Aidan Quinn

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). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Quinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

Movie
Food Fight
as Daniel
Movie - Released: 2/20/2025
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2025

2024

Rematch
Rematch
as Roger Laver
TV - Released: 10/17/2024

2023

Daughter of the Bride
Daughter of the Bride
as Bruce
Movie - Released: 2/3/2023

2022

Blacklight
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
Movie - Released: 2/10/2022

2021

Spiked
Spiked
as John Wilson
Movie - Released: 3/25/2021
The American Guest
The American Guest
as Theodore Roosevelt
TV - Released: 9/26/2021

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/26/2020

2018

Change in the Air
Change in the Air
as Moody Burkhart
Movie - Released: 10/19/2018

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/8/2017

2013

The Last Keepers
The Last Keepers
as John
Movie - Released: 1/4/2013
Rushlights
Rushlights
as Cameron Brogden
Movie - Released: 6/21/2013
If I Were You
If I Were You
as Derek
Movie - Released: 3/15/2013
Stay
Stay
as Dermot
Movie - Released: 9/8/2013

2012

Allegiance
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
Movie - Released: 12/28/2012
The Stand Up
The Stand Up
as Sandy
Movie - Released: 9/14/2012
Festival of Lights
Festival of Lights
as Adem
Movie - Released: 11/2/2012
The Horses of McBride
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
Movie - Released: 12/2/2012
Elementary
Elementary
as Thomas Gregson
TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

Unknown
Unknown
as Martin B.
Movie - Released: 2/16/2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Henry Brown
Movie - Released: 11/10/2011
Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect
as Kevin Sweeney
TV - Released: 9/22/2011

2010

Flipped
Flipped
as Richard Baker
Movie - Released: 8/6/2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Charlie Wright
Movie - Released: 12/28/2010
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
Movie - Released: 9/16/2010
The 5th Quarter
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
Movie - Released: 4/8/2010
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
Movie - Released: 6/18/2010

2009

A Shine of Rainbows
A Shine of Rainbows
as Alec
Movie - Released: 10/1/2009
The Eclipse
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
Movie - Released: 4/24/2009
Handsome Harry
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
Movie - Released: 4/25/2009
Irish Chicago
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 3/15/2009
From Ararat to Zion
From Ararat to Zion
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/22/2009
White Collar
White Collar
as Professor George Oswald
TV - Released: 10/23/2009

2008

Wild Child
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
Movie - Released: 8/15/2008
Dark Matter
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
Movie - Released: 4/24/2008
Movie
The Prince of Motor City
as Charlie Hamilton
Movie - Released: 7/9/2008
Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law
as Matt Furey
TV - Released: 3/10/2008

2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Henry Dawes
Movie - Released: 5/27/2007
32A
32A
as Frank Brennan
Movie - Released: 7/13/2007

2006

The Exonerated
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
Movie - Released: 3/6/2006
The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel
as Daniel Webster
TV - Released: 1/6/2006

2005

Nine Lives
Nine Lives
as Henry
Movie - Released: 9/2/2005
Mayday
Mayday
as John Berry
Movie - Released: 10/2/2005
Empire Falls
Empire Falls
as David Roby
TV - Released: 5/28/2005
Weeds
Weeds
as CEO
TV - Released: 8/7/2005

2004

Return to Sender
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
Movie - Released: 9/17/2004
Shadow of Fear
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
Movie - Released: 9/14/2004
Miracle Run
Miracle Run
as Douglas Thomas
Movie - Released: 8/9/2004
Cavedweller
Cavedweller
as Clint Windsor
Movie - Released: 5/4/2004
See You in My Dreams
See You in My Dreams
as Joe F. Brown
Movie - Released: 6/13/2004
Movie
Proud
as Commodore Alfred Lind
Movie - Released: 7/2/2004
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
as Harry Vardon
Movie - Released: 4/30/2004
Plainsong
Plainsong
as Tom Guthrie
Movie - Released: 4/25/2004

2003

Song for a Raggy Boy
Song for a Raggy Boy
as William Franklin
Movie - Released: 1/19/2003
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
Movie - Released: 1/13/2003

2002

Stolen Summer
Stolen Summer
as Joe O'Malley
Movie - Released: 3/22/2002
Evelyn
Evelyn
as Nick Barron
Movie - Released: 9/30/2002

2001

Songcatcher
Songcatcher
as Tom Bledsoe
Movie - Released: 3/1/2001
Night Visions
Night Visions
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
TV - Released: 7/12/2001

2000

The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
Movie - Released: 12/1/2000
Two of Us
Two of Us
as Paul McCartney
Movie - Released: 2/1/2000

1999

Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
as Brian
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
In Dreams
In Dreams
as Paul Cooper
Movie - Released: 1/15/1999
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
as Kieran O'Day
Movie - Released: 5/7/1999
Third Watch
Third Watch
as John Miller
TV - Released: 9/23/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ben Nicholson
TV - Released: 9/20/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Burton Lowe
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Practical Magic
Practical Magic
as Gary Hallet
Movie - Released: 10/16/1998

1997

Commandments
Commandments
as Seth Warner
Movie - Released: 5/2/1997
The Assignment
The Assignment
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Movie - Released: 9/28/1997
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as Henry Morton Stanley
Movie - Released: 12/7/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Michael Collins
Michael Collins
as Harry Roland
Movie - Released: 10/25/1996
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
as Richmond
Movie - Released: 10/11/1996

1995

Haunted
Haunted
as Prof. David Ash
Movie - Released: 10/27/1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Don Day
Movie - Released: 9/15/1995
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
Movie - Released: 12/20/1995
Out of Ireland
Out of Ireland
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/9/1995

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Cap. Robert Walton
Movie - Released: 11/4/1994
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall
as Alfred Ludlow
Movie - Released: 12/23/1994
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Movie - Released: 4/16/1993
Blink
Blink
as Detective John Hallstrom
Movie - Released: 10/1/1993

1992

The Playboys
The Playboys
as Tom Casey
Movie - Released: 4/22/1992
A Private Matter
A Private Matter
as Bob Finkbine
Movie - Released: 6/20/1992

1991

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Martin Quarrier
Movie - Released: 12/6/1991
Lies of the Twins
Lies of the Twins
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Movie - Released: 8/21/1991

1990

Avalon
Avalon
as Jules Kaye
Movie - Released: 10/5/1990
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
as Nick
Movie - Released: 2/15/1990

1989

The Lemon Sisters
The Lemon Sisters
as Frankie McGuinness
Movie - Released: 12/1/1989
Perfect Witness
Perfect Witness
as Sam Paxton
Movie - Released: 10/28/1989

1988

Crusoe
Crusoe
as Crusoe
Movie - Released: 6/30/1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1987

Stakeout
Stakeout
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Movie - Released: 8/5/1987
All My Sons
All My Sons
as Chris Keller
Movie - Released: 1/19/1987

1986

The Mission
The Mission
as Felipe Mendoza
Movie - Released: 9/24/1986

1985

Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Dez
Movie - Released: 3/29/1985
An Early Frost
An Early Frost
as Michael Pierson
Movie - Released: 5/1/1985

1984

Reckless
Reckless
as Johnny Rourke
Movie - Released: 2/3/1984

1962

The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/6/1962

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Tom Guthrie
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Unknown

Movie
Cry from the Sea
as Father MacGabbhan
Movie
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
Movie
A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Movie
Movie