Aidan Quinn
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-03-08
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
The Lightkeeper
The Gettysburg Address
The Walsh Sisters
Rematch
Daughter of the Bride
A Journey to Sundance
Blacklight
The American Guest
Spiked
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Change in the Air
Arthur Miller: Writer
Stay
Rushlights
If I Were You
The Last Keepers
Allegiance
The Horses of McBride
Festival of Lights
Elementary
The Stand Up
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Muide Éire
Prime Suspect
Unknown
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Blue Bloods
Sarah's Key
Flipped
Jonah Hex
The 5th Quarter
White Collar
A Shine of Rainbows
From Ararat to Zion
Handsome Harry
The Eclipse
Irish Chicago
Wild Child
The Prince of Motor City
Dark Matter
Canterbury's Law
32A
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Exonerated
The Book of Daniel
Mayday
Nine Lives
Weeds
Empire Falls
Return to Sender
Shadow of Fear
Miracle Run
Proud
See You in My Dreams
Cavedweller
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Plainsong
Song for a Raggy Boy
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Evelyn
Stolen Summer
Night Visions
Songcatcher
The Prince and the Pauper
Two of Us
Music of the Heart
Third Watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
This Is My Father
In Dreams
Practical Magic
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
The Assignment
The View
Commandments
The Irish in America
Michael Collins
Looking for Richard
Lumière & Company
Haunted
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Out of Ireland
Legends of the Fall
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Baseball
Blink
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Benny & Joon
A Private Matter
The Playboys
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Lies of the Twins
Avalon
The Handmaid's Tale
The Lemon Sisters
Perfect Witness
Crusoe
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Stakeout
All My Sons
The Mission
An Early Frost
Desperately Seeking Susan
Reckless
American Playhouse
The Late Late Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Well of Saint Nobody
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Ages of the Moon
The Body Is Water
Little Audrey
Hal