Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.
On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin.
His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 24.208 |
| Birthday | 1968-04-24 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Also Known As | Aiden Gillen , Aiden Murphy , Adrian Murphy , Aidan Murphy, 艾丹·吉伦, Ейдан Гіллен, |
2016
Further Beyond
5.7/3
In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure, Ambrose O'Higgins, and...
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Further Beyond
2000
The Darkling
4.8/10
When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon dis...
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The Darkling
2003
Shanghai Knights
6.13/2230
The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father,...
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Shanghai Knights
2019
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
0/0
A lonely single working class woman falls for the charms of a smooth-talking wealthy sexy older man- but as she grapples with her desire how far wil...
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I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
2023
Barber
4.4/13
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pa...
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Barber
1997
Amazing Grace
0/0
A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's anxious and he looks like he's running away from something....
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Amazing Grace
2008
Blackout
5.4/101
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalat...
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Blackout
2009
12 Rounds
5.9/764
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is a...
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12 Rounds
1991
Killing Time
0/0
When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a one-way ticket to heartbreak?
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Killing Time
2013
The Note
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The Note
2001
My Kingdom
5.1/7
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and powe...
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My Kingdom
2010
Thorne: Scaredycat
6.3/12
Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two oth...
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Thorne: Scaredycat
1988
The Courier
0/1
When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the m...
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The Courier
2012
Shadow Dancer
5.9/249
In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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Shadow Dancer
2011
Blitz
6.2/1631
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
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Blitz
1996
Some Mother's Son
6.6/35
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA pr...
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Some Mother's Son
2011
Wake Wood
5.6/191
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
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Wake Wood
2010
Treacle Jr.
6/10
A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life with no explanation. He opts to live on the streets of...
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Treacle Jr.
1997
Mojo
4.8/4
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead...
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Mojo
2000
Buddy Boy
4.7/11
An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.
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Buddy Boy
2005
Trouble with Sex
1.6/5
A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very different worlds, though each is beset by niggling d...
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Trouble with Sex
2001
The Low Down
5.2/8
Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimi...
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The Low Down
2014
Calvary
7.1/945
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Calvary
2009
Freefall
6.3/7
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic...
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Freefall
2013
Mister John
5.2/10
After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a fo...
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Mister John
2023
Dance First
7.9/16
Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of...
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Dance First
2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky
5.9/19
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
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Beneath the Harvest Sky
2007
The Wire: The Last Word
1.5/2
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
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The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Wire Odyssey
6.6/4
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
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The Wire Odyssey
2013
Scrapper
6.3/3
Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of Se...
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Scrapper
2015
Men of Granite
10/1
A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.
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Men of Granite
2012
The Dark Knight Rises
7.781/22661
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is...
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The Dark Knight Rises
1993
Safe
5/3
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
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Safe
2024
London Calling
7/1
Tommy Ward, a mediocre hitman, goes on the run and gets stuck in Los Angeles after mistakenly killing the relative of London’s biggest crime lord. His...
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London Calling
2014
Ambition
6.7/49
A young apprentice (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master (Aidan Gillen)....
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Ambition
2015
Still
5.7/19
Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier. He becomes...
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Still
2012
Ekki múkk
0/0
A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One of the 16 film experiments made for the Sigur Ros Val...
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Ekki múkk
2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
6.732/10319
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. The...
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
You're Ugly Too
6.4/25
After her mother’s death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish midlands. As the two cautiously get to know each other, the...
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You're Ugly Too
2001
Lorna Doone
5.9/20
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the thron...
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Lorna Doone
2024
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
0/0
In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partner...
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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
1995
Circle of Friends
6.2/87
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus....
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Circle of Friends
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Re-Creation
0/0
In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du...
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Re-Creation
2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
6.5/5659
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2024
Amongst the Wolves
0/0
On the streets of Dublin, Danny, a homeless man grappling with the ghosts of his past, finds himself caught in a cycle of despair and survival. Haunte...
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Amongst the Wolves
2016
Sing Street
7.87/2267
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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Sing Street
2019
Confinement
0/0
A time-space map, across 500 years of north inner-city Dublin, from Henrietta Street to Grangegorman, using motion graphics, live footage and charcoal...
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Confinement
2007
Walk Away and I Stumble
5.8/3
Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a younger woman, Claire Holmes, after going to investigate...
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Walk Away and I Stumble
2000
The Second Death
6/9
On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned.
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The Second Death
2018
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't
0/0
Against her better judgement, a young working class woman goes on a date with an older wealthy man, but as she wrestles with her desires, just how far...
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I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't
2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
7.103/7747
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Las...
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2017
The Lovers
5.4/89
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
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The Lovers
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
5.5/13
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually...
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An Ungentlemanly Act
2003
Burning The Bed
0/0
A man and woman spend a last night on the beach together after deciding to split up
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Burning The Bed
2002
The Final Curtain
5/7
The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing games...
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The Final Curtain
1997
Gold In The Streets
0/0
An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling to survive and adapt to life in the Bronx.
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Gold In The Streets
2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
7.8/95
HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms in the thousands of years before Game of Thrones' stor...
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James and Lucia
0/0
The last years in the life of James Joyce, as he writes Finnegans Wake and struggles with his fading eyesight and the so-called madness of his beloved...
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James and Lucia
2018
Dave Allen at Peace
4.4/17
Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's come...
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Dave Allen at Peace
2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
7.984/16829
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock...
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
We Ourselves
0/1
We Ourselves is an unconventional drama about isolation and belonging, about being alone with one’s own thoughts while being part of a shared experien...
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We Ourselves
1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
6.6/25
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident...
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
2021
Rose Plays Julie
6.1/35
Rose Plays Julie is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose und...
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Rose Plays Julie
2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
6.7/1622
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire thre...
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
2018
Keepers of the Flame
0/0
Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the ensuing civil war.
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Keepers of the Flame
2012
The Good Man
8/1
Michael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death in an accident. Sifiso is a teenager living in a shack...
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The Good Man
2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
7.7/7
Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from...
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2017
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
7/2
Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his director, Alfred Hitchcock. Suddenly he gets a visito...
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Violet
7.5/2
'Violet' is the haunting, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection.
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Violet
2017
Pickups
0/0
Pickups is about a man called Aidan who is suffering from insomnia, back trouble and the breakdown of his marriage. Aidan finds solace in a number of...
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Pickups
2007
Tapping the Wire
7/1
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission...
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Tapping the Wire
1989
A View of Harry Clark
0/0
Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?
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A View of Harry Clark
2004
Photo Finish
0/0
A photographer is devastated when his lover leaves him to pursue an affair with a wealthy man.
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Photo Finish
2025
The Physician II
0/0
1050 AD: Rob Cole returns to England to bring the medical light of the Orient to his countrymen. But he fails because of the intrigues of the establis...
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