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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 8, 1959
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- 에이단 퀸
- Айдан Куинн
- آیدان کوئین
Aidan Quinn
1.9 Popularity
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
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Theodore Parker (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
6.0
Daddy Walsh
The Walsh Sisters
2025
7.2
Roger Laver
Rematch
2024
5.9
Bruce
Daughter of the Bride
2023
0.0
Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023
6.2
Gabriel Robinson
Blacklight
2022
6.9
Theodore Roosevelt
The American Guest
2021
5.1
John Wilson
Spiked
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
5.7
Moody Burkhart
Change in the Air
2018
Credits
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
2025
0.0
The Walsh Sisters
as Daddy Walsh
2025
6.0
Rematch
as Roger Laver
2024
7.2
Daughter of the Bride
as Bruce
2023
5.9
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
0.0
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
2022
6.2
The American Guest
as Theodore Roosevelt
2021
6.9
Spiked
as John Wilson
2021
5.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Change in the Air
as Moody Burkhart
2018
5.7
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.1
Stay
as Dermot
2013
4.6
Rushlights
as Cameron Brogden
2013
4.8
If I Were You
as Derek
2013
6.6
The Last Keepers
as John
2013
4.8
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
2012
5.1
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
2012
5.8
Festival of Lights
as Adem
2012
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Elementary
as Thomas Gregson
2012
7.6
The Stand Up
as Sandy
2012
0.0
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Henry Brown
2011
6.0
Muide Éire
as Himself
2011
0.0
Prime Suspect
as Kevin Sweeney
2011
6.3
Unknown
as Martin B.
2011
6.7
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Charlie Wright
2010
4.9
Blue Bloods
as Gus Vanderlip
2010
7.8
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
2010
7.3
Flipped
as Richard Baker
2010
8.0
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
2010
5.0
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
2010
5.5
White Collar
as Professor George Oswald
2009
8.2
A Shine of Rainbows
as Alec
2009
6.5
From Ararat to Zion
as Narrator
2009
8.0
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
2009
5.6
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
2009
6.0
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
2009
0.0
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
2008
6.7
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The Prince of Motor City
as Charlie Hamilton
2008
0.0
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
2008
5.5
Canterbury's Law
as Matt Furey
2008
6.3
32A
as Frank Brennan
2007
5.8
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Henry Dawes
2007
6.5
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
2006
7.2
The Book of Daniel
as Daniel Webster
2006
6.6
Mayday
as John Berry
2005
4.5
Nine Lives
as Henry
2005
6.0
Weeds
as CEO
2005
7.5
Empire Falls
as David Roby
2005
6.5
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
2004
6.3
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
2004
5.2
Miracle Run
as Douglas Thomas
2004
7.6
Proud
as Commodore Alfred Lind
2004
4.4
See You in My Dreams
as Joe F. Brown
2004
0.0
Cavedweller
as Clint Windsor
2004
5.7
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
as Harry Vardon
2004
5.9
Plainsong
as Tom Guthrie
2004
7.0
Song for a Raggy Boy
as William Franklin
2003
7.3
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
2003
3.3
Evelyn
as Nick Barron
2002
6.4
Stolen Summer
as Joe O'Malley
2002
6.2
Night Visions
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
2001
7.2
Songcatcher
as Tom Bledsoe
2001
6.1
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
2000
6.2
Two of Us
as Paul McCartney
2000
5.6
Music of the Heart
as Brian
1999
6.7
Third Watch
as John Miller
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ben Nicholson
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Burton Lowe
1999
7.9
This Is My Father
as Kieran O'Day
1999
5.4
In Dreams
as Paul Cooper
1999
5.5
Practical Magic
as Gary Hallet
1998
6.8
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as Henry Morton Stanley
1997
6.0
The Assignment
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
1997
6.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Commandments
as Seth Warner
1997
4.9
Michael Collins
as Harry Roland
1996
6.9
Looking for Richard
as Richmond
1996
6.8
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
1995
6.2
Haunted
as Professor David Ash
1995
6.1
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Don Day
1995
6.1
Out of Ireland
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
1995
6.0
Legends of the Fall
as Alfred Ludlow
1994
7.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Cap. Robert Walton
1994
6.4
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
7.4
Blink
as Detective John Hallstrom
1993
6.1
Benny & Joon
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1993
7.0
A Private Matter
as Bob Finkbine
1992
4.8
The Playboys
as Tom Casey
1992
6.0
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Martin Quarrier
1991
6.4
Lies of the Twins
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1991
4.0
Avalon
as Jules Kaye
1990
6.7
The Handmaid's Tale
as Nick
1990
6.1
The Lemon Sisters
as Frankie McGuinness
1989
4.6
Perfect Witness
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
1989
6.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Crusoe
as Crusoe
1988
6.0
Stakeout
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
1987
6.5
All My Sons
as Chris Keller
1987
0.0
The Mission
as Felipe Mendoza
1986
7.4
An Early Frost
as Michael Pierson
1985
5.7
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Dez
1985
6.1
Reckless
as Johnny Rourke
1984
5.6
The Late Late Show
as Self
1962
5.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Tom Guthrie
1951
8.6
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
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0.0
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The Lightkeeper
as Father MacGabbhan
N/A
0.0
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Ages of the Moon
N/A
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The Body Is Water
as John Umley
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The Well of Saint Nobody
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Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
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