Aidan Quinn
Acting
Born: March 8, 1959 (age 67) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Unknown
2011
Flipped
2010
Legends of the Fall
1994
Wild Child
2008
Elementary
2012
Practical Magic
1998
White Collar
2009
The Mission
1986
Jonah Hex
2010
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Blacklight
2022
Photos (4)
Movies (80)
Practical Magic
Gary Hallet
Flipped
Richard Baker
Legends of the Fall
Alfred Ludlow
Unknown
Martin B.
Wild Child
Gerry Moore
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Cap. Robert Walton
Jonah Hex
Ulysses S. Grant
Blacklight
Gabriel Robinson
The Mission
Felipe Mendoza
Desperately Seeking Susan
Dez
The Handmaid's Tale
Nick
Stakeout
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
The Assignment
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Looking for Richard
Richmond
Michael Collins
Harry Roland
Blink
Detective John Hallstrom
Sarah's Key
William Rainsferd
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Henry Dawes
Benny & Joon
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Nine Lives
Henry
Haunted
Professor David Ash
Music of the Heart
Brian
In Dreams
Paul Cooper
Evelyn
Nick Barron
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Harry Vardon
Shadow of Fear
Detective Scofield
Rushlights
Cameron Brogden
A Shine of Rainbows
Alec
Song for a Raggy Boy
William Franklin
Reckless
Johnny Rourke
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Martin Quarrier
Avalon
Jules Kaye
Miracle Run
Douglas Thomas
Dark Matter
Jacob Reiser
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Henry Brown
Lies of the Twins
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
The Gettysburg Address
Theodore Parker (voice)
Return to Sender
Frank Nitzche
Perfect Witness
Samuel De Valera Paxton
Daughter of the Bride
Bruce
This Is My Father
Kieran O'Day
Commandments
Seth Warner
The Lemon Sisters
Frankie McGuinness
The Lightkeeper
Father MacGabbhan
Out of Ireland
Maurice Woulfe (voice)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Don Day
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Charlie Wright
Stolen Summer
Joe O'Malley
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
Spiked
John Wilson
The Playboys
Tom Casey
Change in the Air
Moody Burkhart
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Gen. Benedict Arnold
An Early Frost
Michael Pierson
The Eclipse
Nicholas Holden
Plainsong
Tom Guthrie
Proud
Commodore Alfred Lind
Crusoe
Crusoe
Handsome Harry
Prof. Porter
The 5th Quarter
Steven Abbate
Songcatcher
Tom Bledsoe
See You in My Dreams
Joe F. Brown
Two of Us
Paul McCartney
The Horses of McBride
Matt Davidson
The Last Keepers
John
If I Were You
Derek
32A
Frank Brennan
All My Sons
Chris Keller
Mayday
John Berry
The Exonerated
Kerry Max Cook
A Private Matter
Bob Finkbine
Cavedweller
Clint Windsor
Stay
Dermot
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
The Stand Up
Sandy
The Irish in America
Narrator
Festival of Lights
Adem
From Ararat to Zion
Narrator
Allegiance
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
TV Shows (18)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ben Nicholson · 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Burton Lowe · 2 eps
Blue Bloods
Gus Vanderlip · 1 eps
Elementary
Thomas Gregson · 154 eps
Third Watch
John Miller · 5 eps
American Playhouse
Chris Keller · 1 eps
White Collar
Professor George Oswald · 1 eps
Weeds
CEO · 4 eps
Baseball
(voice) · 2 eps
Night Visions
Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List") · 1 eps
The Book of Daniel
Daniel Webster · 4 eps
Empire Falls
David Roby · 2 eps
The Walsh Sisters
Daddy Walsh · 6 eps
Prime Suspect
Kevin Sweeney · 13 eps
The American Guest
Theodore Roosevelt · 4 eps
Rematch
Roger Laver · 6 eps
Canterbury's Law
Matt Furey · 6 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tom Guthrie · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
The View
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show
Self · 1 eps
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Irish Chicago
Self - Host
Muide Éire
Self
