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
- 2025 · The Walsh Sisters as Daddy Walsh
- 2024 · Rematch as Roger Laver
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 2013 · If I Were You as Derek
- 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
- 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 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2002 · Evelyn as Nick Barron
- 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 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Haunted as Professor David Ash
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Don Day
- 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
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 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
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Chris Keller
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Theodore Parker (voice)
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- 2026 · The Lightkeeper as Father MacGabbhan
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 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 · The Last Keepers as John
- 2012 · Allegiance as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
- 2012 · The Horses of McBride as Matt Davidson
- 2012 · Festival of Lights as Adem
- 2012 · The Stand Up as Sandy
- 2011 · The Greening of Whitney Brown as Henry Brown
- 2011 · Muide Éire as Self
- 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 · From Ararat to Zion as Narrator
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Prof. Porter
- 2009 · The Eclipse as Nicholas Holden
- 2009 · Irish Chicago as Self - Host
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Charlie Hamilton
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Jacob Reiser
- 2007 · 32A as Frank Brennan
- 2006 · The Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 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
- 2002 · Stolen Summer as Joe O'Malley
- 2001 · Songcatcher as Tom Bledsoe
- 2000 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 2000 · Two of Us as Paul McCartney
- 1997 · Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Henry Morton Stanley
- 1997 · The Irish in America as Narrator
- 1992 · A Private Matter as Bob Finkbine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 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
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- Future · Hal as Professor Tigues
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Kieran O'Day
- 1997 · Commandments as Seth Warner
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as