Aidan Quinn
March 8, 1959 (66 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
- 2023 · Daughter of the Bride as Bruce
- 2022 · Blacklight as Gabriel Robinson
- 2021 · The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2018 · Change in the Air as Moody Burkhart
- 2013 · Rushlights as Cameron Brogden
- 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 Exonerated as Kerry Max Cook
- 2006 · The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
- 2005 · Mayday as John Berry
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Henry
- 2005 · Weeds as CEO
- 2005 · Empire Falls as David Roby
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Clint Windsor
- 2004 · Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Harry Vardon
- 2003 · Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Gen. Benedict Arnold
- 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
- 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
- 1990 · Avalon as Jules Kaye
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Little Audrey as Bishop Ryan
- 2023 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2021 · Spiked as John Wilson
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Stay as Dermot
- 2013 · If I Were You as Derek
- 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 Himself
- 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
- 2004 · Return to Sender as Frank Nitzche
- 2004 · Shadow of Fear as Detective Scofield
- 2004 · Miracle Run as Douglas Thomas
- 2004 · Proud as Commodore Alfred Lind
- 2004 · See You in My Dreams as Joe F. Brown
- 2004 · Plainsong as Tom Guthrie
- 2003 · Song for a Raggy Boy as William Franklin
- 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
- 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
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Richmond
- 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
- 1992 · The Playboys as Tom Casey
- 1991 · At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Martin Quarrier
- 1991 · Lies of the Twins as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1990 · The Lemon Sisters as Frankie McGuinness
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Nick
- 1989 · Perfect Witness as Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1989 · Crusoe as Crusoe
- 1987 · Stakeout as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- 1987 · All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1986 · The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Michael Pierson
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Dez
- 1984 · Reckless as Johnny Rourke
- 1962 · The Late Late Show as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tom Guthrie
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Barnet Rosset
- Future · Ages of the Moon as
- Future · The Body Is Water as John Umley
- Future · Hal as Professor Tigues