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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Blue Bloods

Elementary

The View

Third Watch

White Collar

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

All Movies (92)

• The Lightkeeper2026 · as Father MacGabbhan
• The Gettysburg Address2025 · as Theodore Parker (voice)
• Daughter of the Bride2023 · as Bruce
• A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
• Blacklight2022 · as Gabriel Robinson
• Spiked2021 · as John Wilson
• Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Change in the Air2018 · as Moody Burkhart
• Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Stay2013 · as Dermot
• Rushlights2013 · as Cameron Brogden
• If I Were You2013 · as Derek
• The Last Keepers2013 · as John
• Allegiance2012 · as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
• The Horses of McBride2012 · as Matt Davidson
• Festival of Lights2012 · as Adem
• The Stand Up2012 · as Sandy
• The Greening of Whitney Brown2011 · as Henry Brown
• Muide Éire2011 · as Self
• Unknown2011 · as Martin B.
• Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright2010 · as Charlie Wright
• Sarah's Key2010 · as William Rainsferd
• Flipped2010 · as Richard Baker
• Jonah Hex2010 · as Ulysses S. Grant
• The 5th Quarter2010 · as Steven Abbate
• A Shine of Rainbows2009 · as Alec
• From Ararat to Zion2009 · as Narrator
• Handsome Harry2009 · as Prof. Porter
• The Eclipse2009 · as Nicholas Holden
• Irish Chicago2009 · as Self - Host
• Wild Child2008 · as Gerry Moore
• The Prince of Motor City2008 · as Charlie Hamilton
• Dark Matter2008 · as Jacob Reiser
• 32A2007 · as Frank Brennan
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee2007 · as Henry Dawes
• The Exonerated2006 · as Kerry Max Cook
• Mayday2005 · as John Berry
• Nine Lives2005 · as Henry
• Return to Sender2004 · as Frank Nitzche
• Shadow of Fear2004 · as Detective Scofield
• Miracle Run2004 · as Douglas Thomas
• Proud2004 · as Commodore Alfred Lind
• See You in My Dreams2004 · as Joe F. Brown
• Cavedweller2004 · as Clint Windsor
• Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius2004 · as Harry Vardon
• Plainsong2004 · as Tom Guthrie
• Song for a Raggy Boy2003 · as William Franklin
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor2003 · as Gen. Benedict Arnold
• Evelyn2002 · as Nick Barron
• Stolen Summer2002 · as Joe O'Malley
• Songcatcher2001 · as Tom Bledsoe
• The Prince and the Pauper2000 · as Miles Hendon
• Two of Us2000 · as Paul McCartney
• Music of the Heart1999 · as Brian
• This Is My Father1999 · as Kieran O'Day
• In Dreams1999 · as Paul Cooper
• Practical Magic1998 · as Gary Hallet
• Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone1997 · as Henry Morton Stanley
• The Assignment1997 · as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
• Commandments1997 · as Seth Warner
• The Irish in America1997 · as Narrator
• Michael Collins1996 · as Harry Roland
• Looking for Richard1996 · as Richmond
• Lumière & Company1995 · as (segment "John Boorman")
• Haunted1995 · as Professor David Ash
• The Stars Fell on Henrietta1995 · as Don Day
• Out of Ireland1995 · as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
• Legends of the Fall1994 · as Alfred Ludlow
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994 · as Cap. Robert Walton
• Blink1993 · as Detective John Hallstrom
• Benny & Joon1993 · as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
• A Private Matter1992 · as Bob Finkbine
• The Playboys1992 · as Tom Casey
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord1991 · as Martin Quarrier
• Lies of the Twins1991 · as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
• Avalon1990 · as Jules Kaye
• The Handmaid's Tale1990 · as Nick
• The Lemon Sisters1989 · as Frankie McGuinness
• Perfect Witness1989 · as Samuel De Valera Paxton
• Crusoe1989 · as Crusoe
• Stakeout1987 · as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
• All My Sons1987 · as Chris Keller
• The Mission1986 · as Felipe Mendoza
• An Early Frost1985 · as Michael Pierson
• Desperately Seeking Susan1985 · as Dez
• Reckless1984 · as Johnny Rourke
• The Well of Saint Nobody—
• Butterfly in the Typewriter— · as Barnet Rosset
• Ages of the Moon—
• The Body Is Water— · as John Umley
• Little Audrey— · as Bishop Ryan
• Hal— · as Professor Tigues

All TV Shows (21)

• The Walsh Sisters2025 · as Daddy Walsh
• Rematch2024 · as Roger Laver
• The American Guest2021 · as Theodore Roosevelt
• Elementary2012 · as Thomas Gregson
• Prime Suspect2011 · as Kevin Sweeney
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Gus Vanderlip
• White Collar2009 · as Professor George Oswald
• Canterbury's Law2008 · as Matt Furey
• The Book of Daniel2006 · as Daniel Webster
• Weeds2005 · as CEO
• Empire Falls2005 · as David Roby
• Night Visions2001 · as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
• Third Watch1999 · as John Miller
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Ben Nicholson
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Burton Lowe
• The View1997 · as Self
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show1962 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Tom Guthrie