Actor profile

Aidan Gillen

24th April 1968 Dublin, Ireland Acting

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.

74 Movies 28 TV Shows 1 In Production 115 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

TRAD poster

TRAD 8th May 2026

Cold War 1994 poster

Cold War 1994 1st May 2026 as F.M.

Gorky Resort poster

Gorky Resort 27th February 2026 as Vasily Zarubin

The Physician II poster

The Physician II 25th December 2025 as Hunne

Nostalgie poster

Nostalgie 17th October 2025 as Drew

Re-Creation poster

Re-Creation 3rd October 2025 as Hamilton Barnes

London Calling poster

London Calling 18th September 2025 as Freddy Darby

Amongst the Wolves poster

Amongst the Wolves 2nd May 2025 as Power

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs poster

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs 15th March 2024 as Self

Dance First poster

Dance First 3rd November 2023 as James Joyce

Barber poster

Barber 22nd September 2023 as Valentine Barber

Those Who Wish Me Dead poster

Those Who Wish Me Dead 5th May 2021 as Jack Blackwell

Rose Plays Julie poster

Rose Plays Julie 19th March 2021 as Peter

I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... poster

I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... 1st November 2019 as Aidan

Keepers of the Flame poster

Keepers of the Flame 14th December 2018

Bohemian Rhapsody poster

Bohemian Rhapsody 24th October 2018 as John Reid

We Ourselves poster

We Ourselves 18th October 2018

Dave Allen at Peace poster

Dave Allen at Peace 2nd April 2018 as Dave Allen

Maze Runner: The Death Cure poster

Maze Runner: The Death Cure 10th January 2018 as Janson

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms poster

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms 12th December 2017 as Littlefinger (voice)

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword poster

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 10th May 2017 as William "Goosefat Bill"

The Lovers poster

The Lovers 5th May 2017 as Robert

Pickups poster

Pickups 18th February 2017 as Aidan

When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD poster

When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD 9th February 2017 as Timothy Leary

Sing Street poster

Sing Street 11th March 2016 as Robert Lawlor

Further Beyond poster

Further Beyond 19th February 2016 as Ambrosio O'Higgins

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 9th September 2015 as Janson

Violet poster

Violet 12th July 2015 as Narrator

Still poster

Still 8th May 2015 as Carver

You're Ugly Too poster

You're Ugly Too 7th February 2015 as Will

Ambition poster

Ambition 24th October 2014 as Master

Calvary poster

Calvary 11th April 2014 as Dr. Frank Harte

Beneath the Harvest Sky poster

Beneath the Harvest Sky 8th September 2013 as Clayton Cote

Mister John poster

Mister John 27th June 2013 as Gerry Devine

Scrapper poster

Scrapper 21st May 2013 as Ray

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment poster

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment 5th March 2013 as Man (Ekki Múkk)

Ekki múkk poster

Ekki múkk 29th September 2012 as Man

The Dark Knight Rises poster

The Dark Knight Rises 17th July 2012 as CIA Op

Shadow Dancer poster

Shadow Dancer 12th February 2012 as Gerry

The Good Man poster

The Good Man 1st January 2012 as Michael

Blitz poster

Blitz 20th May 2011 as Barry Weiss

Wake Wood poster

Wake Wood 25th March 2011 as Patrick

Thorne: Scaredycat poster

Thorne: Scaredycat 31st October 2010 as Phil Hendricks

Treacle Jr. poster

Treacle Jr. 6th October 2010 as Aiden

Freefall poster

Freefall 13th July 2009 as Gus

12 Rounds poster

12 Rounds 19th March 2009 as Miles Jackson

Blackout poster

Blackout 28th May 2008 as Karl

The Wire: The Last Word poster

The Wire: The Last Word 27th December 2007 as Self

The Wire Odyssey poster

The Wire Odyssey 20th December 2007 as Self

Tapping the Wire poster

Tapping the Wire 1st July 2007 as Self

Walk Away and I Stumble poster

Walk Away and I Stumble 16th May 2007 as Paul

Willesden Confidential poster

Willesden Confidential 19th June 2005 as Steve Fallon

Trouble with Sex poster

Trouble with Sex 15th January 2005 as Conor

Burning The Bed poster

Burning The Bed 31st October 2003 as Stephen

Shanghai Knights poster

Shanghai Knights 6th February 2003 as Lord Nelson Rathbone

The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain 12th October 2002 as Dave Turner

My Kingdom poster

My Kingdom 10th September 2001 as Puttnam

Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone 11th March 2001 as Carver Doone

The Low Down poster

The Low Down 26th January 2001 as Frank

The Darkling poster

The Darkling 15th August 2000 as Jeff Obold

Buddy Boy poster

Buddy Boy 24th March 2000 as Francis

The Second Death poster

The Second Death 29th January 2000 as Pool Player

Mojo poster

Mojo 2nd September 1997 as Baby

Gold In The Streets poster

Gold In The Streets 19th March 1997 as Paddy

Amazing Grace poster

Amazing Grace 1st January 1997 as Frank

Some Mother's Son poster

Some Mother's Son 13th September 1996 as Gerard Quigley

Circle of Friends poster

Circle of Friends 7th April 1995 as Aidan Lynch

Safe poster

Safe 13th October 1993 as Gypo

An Ungentlemanly Act poster

An Ungentlemanly Act 13th June 1992 as Marine Wilcox

Killing Time poster

Killing Time 9th August 1991 as Harry

A View of Harry Clark poster

A View of Harry Clark 21st March 1989 as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)

The Courier poster

The Courier 10th February 1988 as Prostitute Boy

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne poster

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 23rd December 1987 as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

The Drip poster

The Drip 14th September 1985

Young Sherlock poster

Young Sherlock 4th March 2026

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors 12th February 2024 as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)

That Dirty Black Bag poster

That Dirty Black Bag 10th March 2022 as Butler

Mayor of Kingstown poster

Mayor of Kingstown 14th November 2021 as Milo Sunter

Killers of the Cosmos poster

Killers of the Cosmos 11th September 2021

Kin poster

Kin 9th September 2021 as Frank Kinsella

星际杀手 poster

星际杀手 22nd June 2021

Project Blue Book poster

Project Blue Book 8th January 2019 as Allen Hynek

Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths 19th January 2017 as Timothy Leary

Quantum Break poster

Quantum Break 5th April 2016 as Paul Serene

Charlie poster

Charlie 4th January 2015 as Charles J. Haughey

Peaky Blinders poster

Peaky Blinders 12th September 2013 as Aberama Gold

Mayday poster

Mayday 3rd March 2013 as Everett Newcombe

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

Thorne poster

Thorne 10th October 2010 as Phil Hendricks

Love/Hate poster

Love/Hate 3rd October 2010 as John Boy Power

Identity poster

Identity 5th July 2010 as DI John Bloom

Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury 3rd March 2005 as Jimmy Colby

The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective 7th February 2003 as Steve Fallon

The Wire poster

The Wire 2nd June 2002 as Tommy Carcetti

Dice poster

Dice 12th November 2001 as Glenn Taylor

Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone 24th December 2000 as Carver Doone

Queer as Folk poster

Queer as Folk 23rd February 1999 as Stuart Jones

In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances 3rd June 1991 as James Crozier

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Amyas Crale

The Play on One poster

The Play on One 19th January 1988 as Harry

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Gypo

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984 as Jeff Barratt

Panic Carefully poster

Coming soon

Panic Carefully 25th February 2027