1968-04-24 Dublin, Ireland
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.
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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs | Self | 2024-03-15 |
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Barber | Valentine Barber | 2023-09-22 |
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Dance First | James Joyce | 2023-11-03 |
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Those Who Wish Me Dead | Jack Blackwell | 2021-05-05 |
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Rose Plays Julie | Peter | 2021-03-19 |
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We Ourselves | 2018-10-18 | |
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Dave Allen at Peace | Dave Allen | 2018-04-02 |
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Janson | 2018-01-10 |
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Bohemian Rhapsody | John Reid | 2018-10-24 |
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Keepers of the Flame | 2018-12-14 | |
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The Lovers | Robert | 2017-05-05 |
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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Littlefinger (voice) | 2017-12-12 |
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Pickups | Aidan | 2017-02-18 |
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | William "Goosefat Bill" | 2017-05-10 |
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When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD | Timothy Leary | 2017-02-09 |
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Further Beyond | Ambrosio O'Higgins | 2016-10-12 |
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Sing Street | Robert Lawlor | 2016-03-11 |
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Janson | 2015-09-09 |
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You're Ugly Too | Will | 2015-02-07 |
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Men of Granite | Pelf | 2015-02-06 |
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Still | Carver | 2015-05-08 |
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Calvary | Dr. Frank Harte | 2014-04-11 |
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Ambition | Master | 2014-10-24 |
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Mister John | Gerry Devine | 2013-06-27 |
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment | Man (Ekki Múkk) | 2013-03-05 |
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The Note | Lars | 2013-07-13 |
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Scrapper | Ray | 2013-05-21 |
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Beneath the Harvest Sky | Clayton | 2013-09-08 |
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Ekki múkk | Man | 2012-09-29 |
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Shadow Dancer | Gerry | 2012-02-12 |
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The Good Man | Michael | 2012-01-01 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | CIA Op | 2012-07-17 |
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Wake Wood | Patrick | 2011-03-25 |
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Blitz | Barry Weiss | 2011-05-20 |
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Treacle Jr. | Aiden | 2010-10-06 |
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Thorne: Scaredycat | Phil Hendricks | 2010-10-31 |
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12 Rounds | Miles Jackson | 2009-03-19 |
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Freefall | Gus | 2009-07-13 |
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Blackout | Karl | 2008-05-28 |
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The Wire Odyssey | Himself | 2007-12-20 |
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The Wire: The Last Word | Himself | 2007-12-27 |
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Walk Away and I Stumble | Paul | 2007-05-16 |
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Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
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Trouble with Sex | Conor | 2005-01-15 |
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Shanghai Knights | Lord Nelson Rathbone | 2003-02-06 |
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Burning The Bed | Stephen | 2003-10-31 |
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The Final Curtain | Dave Turner | 2002-10-12 |
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Lorna Doone | Carver Doone | 2001-03-11 |
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My Kingdom | Puttnam | 2001-09-10 |
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The Low Down | Frank | 2001-01-26 |
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The Second Death | Pool Player | 2000-01-29 |
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Buddy Boy | Francis | 2000-03-24 |
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The Darkling | Jeff Obold | 2000-08-15 |
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Amazing Grace | Frank | 1997-01-01 |
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Gold In The Streets | Paddy | 1997-03-19 |
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Mojo | Baby | 1997-09-02 |
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Some Mother's Son | Gerard Quigley | 1996-09-13 |
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Circle of Friends | Aidan Lynch | 1995-04-07 |
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Safe | Gypo | 1993-10-13 |
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An Ungentlemanly Act | Marine Wilcox | 1992-06-13 |
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Killing Time | Harry | 1991-08-09 |
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A View of Harry Clark | Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy) | 1989-03-21 |
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The Courier | Prostitute Boy | 1988-02-10 |
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy) | 1987-12-23 |
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London Calling | Freddy Darby | |
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James and Lucia | James Joyce | |
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Violet | Narrator | |
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I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... | Aidan |
