)
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
(2010)
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
(2010)
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Charlie Wright
(2010)
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
(2009)
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
(2009)
A Shine of Rainbows
as Alec
(2009)
From Ararat to Zion
as Narrator
(2009)
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
(2009)
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
(2008)
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
(2008)
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
(2008)
The Prince of Motor City
as Charlie Hamilton
(2007)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Henry Dawes
(2007)
32A
as Frank Brennan
(2006)
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
(2005)
Nine Lives
as Henry
(2005)
Mayday
as John Berry
(2004)
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
as Harry Vardon
(2004)
Miracle Run
as Douglas Thomas
(2004)
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
(2004)
Cavedweller
as Clint Windsor
(2004)
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
(2004)
Plainsong
as Tom Guthrie
(2004)
Proud
as Commodore Alfred Lind
(2004)
See You in My Dreams
as Joe F. Brown
(2003)
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
(2003)
Song for a Raggy Boy
as William Franklin
(2002)
Stolen Summer
as Joe O'Malley
(2002)
Evelyn
as Nick Barron
(2001)
Songcatcher
as Tom Bledsoe
(2000)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
(2000)
Two of Us
as Paul McCartney
(1999)
Music of the Heart
as Brian
(1999)
In Dreams
as Paul Cooper
(1999)
This Is My Father
as Kieran O'Day
(1998)
Practical Magic
as Gary Hallet
(1997)
Commandments
as Seth Warner
(1997)
The Assignment
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
(1997)
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as Henry Morton Stanley
(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
(1995)
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
(1995)
Out of Ireland
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
(1994)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Cap. Robert Walton
(1994)
Legends of the Fall
as Alfred Ludlow
(1993)
Benny & Joon
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
(1993)
Blink
as Detective John Hallstrom
(1992)
The Playboys
as Tom Casey
(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)
The Handmaid's Tale
as Nick
(1990)
Avalon
as Jules Kaye
(1989)
The Lemon Sisters
as Frankie McGuinness
(1989)
Perfect Witness
as Sam Paxton
(1988)
Crusoe
as Crusoe
(1987)
Stakeout
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
(1987)
All My Sons
as Chris Keller
(1986)
The Mission
as Felipe Mendoza
(1985)
An Early Frost
as Michael Pierson
(1985)
(1984)
Reckless
as Johnny Rourke
Crew
Ages of the Moon
Director, Producer
(1999)
This Is My Father
Executive Producer