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