Aidan Gillen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-04-24 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Aidan Gillen
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.
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Known For
Acting
James and Lucia
as James Joyce
(2026)
Pojedynek
as Vasily Zarubin
(2025)
Amongst the Wolves
as Power
(2025)
London Calling
as Freddy Darby
(2025)
The Physician II
as Hunne
(2025)
(2024)
(2023)
Dance First
as James Joyce
(2023)
Barber
as Valentine Barber
(2021)
Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Jack Blackwell
(2021)
Rose Plays Julie
as Peter
(2019)
Confinement
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
(2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody
as John Reid
(2018)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Janson
(2018)
Dave Allen at Peace
as Dave Allen
(2018)
(2018)
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't
as Aidan
(2018)
(2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as William "Goosefat Bill"
(2017)
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
as Littlefinger (voice)
(2017)
The Lovers
as Robert
(2017)
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
as Timothy Leary
(2017)
Pickups
as Aidan
(2016)
Sing Street
as Robert Lawlor
(2016)
Further Beyond
as Ambrosio O'Higgins
(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)
Violet
as Narrator
(2014)
Calvary
as Dr. Frank Harte
(2014)
Ambition
as Master
(2013)
Scrapper
as Ray
(2013)
Beneath the Harvest Sky
as Clayton Cote
(2013)
Mister John
as Gerry Devine
(2013)
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Man (Ekki Múkk)
(2013)
The Note
as Lars
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as CIA Op
(2012)
Shadow Dancer
as Gerry
(2012)
The Good Man
as Michael
(2012)
Ekki múkk
as Man
(2011)
Blitz
as Barry Weiss
(2011)
Wake Wood
as Patrick
(2010)
Thorne: Scaredycat
as Phil Hendricks
(2010)
Treacle Jr.
as Aiden
(2009)
12 Rounds
as Miles Jackson
(2009)
Freefall
as Gus
(2008)
Blackout
as Karl
(2007)
Tapping the Wire
as Self
(2007)
Walk Away and I Stumble
as Paul
(2007)
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
(2007)
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
(2005)
Trouble with Sex
as Conor
(2004)
Photo Finish
as Joe Wilde
(2003)
Shanghai Knights
as Lord Nelson Rathbone
(2003)
Burning The Bed
as Stephen
(2002)
The Final Curtain
as Dave Turner
(2001)
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
(2001)
My Kingdom
as Puttnam
(2001)
The Low Down
as Frank
(2000)
Buddy Boy
as Francis
(2000)
The Darkling
as Jeff Obold
(2000)
The Second Death
as Pool Player
(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
(1991)
Killing Time
as Harry
(1989)
A View of Harry Clark
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
(1988)
The Courier
as Prostitute Boy
(1987)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
(1985)