Aidan Gillen

Acting

Aidan Gillen

Born April 24, 1968Dublin, Ireland111 credits

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.

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Filmography

Cold War 1994
2026Cold War 1994
as F.M.Movie
Gorky Resort
2026Gorky Resort
as Vasily ZarubinMovie
Nostalgie
2025Nostalgie
as DrewMovie
Re-Creation
2025Re-Creation
as Hamilton BarnesMovie
London Calling
2025London Calling
as Freddy DarbyMovie
Dance First
2023Dance First
as James JoyceMovie
Barber
2023Barber
as Valentine BarberMovie
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2023Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)TV
Mayor of Kingstown
2021Mayor of Kingstown
as Milo SunterTV
Kin
2021Kin
as Frank KinsellaTV
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Jack BlackwellMovie
C
2019Confinement
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Project Blue Book
2019Project Blue Book
as Allen HynekTV
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018Bohemian Rhapsody
as John ReidMovie
Dave Allen at Peace
2018Dave Allen at Peace
as Dave AllenMovie
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as William "Goosefat Bill"Movie
The Lovers
2017The Lovers
as RobertMovie
Pickups
2017Pickups
as AidanMovie
Urban Myths
2017Urban Myths
as Timothy LearyTV
Quantum Break
2016Quantum Break
as Paul SereneTV
Sing Street
2016Sing Street
as Robert LawlorMovie
Further Beyond
2016Further Beyond
as Ambrosio O'HigginsMovie
Violet
2015Violet
as NarratorMovie
Still
2015Still
as CarverMovie
Charlie
2015Charlie
as Charles J. HaugheyTV
Ambition
2014Ambition
as MasterMovie
Calvary
2014Calvary
as Dr. Frank HarteMovie
Peaky Blinders
2013Peaky Blinders
as Aberama GoldTV
Beneath the Harvest Sky
2013Beneath the Harvest Sky
as Clayton CoteMovie
T
2013The Note
as LarsMovie
Mister John
2013Mister John
as Gerry DevineMovie
Scrapper
2013Scrapper
as RayMovie
Mayday
2013Mayday
as Everett NewcombeTV
Ekki múkk
2012Ekki múkk
as ManMovie
Shadow Dancer
2012Shadow Dancer
as GerryMovie
The Good Man
2012The Good Man
as MichaelMovie
Blitz
2011Blitz
as Barry WeissMovie
Game of Thrones
2011Game of Thrones
as Petyr 'Littlefinger' BaelishTV
Wake Wood
2011Wake Wood
as PatrickMovie
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010Thorne: Scaredycat
as Phil HendricksMovie
Thorne
2010Thorne
as Phil HendricksTV
Treacle Jr.
2010Treacle Jr.
as AidenMovie
Love/Hate
2010Love/Hate
as John Boy PowerTV
Identity
2010Identity
as DI John BloomTV
Freefall
2009Freefall
as GusMovie
12 Rounds
200912 Rounds
as Miles JacksonMovie
Blackout
2008Blackout
as KarlMovie
Willesden Confidential
2005Willesden Confidential
as Steve FallonMovie
P
2004Photo Finish
as Joe WildeMovie
Five Little Pigs
2003Five Little Pigs
as Amyas CraleMovie
Burning The Bed
2003Burning The Bed
as StephenMovie
The Last Detective
2003The Last Detective
as Steve FallonTV
Shanghai Knights
2003Shanghai Knights
as Lord Nelson RathboneMovie
The Final Curtain
2002The Final Curtain
as Dave TurnerMovie
The Wire
2002The Wire
as Tommy CarcettiTV
Dice
2001Dice
as Glenn TaylorTV
My Kingdom
2001My Kingdom
as PuttnamMovie
Lorna Doone
2001Lorna Doone
as Carver DooneMovie
The Low Down
2001The Low Down
as FrankMovie
Lorna Doone
2000Lorna Doone
as Carver DooneTV
The Darkling
2000The Darkling
as Jeff OboldMovie
Buddy Boy
2000Buddy Boy
as FrancisMovie
The Second Death
2000The Second Death
as Pool PlayerMovie
Queer as Folk
1999Queer as Folk
as Stuart JonesTV
Mojo
1997Mojo
as BabyMovie
Amazing Grace
1997Amazing Grace
as FrankMovie
Some Mother's Son
1996Some Mother's Son
as Gerard QuigleyMovie
Circle of Friends
1995Circle of Friends
as Aidan LynchMovie
Safe
1993Safe
as GypoMovie
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992An Ungentlemanly Act
as Marine WilcoxMovie
Killing Time
1991Killing Time
as HarryMovie
A View of Harry Clark
1989A View of Harry Clark
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)Movie
The Courier
1988The Courier
as Prostitute BoyMovie
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)Movie
The Bill
1984The Bill
as Jeff BarrattTV
J
James and Lucia
as James JoyceMovie
D
Driver
as DickinsonMovie
O
Other Voices
as Host — PresenterTV