Aidan Gillen

Born: 1968-04-24

Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin. His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.


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Bohemian Rhapsody

as John Reid
Released: 2018-10-24

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon...

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

as Janson
Released: 2015-09-09

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the...

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Sing Street

as Robert Lawlor
Released: 2016-03-11

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band...

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as CIA Op
Released: 2012-07-17

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's...

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure

as Janson
Released: 2018-01-10

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save...

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

as William "Goosefat Bill"
Released: 2017-05-10

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed...

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Those Who Wish Me Dead

as Jack Blackwell
Released: 2021-05-05

A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival...

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Blitz

as Barry Weiss
Released: 2011-05-20

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

as Littlefinger (voice)
Released: 2017-12-12

HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms...

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12 Rounds

as Miles Jackson
Released: 2009-03-19

When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a...

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Shanghai Knights

as Lord Nelson Rathbone
Released: 2003-02-06

The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time,...

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Shadow Dancer

as Gerry
Released: 2012-02-12

Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

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Calvary

as Dr. Frank Harte
Released: 2014-04-11

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces...

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The Lovers

as Robert
Released: 2017-05-05

The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.

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Barber

as Valentine Barber
Released: 2023-09-22

Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing...

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Circle of Friends

as Aidan Lynch
Released: 1995-04-07

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At...

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Wake Wood

as Patrick
Released: 2011-03-25

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three...

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Blackout

as Karl
Released: 2008-05-28

Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator....

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Dance First

as James Joyce
Released: 2023-11-03

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright,...

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Some Mother's Son

as Gerard Quigley
Released: 1996-09-13

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner...

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Buddy Boy

as Francis
Released: 2000-03-24

An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.

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Ambition

as Master
Released: 2014-10-24

A young apprentice (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and...

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The Darkling

as Jeff Obold
Released: 2000-08-15

When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the...

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Mister John

as Gerry Devine
Released: 2013-06-27

After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased...

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An Ungentlemanly Act

as Marine Wilcox
Released: 1992-06-13

Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion...

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Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone
Released: 2001-03-11

The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's...

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
Released: 1987-12-23

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She...

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Scrapper

as Ray
Released: 2013-05-21

Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he...

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Mojo

as Baby
Released: 1997-09-02

The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner...

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My Kingdom

as Puttnam
Released: 2001-09-10

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand...

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Beneath the Harvest Sky

as Clayton
Released: 2013-09-08

A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.

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Rose Plays Julie

as Peter
Released: 2021-03-19

Rose Plays Julie is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against...

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Treacle Jr.

as Aiden
Released: 2010-10-06

A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life...

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The Courier

as Prostitute Boy
Released: 1988-02-10

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular...

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The Low Down

as Frank
Released: 2001-01-26

Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and...

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Still

as Carver
Released: 2015-05-08

Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by...

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You're Ugly Too

as Will
Released: 2015-02-07

After her mother’s death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish...

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Killing Time

as Harry
Released: 1991-08-09

When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a...

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Ekki múkk

as Man
Released: 2012-09-29

A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One...

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The Wire Odyssey

as Himself
Released: 2007-12-20

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

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Pickups

as Aidan
Released: 2017-02-18

Pickups is about a man called Aidan who is suffering from insomnia, back trouble and the...

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Thorne: Scaredycat

as Phil Hendricks
Released: 2010-10-31

Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite...

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Further Beyond

as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Released: 2016-10-12

In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the...

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Amazing Grace

as Frank
Released: 1997-01-01

A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's...

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Safe

as Gypo
Released: 1993-10-13

Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the...

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The Wire: The Last Word

as Himself
Released: 2007-12-27

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

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Tapping the Wire

as Himself
Released: 2007-07-01

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the...

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The Final Curtain

as Dave Turner
Released: 2002-10-12

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter...

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Dave Allen at Peace

as Dave Allen
Released: 2018-04-02

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from...

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Violet

as Narrator
Released:

'Violet' is the haunting, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection.

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We Ourselves

as uncredited
Released: 2018-10-18

We Ourselves is an unconventional drama about isolation and belonging, about being alone with...

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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

as Man (Ekki Múkk)
Released: 2013-03-05

Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create...

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When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

as Timothy Leary
Released: 2017-02-09

Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his...

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Walk Away and I Stumble

as Paul
Released: 2007-05-16

Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a...

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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

as Self
Released: 2024-03-15

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party....

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Gold In The Streets

as Paddy
Released: 1997-03-19

An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling...

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I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...

as Aidan
Released:

A lonely single working class woman falls for the charms of a smooth-talking wealthy sexy ...

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Trouble with Sex

as Conor
Released: 2005-01-15

A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in...

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The Good Man

as Michael
Released: 2012-01-01

Michael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death...

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A View of Harry Clark

as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
Released: 1989-03-21

Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who...

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Keepers of the Flame

as uncredited
Released: 2018-12-14

Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the...

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Burning The Bed

as Stephen
Released: 2003-10-31

A man and woman spend a last night on the beach together after deciding to split up

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Game of Thrones

as Petyr 'LittleFinger' Baelish
First aired: 2011-04-17

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the...

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The Wire

as Tommy Carcetti
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Amyas Crale
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Peaky Blinders

as Aberama Gold
First aired: 2013-09-12

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor...

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Mayor of Kingstown

as Milo Sunter
First aired: 2021-11-14

In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the...

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Jimmy Colby
First aired: 2005-03-03

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...

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Project Blue Book

as Dr. Allen Hynek
First aired: 2019-01-08

A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related...

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Love/Hate

as John Boy Power
First aired: 2010-10-03

Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug...

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Kin

as Frank Kinsella
First aired: 2021-09-09

The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.

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The Last Detective

as Steve Fallon
First aired: 2003-02-07

"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he...

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That Dirty Black Bag

as Butler
First aired: 2022-03-10

The 8-day clash between Arthur McCoy — an incorruptible sheriff with a troubled past — and Red...

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Queer as Folk

as Stuart Alan Jones
First aired: 1999-02-23

Stuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention....

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The Bill

as Jeff Barratt
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Urban Myths

as Timothy Leary
First aired: 2017-01-19

Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of...

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Mayday

as Everett Newcombe
First aired: 2013-03-03

It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is...

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Identity

as DI John Bloom
First aired: 2010-07-05

Identity is a British police procedural drama television series starring Aidan Gillen and Keeley...

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Quantum Break

as Paul Serene
First aired: 2016-04-05

Bridging gaming and live-action, the thriller looks into aspect the villains of the game and the...

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Dice

as Glenn Taylor
First aired: 2001-11-12

A dark, investigative exploration of the obsessive gambling psyche.

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In Suspicious Circumstances

as James Crozier
First aired: 1991-06-03

A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward

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Killers of the Cosmos

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-09-11

A mysterious informant investigates each disaster-in-the-making via a wide range of experts...

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Charlie

as Charles J. Haughey
First aired: 2015-01-04

The political and personal life of Charlie Haughey during his time in office.

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Lorna Doone

as Carver Doone
First aired: 2000-12-24

Passionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search...

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星际杀手

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-06-22

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