Biography
Aidan QuinnΒ (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor. He made his film debut inΒ RecklessΒ (1984) and has starred in over 80 feature films, includingΒ Desperately Seeking SusanΒ (1985),Β The MissionΒ (1986),Β Stakeout (1987),Β All My SonsΒ (1987),Β AvalonΒ (1990),Β Benny & JoonΒ (1993),Β Legends of the FallΒ (1994),Β Mary Shelley's FrankensteinΒ (1994),Β Michael CollinsΒ (1996),Β Practical MagicΒ (1998),Β Song for a Raggy BoyΒ (2003),Β Wild ChildΒ (2008) andΒ UnknownΒ (2011). He also playedΒ Captain Thomas "Tommy" GregsonΒ on theΒ CBSΒ television seriesΒ ElementaryΒ (2012β19).
Quinn has received twoΒ Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the television filmsΒ An Early FrostΒ (1985) andΒ Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeΒ (2007). Highly active inΒ Irish cinemaΒ and the United States, Quinn is a four-timeΒ Irish Film and Television (IFTA) Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film for theΒ Conor McPhersonΒ filmΒ The EclipseΒ (2009).
Filmography (112)
The Lightkeeper
2026
The Gettysburg Address
2025
The Walsh Sisters
2025
Rematch
2024
Daughter of the Bride
2023
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Blacklight
2022
Spiked
2021
The American Guest
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Change in the Air
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
The Last Keepers
2013
Rushlights
2013
If I Were You
2013
Stay
2013
Allegiance
2012
The Stand Up
2012
Festival of Lights
2012
The Horses of McBride
2012
Elementary
2012
Unknown
2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Muide Γire
2011
Prime Suspect
2011
Flipped
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Sarah's Key
2010
The 5th Quarter
2010
Jonah Hex
2010
Blue Bloods
2010
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
The Eclipse
2009
Handsome Harry
2009
Irish Chicago
2009
From Ararat to Zion
2009
White Collar
2009
Wild Child
2008
Dark Matter
2008
The Prince of Motor City
2008
Canterbury's Law
2008
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
32A
2007
The Exonerated
2006
The Book of Daniel
2006
Nine Lives
2005
Mayday
2005
Empire Falls
2005
Weeds
2005
Return to Sender
2004
Shadow of Fear
2004
Miracle Run
2004
Cavedweller
2004
See You in My Dreams
2004
Proud
2004
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Plainsong
2004
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
Stolen Summer
2002
Evelyn
2002
Songcatcher
2001
Night Visions
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
Two of Us
2000
Music of the Heart
1999
In Dreams
1999
This Is My Father
1999
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Practical Magic
1998
Commandments
1997
The Assignment
1997
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
The Irish in America
1997
The View
1997
Michael Collins
1996
Looking for Richard
1996
Haunted
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Lumière & Company
1995
Out of Ireland
1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Legends of the Fall
1994
Baseball
1994
Benny & Joon
1993
Blink
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Playboys
1992
A Private Matter
1992
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Lies of the Twins
1991
Avalon
1990
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Crusoe
1989
The Lemon Sisters
1989
Perfect Witness
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Stakeout
1987
All My Sons
1987
The Mission
1986
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
An Early Frost
1985
Reckless
1984
The Late Late Show
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Well of Saint Nobody
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Ages of the Moon
The Body Is Water
Little Audrey
Hal
English
EspaΓ±ol
Russian
