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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Game of Thrones

Peaky Blinders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Wire

Mayor of Kingstown

The Bill

Rock, Paper, Scissors

The Dark Knight Rises

All Movies (84)

• Panic Carefully2027
• TRAD2026
• Cold War 19942026 · as F.M.
• Gorky Resort2026 · as Vasily Zarubin
• The Physician II2025 · as Hunne
• Nostalgie2025 · as Drew
• Re-Creation2025 · as Hamilton Barnes
• London Calling2025 · as Freddy Darby
• Amongst the Wolves2025 · as Power
• The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs2024 · as Self
• Dance First2023 · as James Joyce
• Barber2023 · as Valentine Barber
• Those Who Wish Me Dead2021 · as Jack Blackwell
• Rose Plays Julie2021 · as Peter
• I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...2019 · as Aidan
• Confinement2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Keepers of the Flame2018
• Bohemian Rhapsody2018 · as John Reid
• We Ourselves2018
• Dave Allen at Peace2018 · as Dave Allen
• Maze Runner: The Death Cure2018 · as Janson
• Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms2017 · as Littlefinger (voice)
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword2017 · as William "Goosefat Bill"
• The Lovers2017 · as Robert
• Pickups2017 · as Aidan
• When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD2017 · as Timothy Leary
• Sing Street2016 · as Robert Lawlor
• Further Beyond2016 · as Ambrosio O'Higgins
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials2015 · as Janson
• Violet2015 · as Narrator
• Still2015 · as Carver
• You're Ugly Too2015 · as Will
• Men of Granite2015 · as Pelf
• Ambition2014 · as Master
• Calvary2014 · as Dr. Frank Harte
• Beneath the Harvest Sky2013 · as Clayton Cote
• The Note2013 · as Lars
• Mister John2013 · as Gerry Devine
• Scrapper2013 · as Ray
• Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment2013 · as Man (Ekki Múkk)
• Ekki múkk2012 · as Man
• The Dark Knight Rises2012 · as CIA Op
• Shadow Dancer2012 · as Gerry
• The Good Man2012 · as Michael
• Blitz2011 · as Barry Weiss
• Wake Wood2011 · as Patrick
• Thorne: Scaredycat2010 · as Phil Hendricks
• Treacle Jr.2010 · as Aiden
• Runners2009
• Freefall2009 · as Gus
• 12 Rounds2009 · as Miles Jackson
• Blackout2008 · as Karl
• The Wire: The Last Word2007 · as Self
• The Wire Odyssey2007 · as Self
• Tapping the Wire2007 · as Self
• Walk Away and I Stumble2007 · as Paul
• Willesden Confidential2005 · as Steve Fallon
• Trouble with Sex2005 · as Conor
• Photo Finish2004 · as Joe Wilde
• Burning The Bed2003 · as Stephen
• Shanghai Knights2003 · as Lord Nelson Rathbone
• The Final Curtain2002 · as Dave Turner
• My Kingdom2001 · as Puttnam
• Lorna Doone2001 · as Carver Doone
• The Low Down2001 · as Frank
• The Darkling2000 · as Jeff Obold
• Buddy Boy2000 · as Francis
• The Second Death2000 · as Pool Player
• Mojo1997 · as Baby
• Gold In The Streets1997 · as Paddy
• Amazing Grace1997 · as Frank
• Some Mother's Son1996 · as Gerard Quigley
• Circle of Friends1995 · as Aidan Lynch
• Safe1993 · as Gypo
• An Ungentlemanly Act1992 · as Marine Wilcox
• Killing Time1991 · as Harry
• A View of Harry Clark1989 · as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
• The Courier1988 · as Prostitute Boy
• The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne1987 · as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
• The Drip1985
• James and Lucia— · as James Joyce
• Driver— · as Dickinson
• Sunny—
• Cold War 1995— · as F.M.

All TV Shows (30)

• Rock, Paper, Scissors2024 · as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
• That Dirty Black Bag2022 · as Butler
• Mayor of Kingstown2021 · as Milo Sunter
• Killers of the Cosmos2021
• Kin2021 · as Frank Kinsella
• 星际杀手2021
• Project Blue Book2019 · as Allen Hynek
• Urban Myths2017 · as Timothy Leary
• Quantum Break2016 · as Paul Serene
• Charlie2015 · as Charles J. Haughey
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as Aberama Gold
• Mayday2013 · as Everett Newcombe
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
• Thorne2010 · as Phil Hendricks
• Love/Hate2010 · as John Boy Power
• Identity2010 · as DI John Bloom
• Walk Away and I Stumble2005 · as Paul
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Jimmy Colby
• The Last Detective2003 · as Steve Fallon
• The Wire2002 · as Tommy Carcetti
• Dice2001 · as Glenn Taylor
• Lorna Doone2000 · as Carver Doone
• Queer as Folk1999 · as Stuart Jones
• In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as James Crozier
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Amyas Crale
• The Play on One1988 · as Harry
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Gypo
• The Bill1984 · as Jeff Barratt
• Tall Tales & Murder—
• Other Voices— · as Host — Presenter