Aidan Turner

Biography

Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.

Known For

The Graham Norton Show

The Tudors

Poldark

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Diplomat

Rivals

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

All Movies (14)

• National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses2026 · as Vicomte de Valmont
• Love Is Blind2019 · as Russell
• The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot2019 · as Calvin Barr
• Loving Vincent2017 · as Boatman
• The Secret Scripture2017 · as Jack McNulty
• Poldark Revealed2016 · as Self / Ross Poldark
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · as Kili
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013 · as Kili
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013 · as Luke Garroway
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as Kili
• Hattie2011 · as John Schofield
• Alarm2008 · as Mal
• Grendel— · as Unferth
• The Way of the Wind— · as Andrew

All TV Shows (15)

• Rivals: The Official Podcast2026 · as Self
• Rivals2024 · as Declan O'Hara
• Fifteen-Love2023 · as Glenn Lapthorn
• The Diplomat2023 · as Callum Ellis
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
• The Suspect2022 · as Joe O'Loughlin
• Toast of Tinseltown2022 · as Barney
• Leonardo2021 · as Leonardo da Vinci
• And Then There Were None2015 · as Philip Lombard
• Poldark2015 · as Ross Poldark
• Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong2014 · as Brad
• Desperate Romantics2009 · as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Being Human2009 · as John Mitchell
• The Tudors2007 · as Bedoli
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest