Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves. He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2027

Panic Carefully
Panic Carefully
Movie - Released: 2/25/2027

2026

Gorky Resort
Gorky Resort
as Vasily Zarubin
Movie - Released: 2/27/2026
TRAD
TRAD
Movie - Released: 5/8/2026
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
as F.M.
Movie - Released: 5/1/2026

2025

London Calling
London Calling
as Freddy Darby
Movie - Released: 9/18/2025
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
as Hamilton Barnes
Movie - Released: 10/3/2025
Amongst the Wolves
Amongst the Wolves
as Power
Movie - Released: 5/2/2025
The Physician II
The Physician II
as Hunne
Movie - Released: 12/25/2025
Nostalgie
Nostalgie
as Drew
Movie - Released: 10/17/2025

2024

Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
TV - Released: 2/12/2024

2023

Barber
Barber
as Valentine Barber
Movie - Released: 9/22/2023
Dance First
Dance First
as James Joyce
Movie - Released: 11/3/2023

2022

That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag
as Butler
TV - Released: 3/10/2022

2021

Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie
as Peter
Movie - Released: 3/19/2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Jack Blackwell
Movie - Released: 5/5/2021
星际杀手
星际杀手
TV - Released: 6/22/2021
Killers of the Cosmos
Killers of the Cosmos
TV - Released: 9/11/2021
Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown
as Milo Sunter
TV - Released: 11/14/2021
Kin
Kin
as Frank Kinsella
TV - Released: 9/9/2021

2019

I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
as Aidan
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
Movie
Confinement
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/21/2019
Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book
as Allen Hynek
TV - Released: 1/8/2019

2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Janson
Movie - Released: 1/10/2018
Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace
as Dave Allen
Movie - Released: 4/2/2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
as John Reid
Movie - Released: 10/24/2018
We Ourselves
We Ourselves
Movie - Released: 10/18/2018
Keepers of the Flame
Keepers of the Flame
Movie - Released: 12/14/2018

2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as William "Goosefat Bill"
Movie - Released: 5/10/2017
The Lovers
The Lovers
as Robert
Movie - Released: 5/5/2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
as Timothy Leary
Movie - Released: 2/9/2017
Pickups
Pickups
as Aidan
Movie - Released: 2/18/2017
Urban Myths
Urban Myths
as Timothy Leary
TV - Released: 1/19/2017

2016

Further Beyond
Further Beyond
as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Movie - Released: 2/19/2016
Sing Street
Sing Street
as Robert Lawlor
Movie - Released: 3/11/2016
Quantum Break
Quantum Break
as Paul Serene
TV - Released: 4/5/2016

2015

Movie
Men of Granite
as Pelf
Movie - Released: 2/6/2015
Still
Still
as Carver
Movie - Released: 5/8/2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Janson
Movie - Released: 9/9/2015
You're Ugly Too
You're Ugly Too
as Will
Movie - Released: 2/7/2015
Violet
Violet
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/12/2015
Charlie
Charlie
as Charles J. Haughey
TV - Released: 1/4/2015

2014

Calvary
Calvary
as Dr. Frank Harte
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014
Ambition
Ambition
as Master
Movie - Released: 10/24/2014

2013

Movie
The Note
as Lars
Movie - Released: 7/13/2013
Mister John
Mister John
as Gerry Devine
Movie - Released: 6/27/2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Beneath the Harvest Sky
as Clayton Cote
Movie - Released: 9/8/2013
Scrapper
Scrapper
as Ray
Movie - Released: 5/21/2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Man (Ekki Múkk)
Movie - Released: 3/5/2013
Mayday
Mayday
as Everett Newcombe
TV - Released: 3/3/2013
Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders
as Aberama Gold
TV - Released: 9/12/2013

2012

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer
as Gerry
Movie - Released: 2/12/2012
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
as CIA Op
Movie - Released: 7/17/2012
Ekki múkk
Ekki múkk
as Man
Movie - Released: 9/29/2012
The Good Man
The Good Man
as Michael
Movie - Released: 1/1/2012

2011

Blitz
Blitz
as Barry Weiss
Movie - Released: 5/20/2011
Wake Wood
Wake Wood
as Patrick
Movie - Released: 3/25/2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
TV - Released: 4/17/2011

2010

Thorne: Scaredycat
Thorne: Scaredycat
as Phil Hendricks
Movie - Released: 10/31/2010
Treacle Jr.
Treacle Jr.
as Aiden
Movie - Released: 10/6/2010
Identity
Identity
as DI John Bloom
TV - Released: 7/5/2010
Love/Hate
Love/Hate
as John Boy Power
TV - Released: 10/3/2010
Thorne
Thorne
as Phil Hendricks
TV - Released: 10/10/2010

2009

12 Rounds
12 Rounds
as Miles Jackson
Movie - Released: 3/19/2009
Freefall
Freefall
as Gus
Movie - Released: 7/13/2009
Movie
Runners
Movie - Released: 11/7/2009

2008

Blackout
Blackout
as Karl
Movie - Released: 5/28/2008

2007

The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2007
The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/20/2007
Walk Away and I Stumble
Walk Away and I Stumble
as Paul
Movie - Released: 5/16/2007
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/1/2007

2005

Trouble with Sex
Trouble with Sex
as Conor
Movie - Released: 1/15/2005
Willesden Confidential
Willesden Confidential
as Steve Fallon
Movie - Released: 6/19/2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Jimmy Colby
TV - Released: 3/3/2005

2004

Movie
Photo Finish
as Joe Wilde
Movie - Released: 9/8/2004

2003

Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights
as Lord Nelson Rathbone
Movie - Released: 2/6/2003
Burning The Bed
Burning The Bed
as Stephen
Movie - Released: 10/31/2003
The Last Detective
The Last Detective
as Steve Fallon
TV - Released: 2/7/2003

2002

The Final Curtain
The Final Curtain
as Dave Turner
Movie - Released: 10/12/2002
The Wire
The Wire
as Tommy Carcetti
TV - Released: 6/2/2002

2001

My Kingdom
My Kingdom
as Puttnam
Movie - Released: 9/10/2001
The Low Down
The Low Down
as Frank
Movie - Released: 1/26/2001
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
Movie - Released: 3/11/2001
Dice
Dice
as Glenn Taylor
TV - Released: 11/12/2001

2000

The Darkling
The Darkling
as Jeff Obold
Movie - Released: 8/15/2000
Buddy Boy
Buddy Boy
as Francis
Movie - Released: 3/24/2000
The Second Death
The Second Death
as Pool Player
Movie - Released: 1/29/2000
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
TV - Released: 12/24/2000

1999

Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk
as Stuart Jones
TV - Released: 2/23/1999

1997

Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
as Frank
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Mojo
Mojo
as Baby
Movie - Released: 9/2/1997
Gold In The Streets
Gold In The Streets
as Paddy
Movie - Released: 3/19/1997

1996

Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son
as Gerard Quigley
Movie - Released: 9/13/1996

1995

Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends
as Aidan Lynch
Movie - Released: 4/7/1995

1993

Safe
Safe
as Gypo
Movie - Released: 10/13/1993

1992

An Ungentlemanly Act
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Marine Wilcox
Movie - Released: 6/13/1992

1991

Killing Time
Killing Time
as Harry
Movie - Released: 8/9/1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
In Suspicious Circumstances
as James Crozier
TV - Released: 6/3/1991

1989

A View of Harry Clark
A View of Harry Clark
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
Movie - Released: 3/21/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Amyas Crale
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

The Courier
The Courier
as Prostitute Boy
Movie - Released: 2/10/1988
The Play on One
The Play on One
as Harry
TV - Released: 1/19/1988

1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
Movie - Released: 12/23/1987

1986

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay
as Gypo
TV - Released: 7/9/1986

1985

The Drip
The Drip
Movie - Released: 9/14/1985

1984

The Bill
The Bill
as Jeff Barratt
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

Unknown

Movie
James and Lucia
as James Joyce
Movie
Movie
Driver
as Dickinson
Movie
Movie
Sunny
Movie
Cold War 1995
Cold War 1995
as F.M.
Movie
TV
Other Voices
as Host — Presenter
TV