Actor
Aidan Quinn
67 years · Chicago, Illinois, USA · 87 films
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).
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The Lightkeeper
2026 · Father MacGabbhan
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Theodore Parker (voice)
Daughter of the Bride
2023 · Bruce
On Hoopla
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Self
On Plex
Blacklight
2022 · Gabriel Robinson
On Plex
Spiked
2021 · John Wilson
On Hoopla
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self (archive footage)
On Criterion Channel
Change in the Air
2018 · Moody Burkhart
On fuboTV
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Self (archive footage)
On HBO Max
Stay
2013 · Dermot
On Plex
Rushlights
2013 · Cameron Brogden
On Hoopla
If I Were You
2013 · Derek
On Hoopla
The Last Keepers
2013 · John
On Plex
Allegiance
2012 · Lieutenant Colonel Owens
On The CW
The Horses of McBride
2012 · Matt Davidson
On Plex
Festival of Lights
2012 · Adem
The Stand Up
2012 · Sandy
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011 · Henry Brown
Muide Éire
2011 · Self
Unknown
2011 · Martin B.
On YouTube Free
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · Charlie Wright
On Tubi TV
Sarah's Key
2010 · William Rainsferd
On Plex
Flipped
2010 · Richard Baker
On YouTube Free
Jonah Hex
2010 · Ulysses S. Grant