Aidan Quinn
March 8, 1959 (67 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 2026 · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 2013 · The Last Keepers as John
- 2012 · Elementary as Thomas Gregson
- 2011 · Prime Suspect as Kevin Sweeney
- 2011 · Unknown as Martin B.
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Gus Vanderlip
- 2010 · Sarah's Key as William Rainsferd
- 2010 · Flipped as Richard Baker
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Ulysses S. Grant
- 2009 · White Collar as Professor George Oswald
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2008 · Wild Child as Gerry Moore
- 2008 · Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
- 2007 · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Henry Dawes
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
- 1999 · Music of the Heart as Brian
- 1999 · Third Watch as John Miller
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ben Nicholson
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Burton Lowe
- 1999 · In Dreams as Paul Cooper
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gary Hallet
- 1997 · The Assignment as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Harry Roland
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 1995 · Haunted as Professor David Ash
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Alfred Ludlow
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Cap. Robert Walton
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1993 · Blink as Detective John Hallstrom
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · Hal as Professor Tigues
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Moody Burkhart
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Stay as Dermot
- 2013 · If I Were You as Derek
- 2012 · Allegiance as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
- 2012 · Festival of Lights as Adem
- 2012 · The Stand Up as Sandy
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Charlie Wright
- 2010 · The 5th Quarter as Steven Abbate
- 2009 · A Shine of Rainbows as Alec
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- 2012 · The Horses of McBride as Matt Davidson
- 2011 · Muide Éire as Self
- 2009 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Kieran O'Day
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1997 · The Irish in America as Narrator
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1989 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as