Aidan Quinn
March 8, 1959 (67 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 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 · The Last Keepers as John
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2011 · Unknown as Martin B.
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Gus Vanderlip
- 2010 · Flipped as Richard Baker
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Ulysses S. Grant
- 2009 · White Collar as Professor George Oswald
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 1999 · Music of the Heart as Brian
- 1999 · Third Watch as John Miller
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ben Nicholson
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Burton Lowe
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gary Hallet
- 1997 · The Assignment as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Alfred Ludlow
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Cap. Robert Walton
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1993 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1990 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1989 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 2013 · If I Were You as Derek
- 2012 · Allegiance as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
- 2012 · The Horses of McBride as Matt Davidson
- 2012 · Festival of Lights as Adem
- 2012 · The Stand Up as Sandy
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2011 · Muide Éire as Himself
- 2010 · Sarah's Key as William Rainsferd
- 2010 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 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 · This Is My Father as Kieran O'Day
- 1999 · In Dreams as Paul Cooper
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1997 · The Irish in America as Narrator
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Harry Roland
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Haunted as Professor David Ash
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · Hal as Professor Tigues