Aidan Quinn
- Acting
- March 8, 1959 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
- The Lightkeeper · Father MacGabbhan
- The Gettysburg Address · Theodore Parker (Voice)
- The Walsh Sisters · Daddy Walsh
- Rematch · Roger Laver
- Daughter of the Bride · Bruce
- A Journey to Sundance · Self
- Blacklight · Gabriel Robinson
- The American Guest · Theodore Roosevelt
- Spiked · John Wilson
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die · Self
- Change in the Air · Moody Burkhart
- Arthur Miller: Writer · Self
- Stay · Dermot
- Rushlights · Cameron Brogden
- If I Were You · Derek
- The Last Keepers · John
- Allegiance · Lieutenant Colonel Owens
- The Horses of McBride · Matt Davidson
- Festival of Lights · Adem
- Elementary · Thomas Gregson, Director
- The Stand Up · Sandy
- The Greening of Whitney Brown · Henry Brown
- Muide Éire · Self
- Prime Suspect · Kevin Sweeney
- Unknown · Martin B.
- Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright · Charlie Wright
- Blue Bloods · Gus Vanderlip
- Sarah's Key · William Rainsferd
- Flipped · Richard Baker
- Jonah Hex · Ulysses S. Grant
- The 5th Quarter · Steven Abbate
- White Collar · Professor George Oswald
- A Shine of Rainbows · Alec
- From Ararat to Zion · Narrator
- Handsome Harry · Prof. Porter
- The Eclipse · Nicholas Holden
- Irish Chicago · Self
- Wild Child · Gerry Moore
- The Prince of Motor City · Charlie Hamilton
- Dark Matter · Jacob Reiser
- Canterbury's Law · Matt Furey
- 32A · Frank Brennan
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee · Henry Dawes
- The Exonerated · Kerry Max Cook
- The Book of Daniel · Daniel Webster
- Mayday · John Berry
- Nine Lives · Henry
- Weeds · CEO
- Empire Falls · David Roby
- Return to Sender · Frank Nitzche
- Shadow of Fear · Detective Scofield
- Miracle Run · Douglas Thomas
- Proud · Commodore Alfred Lind
- See You in My Dreams · Joe F. Brown
- Cavedweller · Clint Windsor
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius · Harry Vardon
- Plainsong · Tom Guthrie
- Song for a Raggy Boy · William Franklin
- Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor · Gen. Benedict Arnold
- Evelyn · Nick Barron
- Stolen Summer · Joe O'Malley
- Night Visions · Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- Songcatcher · Tom Bledsoe
- The Prince and the Pauper · Miles Hendon
- Two of Us · Paul McCartney
- Music of the Heart · Brian
- Third Watch · John Miller
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Ben Nicholson, Burton Lowe
- This Is My Father · Kieran O'Day, Executive producer
- In Dreams · Paul Cooper
- Practical Magic · Gary Hallet
- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone · Henry Morton Stanley
- The Assignment · Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- The View · Self
- Commandments · Seth Warner
- The Irish in America · Narrator
- Michael Collins · Harry Roland
- Looking for Richard · Richmond
- Lumière & Company · (segment "John Boorman")
- Haunted · Professor David Ash