Aidan Quinn
Known for Acting · 112 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 (20)
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
White Collar
2009
as Professor George Oswald
Third Watch
1999
as John Miller
Weeds
2005
as CEO
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Night Visions
2001
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
The Late Late Show
1962
as Self
The Book of Daniel
2006
as Daniel Webster
Prime Suspect
2011
as Kevin Sweeney
Canterbury's Law
2008
as Matt Furey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tom Guthrie
Empire Falls
2005
as David Roby
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
Legends of the Fall
1994
as Alfred Ludlow
Wild Child
2008
as Gerry Moore
Unknown
2011
as Martin B.
Practical Magic
1998
as Gary Hallet
Blacklight
2022
as Gabriel Robinson
Jonah Hex
2010
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Mission
1986
as Felipe Mendoza
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Nick
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Cap. Robert Walton
Avalon
1990
as Jules Kaye
Michael Collins
1996
as Harry Roland
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Henry Dawes
Haunted
1995
as Professor David Ash
The Assignment
1997
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Stakeout
1987
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
In Dreams
1999
as Paul Cooper
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Dez
Nine Lives
2005
as Henry
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Benny & Joon
1993
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
The Lightkeeper
2026
as Father MacGabbhan
Sarah's Key
2010
as William Rainsferd
Looking for Richard
1996
as Richmond
Evelyn
2002
as Nick Barron
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
Reckless
1984
as Johnny Rourke
Blink
1993
as Detective John Hallstrom
Music of the Heart
1999
as Brian
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Theodore Parker (voice)
Crusoe
1989
as Crusoe
Rushlights
2013
as Cameron Brogden
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Henry Brown
Dark Matter
2008
as Jacob Reiser
Stay
2013
as Dermot
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
as Martin Quarrier
Miracle Run
2004
as Douglas Thomas
Perfect Witness
1989
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Don Day
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Charlie Wright
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Miles Hendon
Hal
as Professor Tigues
Commandments
1997
as Seth Warner
Cavedweller
2004
as Clint Windsor
Return to Sender
2004
as Frank Nitzche
Shadow of Fear
2004
as Detective Scofield
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Keepers
2013
as John
Plainsong
2004
as Tom Guthrie
Mayday
2005
as John Berry
The Eclipse
2009
as Nicholas Holden
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
as Alec
The Playboys
1992
as Tom Casey
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
as Harry Vardon
The Exonerated
2006
as Kerry Max Cook
Change in the Air
2018
as Moody Burkhart
The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Frankie McGuinness
Stolen Summer
2002
as Joe O'Malley
Handsome Harry
2009
as Prof. Porter
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
This Is My Father
1999
as Kieran O'Day
Out of Ireland
1995
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
Daughter of the Bride
2023
as Bruce
An Early Frost
1985
as Michael Pierson
Songcatcher
2001
as Tom Bledsoe
A Private Matter
1992
as Bob Finkbine
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
as William Franklin
Spiked
2021
as John Wilson
The Body Is Water
as John Umley
All My Sons
1987
as Chris Keller
The Prince of Motor City
2008
as Charlie Hamilton
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
See You in My Dreams
2004
as Joe F. Brown
Muide Éire
2011
as Self
32A
2007
as Frank Brennan
If I Were You
2013
as Derek
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as Henry Morton Stanley
Two of Us
2000
as Paul McCartney
The 5th Quarter
2010
as Steven Abbate
The Horses of McBride
2012
as Matt Davidson
Lies of the Twins
1991
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Ages of the Moon
The Well of Saint Nobody
Proud
2004
as Commodore Alfred Lind
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
The Irish in America
1997
as Narrator
Irish Chicago
2009
as Self - Host
Festival of Lights
2012
as Adem
From Ararat to Zion
2009
as Narrator
The Stand Up
2012
as Sandy
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 112 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Aidan Quinn has appeared in 92 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Aidan Quinn Movies
- Flipped (2010) — as Richard Baker
- Legends of the Fall (1994) — as Alfred Ludlow
- Wild Child (2008) — as Gerry Moore
- Unknown (2011) — as Martin B.
- Practical Magic (1998) — as Gary Hallet
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