Aidan Quinn
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1959-03-08 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- 에이단 퀸 · Айдан Куинн · آیدان کوئین
Biography
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
TV Shows (21)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ben Nicholson / Burton Lowe
Blue Bloods
2010
as Gus Vanderlip
Elementary
2012
as Thomas Gregson
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
White Collar
2009
as Professor George Oswald
Weeds
2005
as CEO
Third Watch
1999
as John Miller
American Playhouse
1982
as Chris Keller
Night Visions
2001
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
The Late Late Show
1962
as Self
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tom Guthrie
Empire Falls
2005
as David Roby
The Book of Daniel
2006
as Daniel Webster
Canterbury's Law
2008
as Matt Furey
Prime Suspect
2011
as Kevin Sweeney
Rematch
2024
as Roger Laver
The Walsh Sisters
2025
as Daddy Walsh
The American Guest
2021
as Theodore Roosevelt
Movies (92)
Flipped
2010
as Richard Baker
Practical Magic
1998
as Gary Hallet
Legends of the Fall
1994
as Alfred Ludlow
Unknown
2011
as Martin B.
Wild Child
2008
as Gerry Moore
Blacklight
2022
as Gabriel Robinson
Jonah Hex
2010
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Nick
The Mission
1986
as Felipe Mendoza
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Cap. Robert Walton
The Lightkeeper
2026
as Father MacGabbhan
Sarah's Key
2010
as William Rainsferd
Stakeout
1987
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Hal
as Professor Tigues
Benny & Joon
1993
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Dez
Michael Collins
1996
as Harry Roland
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Looking for Richard
1996
as Richmond
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Theodore Parker (voice)
The Assignment
1997
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Henry Brown
Haunted
1995
as Professor David Ash
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Henry Dawes
Avalon
1990
as Jules Kaye
Nine Lives
2005
as Henry
Rushlights
2013
as Cameron Brogden
Music of the Heart
1999
as Brian
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
Shadow of Fear
2004
as Detective Scofield
Irish Chicago
2009
as Self - Host
Reckless
1984
as Johnny Rourke
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
as William Franklin
32A
2007
as Frank Brennan
Dark Matter
2008
as Jacob Reiser
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
as Alec
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Exonerated
2006
as Kerry Max Cook
Daughter of the Bride
2023
as Bruce
Change in the Air
2018
as Moody Burkhart
In Dreams
1999
as Paul Cooper
The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Frankie McGuinness
Miracle Run
2004
as Douglas Thomas
Two of Us
2000
as Paul McCartney
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
as Harry Vardon
See You in My Dreams
2004
as Joe F. Brown
Out of Ireland
1995
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
An Early Frost
1985
as Michael Pierson
Stay
2013
as Dermot
Perfect Witness
1989
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Miles Hendon
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Don Day
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
The 5th Quarter
2010
as Steven Abbate
Blink
1993
as Detective John Hallstrom
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
as Martin Quarrier
Mayday
2005
as John Berry
Return to Sender
2004
as Frank Nitzche
The Last Keepers
2013
as John
The Horses of McBride
2012
as Matt Davidson
A Private Matter
1992
as Bob Finkbine
This Is My Father
1999
as Kieran O'Day
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Charlie Wright
Ages of the Moon
Stolen Summer
2002
as Joe O'Malley
The Body Is Water
as John Umley
The Prince of Motor City
2008
as Charlie Hamilton
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
Muide Éire
2011
as Self
If I Were You
2013
as Derek
Cavedweller
2004
as Clint Windsor
The Playboys
1992
as Tom Casey
The Well of Saint Nobody
Plainsong
2004
as Tom Guthrie
From Ararat to Zion
2009
as Narrator
Handsome Harry
2009
as Prof. Porter
The Eclipse
2009
as Nicholas Holden
Evelyn
2002
as Nick Barron
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
Proud
2004
as Commodore Alfred Lind
Crusoe
1989
as Crusoe
Commandments
1997
as Seth Warner
Lies of the Twins
1991
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as Henry Morton Stanley
Songcatcher
2001
as Tom Bledsoe
The Irish in America
1997
as Narrator
The Stand Up
2012
as Sandy
Spiked
2021
as John Wilson
Festival of Lights
2012
as Adem
All My Sons
1987
as Chris Keller
Allegiance
2012
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
About Aidan Quinn
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… With 113 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Aidan Quinn has appeared in 92 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Aidan Quinn Movies
- Flipped (2010) — as Richard Baker
- Practical Magic (1998) — as Gary Hallet
- Legends of the Fall (1994) — as Alfred Ludlow
- Unknown (2011) — as Martin B.
- Wild Child (2008) — as Gerry Moore
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