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Birthday: Apr 24, 1968
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Aidan Gillen

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Further Beyond Ambrosio O'Higgins 2016
The Darkling Jeff Obold 2000
Shanghai Knights Lord Nelson Rathbone 2003
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... Aidan 2019
Barber Valentine Barber 2023
Amazing Grace Frank 1997
Blackout Karl 2008
12 Rounds Miles Jackson 2009
Killing Time Harry 1991
The Note Lars 2013
My Kingdom Puttnam 2001
Thorne: Scaredycat Phil Hendricks 2010
The Courier Prostitute Boy 1988
Shadow Dancer Gerry 2012
Blitz Barry Weiss 2011
Some Mother's Son Gerard Quigley 1996
Wake Wood Patrick 2011
Treacle Jr. Aiden 2010
Mojo Baby 1997
Buddy Boy Francis 2000
Trouble with Sex Conor 2005
The Low Down Frank 2001
Calvary Dr. Frank Harte 2014
Freefall Gus 2009
Mister John Gerry Devine 2013
Dance First James Joyce 2023
Beneath the Harvest Sky Clayton Cote 2013
The Wire: The Last Word Self 2007
The Wire Odyssey Self 2007
Scrapper Ray 2013
Men of Granite Pelf 2015
The Dark Knight Rises CIA Op 2012
Safe Gypo 1993
London Calling Freddy Darby 2025
Ambition Master 2014
Still Carver 2015
Ekki múkk Man 2012
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Janson 2015
You're Ugly Too Will 2015
Lorna Doone Carver Doone 2001
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs Self 2024
Circle of Friends Aidan Lynch 1995
Pojedynek Vasily Zarubin 1970
Re-Creation 1970
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword William "Goosefat Bill" 2017
Amongst the Wolves Power 2024
Sing Street Robert Lawlor 2016
Confinement Narrator (voice) 2019
Walk Away and I Stumble Paul 2007
The Second Death Pool Player 2000
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't Aidan 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure Janson 2018
The Lovers Robert 2017
An Ungentlemanly Act Marine Wilcox 1992
Burning The Bed Stephen 2003
The Final Curtain Dave Turner 2002
Gold In The Streets Paddy 1997
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms Littlefinger (voice) 2017
James and Lucia James Joyce 1970
Dave Allen at Peace Dave Allen 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody John Reid 2018
We Ourselves 2018
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy) 1987
Rose Plays Julie Peter 2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead Jack Blackwell 2021
Keepers of the Flame 2018
The Good Man Michael 2012
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment Man (Ekki Múkk) 2013
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD Timothy Leary 2017
Violet Narrator 2015
Pickups Aidan 2017
Tapping the Wire Self 2007
A View of Harry Clark Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy) 1989
Photo Finish Joe Wilde 2004
The Physician II Hunne 2025
Series Cast Year
Game of Thrones Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish 2011
The Wire Tommy Carcetti 2002
Queer as Folk Stuart Alan Jones 1999
Identity DI John Bloom 2010
Love/Hate John Boy Power 2010
星际杀手 2021
Mayday Everett Newcombe 2013
Killers of the Cosmos 2021
The Bill Jeff Barratt 1984
In Suspicious Circumstances James Crozier 1991
Law & Order: Trial by Jury Jimmy Colby 2005
The Last Detective Steve Fallon 2003
Dice Glenn Taylor 2001
Agatha Christie's Poirot Amyas Crale 1989
Mayor of Kingstown Milo Sunter 2021
Quantum Break Paul Serene 2016
Charlie Charles J. Haughey 2015
Peaky Blinders Aberama Gold 2013
Urban Myths Timothy Leary 2017
Lorna Doone Carver Doone 2000
That Dirty Black Bag Butler 2022
Project Blue Book Dr. Allen Hynek 2019
The Play on One Harry 1988
Rock, Paper, Scissors Steven Shadowwhispers (voice) 2024
Thorne Phil Hendricks 2010
Kin Frank Kinsella 2021
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