Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 8, 1959
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Food Fight | Daniel |
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | Theodore Parker (voice) |
| 2023 | Daughter of the Bride | Bruce |
| 2022 | Blacklight | Gabriel Robinson |
| 2021 | Spiked | John Wilson |
| 2021 | A Journey to Sundance | Self |
| 2020 | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Moody Burkhart |
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | The Last Keepers | John |
| 2013 | Rushlights | Cameron Brogden |
| 2013 | If I Were You | Derek |
| 2013 | Stay | Dermot |
| 2012 | Allegiance | Lieutenant Colonel Owens |
| 2012 | The Stand Up | Sandy |
| 2012 | Festival of Lights | Adem |
| 2012 | The Horses of McBride | Matt Davidson |
| 2011 | Unknown | Martin B. |
| 2011 | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Henry Brown |
| 2010 | Flipped | Richard Baker |
| 2010 | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Charlie Wright |
| 2010 | Sarah's Key | William Rainsferd |
| 2010 | The 5th Quarter | Steven Abbate |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 2009 | A Shine of Rainbows | Alec |
| 2009 | The Eclipse | Nicholas Holden |
| 2009 | Handsome Harry | Prof. Porter |
| 2009 | Irish Chicago | Self - Host |
| 2009 | From Ararat to Zion | Narrator |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Gerry Moore |
| 2008 | Dark Matter | Jacob Reiser |
| 2008 | The Prince of Motor City | Charlie Hamilton |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Henry Dawes |
| 2007 | 32A | Frank Brennan |
| 2006 | The Exonerated | Kerry Max Cook |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Henry |
| 2005 | Mayday | John Berry |
| 2004 | Return to Sender | Frank Nitzche |
| 2004 | Shadow of Fear | Detective Scofield |
| 2004 | Miracle Run | Douglas Thomas |
| 2004 | Cavedweller | Clint Windsor |
| 2004 | See You in My Dreams | Joe F. Brown |
| 2004 | Proud | Commodore Alfred Lind |
| 2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Harry Vardon |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Tom Guthrie |
| 2003 | Song for a Raggy Boy | William Franklin |
| 2003 | Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor | Gen. Benedict Arnold |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Joe O'Malley |
| 2002 | Evelyn | Nick Barron |
| 2001 | Songcatcher | Tom Bledsoe |
| 2000 | The Prince and the Pauper | Miles Hendon |
| 2000 | Two of Us | Paul McCartney |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Brian |
| 1999 | In Dreams | Paul Cooper |
| 1999 | This Is My Father | Kieran O'Day |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Gary Hallet |
| 1997 | Commandments | Seth Warner |
| 1997 | The Assignment | Annibal Ramirez / Carlos |
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | Henry Morton Stanley |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Harry Roland |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Richmond |
| 1995 | Haunted | Prof. David Ash |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Don Day |
| 1995 | Lumière & Company | (segment "John Boorman") |
| 1995 | Out of Ireland | Maurice Woulfe (voice) |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Cap. Robert Walton |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall | Alfred Ludlow |
| 1994 | Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America | Maurice Woulfe (voice) |
| 1993 | Benny & Joon | Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl |
| 1993 | Blink | Detective John Hallstrom |
| 1992 | The Playboys | Tom Casey |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Bob Finkbine |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Martin Quarrier |
| 1991 | Lies of the Twins | James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan |
| 1990 | Avalon | Jules Kaye |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Nick |
| 1989 | The Lemon Sisters | Frankie McGuinness |
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | Sam Paxton |
| 1988 | Crusoe | Crusoe |
| 1987 | Stakeout | Richard "Stick" Montgomery |
| 1987 | All My Sons | Chris Keller |
| 1986 | The Mission | Felipe Mendoza |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Dez |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Michael Pierson |
| 1984 | Reckless | Johnny Rourke |
| The Well of Saint Nobody | ||
| Cry from the Sea | Father MacGabbhan | |
| Butterfly in the Typewriter | Barnet Rosset | |
| Ages of the Moon |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rematch | Roger Laver |
| 2021 | The American Guest | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 2012 | Elementary | Thomas Gregson |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | Kevin Sweeney |
| 2009 | White Collar | Professor George Oswald |
| 2008 | Canterbury's Law | Matt Furey |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Daniel Webster |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | David Roby |
| 2005 | Weeds | CEO |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List") |
| 1999 | Third Watch | John Miller |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ben Nicholson |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Burton Lowe |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Late Late Show | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Tom Guthrie |