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Actor

Aidan Quinn

Born 8 March 1959 · 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).

Films and shows

  1. 2026The Lightkeeper1h 41mFather MacGabbhan
  2. 2025The Walsh Sisters1 seasonDaddy Walsh
  3. 2025The Gettysburg Address2h 45mTheodore Parker (voice)
  4. 2024Rematch1 seasonRoger Laver
  5. 2023Daughter of the Bride1h 42mBruce
  6. 2022Blacklight1h 44mGabriel Robinson
  7. 2021Spiked1h 31mJohn Wilson
  8. 2021The American Guest1 seasonTheodore Roosevelt
  9. 2018Change in the Air1h 34mMoody Burkhart
  10. 2013The Last Keepers1h 25mJohn
  11. 2013Rushlights1h 36mCameron Brogden
  12. 2013Stay1h 39mDermot
  13. 2013If I Were You1h 55mDerek
  14. 2012Allegiance1h 31mLieutenant Colonel Owens
  15. 2012The Horses of McBrideMatt Davidson
  16. 2012Festival of Lights2hAdem
  17. 2012The Stand Up1h 22mSandy
  18. 2012Elementary7 seasonsThomas Gregson
  19. 2011Prime Suspect1 seasonKevin Sweeney
  20. 2011The Greening of Whitney Brown1h 27mHenry Brown
  21. 2011Unknown1h 53mMartin B.
  22. 2011Muide Éire1h 22mSelf
  23. 2010The 5th Quarter1h 37mSteven Abbate
  24. 2010Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright1h 34mCharlie Wright
  25. 2010Jonah Hex1h 21mUlysses S. Grant
  26. 2010Flipped1h 29mRichard Baker
  27. 2010Sarah's Key1h 51mWilliam Rainsferd
  28. 2009From Ararat to ZionNarrator
  29. 2009Irish Chicago1h 27mSelf - Host
  30. 2009A Shine of Rainbows1h 41mAlec
  31. 2009The Eclipse1h 28mNicholas Holden
  32. 2009Handsome Harry1h 34mProf. Porter
  33. 2008Dark Matter1h 30mJacob Reiser
  34. 2008Canterbury's Law1 seasonMatt Furey
  35. 2008Wild Child1h 38mGerry Moore
  36. 2008The Prince of Motor City1hCharlie Hamilton
  37. 200732A1h 29mFrank Brennan
  38. 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee2h 5mHenry Dawes
  39. 2006The Book of Daniel1 seasonDaniel Webster
  40. 2006The Exonerated1h 35mKerry Max Cook
  41. 2005Mayday2hJohn Berry
  42. 2005Empire Falls1 seasonDavid Roby
  43. 2005Nine Lives1h 55mHenry
  44. 2004Plainsong1h 37mTom Guthrie
  45. 2004See You in My Dreams1h 35mJoe F. Brown
  46. 2004Miracle Run1h 27mDouglas Thomas
  47. 2004Cavedweller1h 45mClint Windsor
  48. 2004Return to Sender1h 49mFrank Nitzche
  49. 2004Shadow of Fear1h 28mDetective Scofield
  50. 2004Proud1h 27mCommodore Alfred Lind
  51. 2004Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius2hHarry Vardon
  52. 2003Song for a Raggy Boy1h 34mWilliam Franklin
  53. 2003Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor1h 40mGen. Benedict Arnold
  54. 2002Evelyn1h 32mNick Barron
  55. 2002Stolen Summer1h 31mJoe O'Malley
  56. 2001Songcatcher1h 49mTom Bledsoe
  57. 2000Two of Us1h 30mPaul McCartney
  58. 2000The Prince and the Pauper1h 30mMiles Hendon
  59. 1999This Is My Father1h 59mKieran O'Day
  60. 1999Music of the Heart2h 4mBrian
  61. 1999In Dreams1h 40mPaul Cooper
  62. 1998Practical Magic1h 44mGary Hallet
  63. 1997The Assignment1h 59mAnnibal Ramirez / Carlos
  64. 1997The Irish in America1h 31mNarrator
  65. 1997Commandments1h 28mSeth Warner
  66. 1997Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone1h 36mHenry Morton Stanley
  67. 1996Michael Collins2h 12mHarry Roland
  68. 1996Looking for Richard1h 52mRichmond
  69. 1995Haunted1h 48mProfessor David Ash
  70. 1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta1h 49mDon Day
  71. 1995Out of Ireland1h 52mMaurice Woulfe (voice)
  72. 1995Lumière & Company1h 28m(segment "John Boorman")
  73. 1994Legends of the Fall2h 13mAlfred Ludlow
  74. 1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein2h 3mCap. Robert Walton
  75. 1993Blink1h 46mDetective John Hallstrom
  76. 1993Benny & Joon1h 38mBenjamin 'Benny' Pearl
  77. 1992The Playboys1h 57mTom Casey
  78. 1992A Private Matter1h 32mBob Finkbine
  79. 1991Lies of the Twins1h 36mJames McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
  80. 1991At Play in the Fields of the Lord3h 9mMartin Quarrier
  81. 1990Avalon2h 6mJules Kaye
  82. 1990The Handmaid's Tale1h 48mNick
  83. 1989Crusoe1h 31mCrusoe
  84. 1989Perfect Witness1h 43mSamuel De Valera Paxton
  85. 1989The Lemon Sisters1h 33mFrankie McGuinness
  86. 1987All My Sons2h 5mChris Keller
  87. 1987Stakeout1h 56mRichard "Stick" Montgomery
  88. 1986The Mission2h 5mFelipe Mendoza
  89. 1985An Early Frost1h 40mMichael Pierson
  90. 1985Desperately Seeking Susan1h 44mDez
  91. 1984Reckless1h 34mJohnny Rourke
  92. The Well of Saint Nobody
  93. Ages of the Moon
  94. Little Audrey1h 37mBishop Ryan
  95. The Body Is WaterJohn Umley
  96. HalProfessor Tigues
  97. Butterfly in the TypewriterBarnet Rosset