
Aidan Gillen
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Pojedynek as Vasily Zarubin
2025The Physician II as Hunne
2025Re-Creation as Hamilton Barnes
2025London Calling as Freddy Darby
2025TRAD
2025Amongst the Wolves as Power
2024The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs as Self
2023Dance First as James Joyce
2023Barber as Valentine Barber
2023Rock, Paper, Scissors as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
2022That Dirty Black Bag as Butler
2021Mayor of Kingstown as Milo Sunter
2021Killers of the Cosmos
2021Kin as Frank Kinsella
2021星际杀手
2021Those Who Wish Me Dead as Jack Blackwell
2021Rose Plays Julie as Peter
2019I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... as Aidan
2019Confinement as Narrator (voice)
2019Project Blue Book as Allen Hynek
2018Keepers of the Flame
2018Bohemian Rhapsody as John Reid
2018We Ourselves
2018Dave Allen at Peace as Dave Allen
2018Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Janson
2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms as Littlefinger (voice)
2017King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as William "Goosefat Bill"
2017The Lovers as Robert
2017Pickups as Aidan
2017When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD as Timothy Leary
2017Urban Myths as Timothy Leary
2016Quantum Break as Paul Serene
2016Sing Street as Robert Lawlor
2016Further Beyond as Ambrosio O'Higgins
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Janson
2015Violet as Narrator
2015Still as Carver
2015You're Ugly Too as Will
2015Men of Granite as Pelf
2015Charlie as Charles J. Haughey
2014Ambition as Master
2014Calvary as Dr. Frank Harte
2013Peaky Blinders as Aberama Gold
2013Beneath the Harvest Sky as Clayton Cote
2013The Note as Lars
2013Mister John as Gerry Devine
2013Scrapper as Ray
2013Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment as Man (Ekki Múkk)
2013Mayday as Everett Newcombe
2012Ekki múkk as Man
2012The Dark Knight Rises as CIA Op
2012Shadow Dancer as Gerry
2012The Good Man as Michael
2011Blitz as Barry Weiss
2011Game of Thrones as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
2011Wake Wood as Patrick
2010Thorne: Scaredycat as Phil Hendricks
2010Thorne as Phil Hendricks
2010Treacle Jr. as Aiden
2010Love/Hate as John Boy Power
2010Identity as DI John Bloom
2009Freefall as Gus
200912 Rounds as Miles Jackson
2008Blackout as Karl
2007The Wire: The Last Word as Self
2007The Wire Odyssey as Self
2007Tapping the Wire as Self
2007Walk Away and I Stumble as Paul
2005Willesden Confidential as Steve Fallon
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Jimmy Colby
2005Trouble with Sex as Conor
2004Photo Finish as Joe Wilde
2003Burning The Bed as Stephen
2003The Last Detective as Steve Fallon
2003Shanghai Knights as Lord Nelson Rathbone
2002The Final Curtain as Dave Turner
2002The Wire as Tommy Carcetti
2001Dice as Glenn Taylor
2001My Kingdom as Puttnam
2001Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
2001The Low Down as Frank
2000Lorna Doone as Carver Doone
2000The Darkling as Jeff Obold
2000Buddy Boy as Francis
2000The Second Death as Pool Player
1999Queer as Folk as Stuart Alan Jones
1997Mojo as Baby
1997Gold In The Streets as Paddy
1997Amazing Grace as Frank
1996Some Mother's Son as Gerard Quigley
1995Circle of Friends as Aidan Lynch
1993Safe as Gypo
1992An Ungentlemanly Act as Marine Wilcox
1991Killing Time as Harry
1991In Suspicious Circumstances as James Crozier
1989A View of Harry Clark as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Amyas Crale
1988The Courier as Prostitute Boy
1988The Play on One as Harry
1987The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
1985The Drip
1984The Bill as Jeff Barratt
—Panic Carefully
—Tall Tales & Murder
—Witness Protection
—Nostalgie as Drew
—James and Lucia as James Joyce
—Other Voices as Host — Presenter









