Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Birthday: 1968-04-24

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Biography: Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves. He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Further Beyond
Further Beyond

In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the comp...

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The Darkling
The Darkling

When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first t...

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Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights

When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their...

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I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...

A lonely single working class woman falls for the charms of a smooth-talking wealthy sexy older ma...

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Barber
Barber

Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. S...

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Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace

A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's anxious an...

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Blackout
Blackout

Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at...

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12 Rounds
12 Rounds

When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a mult...

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Killing Time
Killing Time

When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a one-way ...

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The Note
The Note

An alcoholic is haunted by the events of a traumatic childhood. He now carries with him the item tha...

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My Kingdom
My Kingdom

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over...

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Thorne: Scaredycat
Thorne: Scaredycat

Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite diff...

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The Courier
The Courier

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery...

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Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer

In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son....

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Blitz
Blitz

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers....

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Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby S...

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Wake Wood
Wake Wood

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days...

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Treacle Jr.
Treacle Jr.

A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life with...

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Mojo
Mojo

The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and ...

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Buddy Boy
Buddy Boy

An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor....

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Trouble with Sex
Trouble with Sex

A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very di...

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The Low Down
The Low Down

Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his wo...

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Calvary
Calvary

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closin...

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Freefall
Freefall

FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through....

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Mister John
Mister John

After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's ...

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Dance First
Dance First

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering h...

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Beneath the Harvest Sky
Beneath the Harvest Sky

During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outla...

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The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire: The Last Word

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire....

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The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire....

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Scrapper
Scrapper

Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he mak...

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Men of Granite
Men of Granite

A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1...

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The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crime...

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Safe
Safe

Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in...

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London Calling
London Calling

After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son o...

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Ambition
Ambition

A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her eni...

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Still
Still

Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the de...

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Ekki múkk
Ekki múkk

A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One of ...

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the myste...

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You're Ugly Too
You're Ugly Too

After her mother’s death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish midlands....

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Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone

The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Cath...

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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bondin...

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Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the ce...

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Pojedynek
Pojedynek

The year is 1939. The world is falling into chaos. Thousands of Poles, held by the Russians in a for...

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Re-Creation
Re-Creation

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty ...

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of h...

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Amongst the Wolves
Amongst the Wolves

On the streets of Dublin, Danny, a homeless man grappling with the ghosts of his past, finds himself...

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Sing Street
Sing Street

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to i...

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Confinement
Confinement

A time-space map, across 500 years of north inner-city Dublin, from Henrietta Street to Grangegorman...

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Walk Away and I Stumble
Walk Away and I Stumble

Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a younge...

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The Second Death
The Second Death

On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned...

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save the...

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The Lovers
The Lovers

The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again....

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An Ungentlemanly Act
An Ungentlemanly Act

Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of th...

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Burning The Bed
Burning The Bed

A man and woman spend a last night on the beach together after deciding to split up...

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The Final Curtain
The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole...

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Gold In The Streets
Gold In The Streets

An Irish immigrant lands in the Bronx, working at an Italian-owned bar while living with fellow undo...

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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms in t...

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James and Lucia
James and Lucia

The last years in the life of James Joyce, as he writes Finnegans Wake and struggles with his fading...

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Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from chil...

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Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon tak...

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We Ourselves
We Ourselves

We Ourselves is an unconventional drama about isolation and belonging, about being alone with one’s ...

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She mak...

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Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie

A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, re...

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Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead

A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert...

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Keepers of the Flame
Keepers of the Flame

Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the ensuing ...

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The Good Man
The Good Man

Michael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death in an...

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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever co...

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When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his dir...

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Violet
Violet

'Violet' is the haunting, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection....

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Pickups
Pickups

Pickups is about a man called Aidan who is suffering from insomnia, back trouble and the breakdown o...

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Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast...

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A View of Harry Clark
A View of Harry Clark

Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is ...

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Photo Finish
Photo Finish

A photographer is devastated when his lover leaves him to pursue an affair with a wealthy man....

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The Physician II
The Physician II

1050 AD: Rob Cole returns to England to bring the medical light of the Orient to his countrymen. But...

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Panic Carefully
Panic Carefully

Described as a paranoid thriller about a hunt for a cyber-terrorist in the vein of Mr. Robot and The...

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The Drip
The Drip

McAdam’s debut, a comical short, about Jack (Jack Lynch, who co-wrote the film) and the catastrophic...

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TRAD
TRAD

From their home in the Donegal Gaeltacht, gifted fiddle player Shóna McAnally and her little brother...

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Willesden Confidential
Willesden Confidential

Dangerous Davies investigates the death of Geoff Fallon, a stock car driver who was killed during a ...

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Nostalgie
Nostalgie

A 1980s popstar receives a surprising invitation to perform, pulling him out of musical retirement a...

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