Aidan Gillen
Irish actor (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards[1] and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.[2]
Aidan Gillen | |
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Born | Aidan Murphy (1968-04-24) 24 April 1968 (age 56) Dublin, Ireland |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1981–present |
Spouse |
Olivia O'Flanagan
(m. 2001; div. 2005) |
Partner(s) | Camille O'Sullivan (2014–present) |
Children | 2 |
On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Aberama Gold in the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017–2019).
His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dr. Frank Harte in Calvary (2014), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in Sing Street (2016), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.