
Aidan Quinn
Known for Acting · 112 credits
- Born
- 1959-03-08 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- 에이단 퀸 · Айдан Куинн · آیدان کوئین
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
TV Shows (20)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ben Nicholson / Burton Lowe

Blue Bloods
2010
as Gus Vanderlip

Elementary
2012
as Thomas Gregson

The View
1997
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

White Collar
2009
as Professor George Oswald

Third Watch
1999
as John Miller

Weeds
2005
as CEO

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Baseball
1994
as (voice)

Night Visions
2001
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")

The Late Late Show
1962
as Self

Prime Suspect
2011
as Kevin Sweeney

The Book of Daniel
2006
as Daniel Webster

Canterbury's Law
2008
as Matt Furey

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tom Guthrie

Empire Falls
2005
as David Roby

The Walsh Sisters
2025
as Daddy Walsh

Rematch
2024
as Roger Laver

The American Guest
2021
as Theodore Roosevelt
Movies (92)

Flipped
2010
as Richard Baker

Legends of the Fall
1994
as Alfred Ludlow

Wild Child
2008
as Gerry Moore

Practical Magic
1998
as Gary Hallet

Unknown
2011
as Martin B.

Blacklight
2022
as Gabriel Robinson

The Mission
1986
as Felipe Mendoza

Jonah Hex
2010
as Ulysses S. Grant

Michael Collins
1996
as Harry Roland

The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Nick

Haunted
1995
as Professor David Ash

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Cap. Robert Walton

Avalon
1990
as Jules Kaye

Stakeout
1987
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery

Nine Lives
2005
as Henry

Benny & Joon
1993
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl

The Assignment
1997
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

Sarah's Key
2010
as William Rainsferd

The Lightkeeper
2026
as Father MacGabbhan

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Dez

Reckless
1984
as Johnny Rourke

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Henry Dawes

The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Henry Brown

Music of the Heart
1999
as Brian

In Dreams
1999
as Paul Cooper

The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Theodore Parker (voice)

Stay
2013
as Dermot

Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")

Plainsong
2004
as Tom Guthrie

Evelyn
2002
as Nick Barron

Looking for Richard
1996
as Richmond

Blink
1993
as Detective John Hallstrom

Dark Matter
2008
as Jacob Reiser

Cavedweller
2004
as Clint Windsor

Miracle Run
2004
as Douglas Thomas

A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
as Harry Vardon

Daughter of the Bride
2023
as Bruce

Commandments
1997
as Seth Warner

Rushlights
2013
as Cameron Brogden

Crusoe
1989
as Crusoe

Mayday
2005
as John Berry

The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Don Day

An Early Frost
1985
as Michael Pierson

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
as Martin Quarrier

Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Charlie Wright

The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Miles Hendon

A Shine of Rainbows
2009
as Alec
Hal
as Professor Tigues

Change in the Air
2018
as Moody Burkhart

Return to Sender
2004
as Frank Nitzche

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
as Gen. Benedict Arnold

Perfect Witness
1989
as Samuel De Valera Paxton

The Playboys
1992
as Tom Casey

The Last Keepers
2013
as John

Songcatcher
2001
as Tom Bledsoe

Shadow of Fear
2004
as Detective Scofield

The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Frankie McGuinness

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)

The Exonerated
2006
as Kerry Max Cook

Handsome Harry
2009
as Prof. Porter

A Private Matter
1992
as Bob Finkbine

Two of Us
2000
as Paul McCartney
The Body Is Water
as John Umley

Stolen Summer
2002
as Joe O'Malley

Spiked
2021
as John Wilson

Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
as William Franklin

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as Henry Morton Stanley

The Eclipse
2009
as Nicholas Holden

The Horses of McBride
2012
as Matt Davidson

See You in My Dreams
2004
as Joe F. Brown
The Prince of Motor City
2008
as Charlie Hamilton
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan

This Is My Father
1999
as Kieran O'Day

Muide Éire
2011
as Self

32A
2007
as Frank Brennan

Out of Ireland
1995
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)

All My Sons
1987
as Chris Keller

If I Were You
2013
as Derek
The Well of Saint Nobody

Lies of the Twins
1991
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan

Proud
2004
as Commodore Alfred Lind

Irish Chicago
2009
as Self - Host
Ages of the Moon

The 5th Quarter
2010
as Steven Abbate

Festival of Lights
2012
as Adem

The Stand Up
2012
as Sandy

The Irish in America
1997
as Narrator

From Ararat to Zion
2009
as Narrator

Allegiance
2012
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
About Aidan Quinn
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… With 112 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Aidan Quinn has appeared in 92 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Aidan Quinn Movies
- Flipped (2010) — as Richard Baker
- Legends of the Fall (1994) — as Alfred Ludlow
- Wild Child (2008) — as Gerry Moore
- Practical Magic (1998) — as Gary Hallet
- Unknown (2011) — as Martin B.
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