Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

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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Filmography

2026

Pojedynek
Pojedynek
as Vasily Zarubin
Movie - Released: 2/27/2026

2025

London Calling
London Calling
as Freddy Darby
Movie - Released: 9/19/2025
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
Movie - Released: 6/8/2025
Amongst the Wolves
Amongst the Wolves
as Power
Movie - Released: 5/2/2025
Movie
The Physician II
as Hunne
Movie - Released: 12/25/2025

2024

Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
TV - Released: 2/12/2024

2023

Barber
Barber
as Valentine Barber
Movie - Released: 9/22/2023
Dance First
Dance First
as James Joyce
Movie - Released: 11/3/2023

2022

That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag
as Butler
TV - Released: 3/10/2022

2021

Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie
as Peter
Movie - Released: 3/19/2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead
as Jack Blackwell
Movie - Released: 5/5/2021
星际杀手
星际杀手
TV - Released: 6/22/2021
Killers of the Cosmos
Killers of the Cosmos
TV - Released: 9/11/2021
Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown
as Milo Sunter
TV - Released: 11/14/2021
Kin
Kin
as Frank Kinsella
TV - Released: 9/9/2021

2019

I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
as Aidan
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
Movie
Confinement
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/21/2019
Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book
as Allen Hynek
TV - Released: 1/8/2019

2018

Movie
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't
as Aidan
Movie - Released: 11/14/2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Janson
Movie - Released: 1/10/2018
Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace
as Dave Allen
Movie - Released: 4/2/2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
as John Reid
Movie - Released: 10/24/2018
We Ourselves
We Ourselves
Movie - Released: 10/18/2018
Keepers of the Flame
Keepers of the Flame
Movie - Released: 12/14/2018

2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as William "Goosefat Bill"
Movie - Released: 5/10/2017
The Lovers
The Lovers
as Robert
Movie - Released: 5/5/2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
as Timothy Leary
Movie - Released: 2/9/2017
Pickups
Pickups
as Aidan
Movie - Released: 2/18/2017
Urban Myths
Urban Myths
as Timothy Leary
TV - Released: 1/19/2017

2016

Further Beyond
Further Beyond
as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Movie - Released: 10/12/2016
Sing Street
Sing Street
as Robert Lawlor
Movie - Released: 3/11/2016
Quantum Break
Quantum Break
as Paul Serene
TV - Released: 4/5/2016

2015

Movie
Men of Granite
as Pelf
Movie - Released: 2/6/2015
Still
Still
as Carver
Movie - Released: 5/8/2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Janson
Movie - Released: 9/9/2015
You're Ugly Too
You're Ugly Too
as Will
Movie - Released: 2/7/2015
Violet
Violet
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/12/2015
Charlie
Charlie
as Charles J. Haughey
TV - Released: 1/4/2015

2014

Calvary
Calvary
as Dr. Frank Harte
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014
Ambition
Ambition
as Master
Movie - Released: 10/24/2014

2013

Movie
The Note
as Lars
Movie - Released: 7/13/2013
Mister John
Mister John
as Gerry Devine
Movie - Released: 6/27/2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Beneath the Harvest Sky
as Clayton Cote
Movie - Released: 9/8/2013
Scrapper
Scrapper
as Ray
Movie - Released: 5/21/2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Man (Ekki Múkk)
Movie - Released: 3/5/2013
Mayday
Mayday
as Everett Newcombe
TV - Released: 3/3/2013
Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders
as Aberama Gold
TV - Released: 9/12/2013

2012

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer
as Gerry
Movie - Released: 2/12/2012
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
as CIA Op
Movie - Released: 7/17/2012
Ekki múkk
Ekki múkk
as Man
Movie - Released: 9/29/2012
The Good Man
The Good Man
as Michael
Movie - Released: 1/1/2012

2011

Blitz
Blitz
as Barry Weiss
Movie - Released: 5/20/2011
Wake Wood
Wake Wood
as Patrick
Movie - Released: 3/25/2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
TV - Released: 4/17/2011

2010

Thorne: Scaredycat
Thorne: Scaredycat
as Phil Hendricks
Movie - Released: 10/31/2010
Treacle Jr.
Treacle Jr.
as Aiden
Movie - Released: 10/6/2010
Identity
Identity
as DI John Bloom
TV - Released: 7/5/2010
Love/Hate
Love/Hate
as John Boy Power
TV - Released: 10/3/2010
Thorne
Thorne
as Phil Hendricks
TV - Released: 10/10/2010

2009

12 Rounds
12 Rounds
as Miles Jackson
Movie - Released: 3/19/2009
Freefall
Freefall
as Gus
Movie - Released: 7/13/2009

2008

Blackout
Blackout
as Karl
Movie - Released: 5/28/2008

2007

The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2007
The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/20/2007
Walk Away and I Stumble
Walk Away and I Stumble
as Paul
Movie - Released: 5/16/2007
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/1/2007

2005

Trouble with Sex
Trouble with Sex
as Conor
Movie - Released: 1/15/2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Jimmy Colby
TV - Released: 3/3/2005

2004

Movie
Photo Finish
as Joe Wilde
Movie - Released: 9/8/2004

2003

Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights
as Lord Nelson Rathbone
Movie - Released: 2/6/2003
Burning The Bed
Burning The Bed
as Stephen
Movie - Released: 10/31/2003
The Last Detective
The Last Detective
as Steve Fallon
TV - Released: 2/7/2003

2002

The Final Curtain
The Final Curtain
as Dave Turner
Movie - Released: 10/12/2002
The Wire
The Wire
as Tommy Carcetti
TV - Released: 6/2/2002

2001

My Kingdom
My Kingdom
as Puttnam
Movie - Released: 9/10/2001
The Low Down
The Low Down
as Frank
Movie - Released: 1/26/2001
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
Movie - Released: 3/11/2001
Dice
Dice
as Glenn Taylor
TV - Released: 11/12/2001

2000

The Darkling
The Darkling
as Jeff Obold
Movie - Released: 8/15/2000
Buddy Boy
Buddy Boy
as Francis
Movie - Released: 3/24/2000
Movie
The Second Death
as Pool Player
Movie - Released: 1/29/2000
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
as Carver Doone
TV - Released: 12/24/2000

1999

Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk
as Stuart Alan Jones
TV - Released: 2/23/1999

1997

Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
as Frank
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Mojo
Mojo
as Baby
Movie - Released: 9/2/1997
Gold In The Streets
Gold In The Streets
as Paddy
Movie - Released: 3/19/1997

1996

Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son
as Gerard Quigley
Movie - Released: 9/13/1996

1995

Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends
as Aidan Lynch
Movie - Released: 4/7/1995

1993

Safe
Safe
as Gypo
Movie - Released: 10/13/1993

1992

An Ungentlemanly Act
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Marine Wilcox
Movie - Released: 6/13/1992

1991

Killing Time
Killing Time
as Harry
Movie - Released: 8/9/1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
In Suspicious Circumstances
as James Crozier
TV - Released: 6/3/1991

1989

A View of Harry Clark
A View of Harry Clark
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
Movie - Released: 3/21/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Amyas Crale
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

The Courier
The Courier
as Prostitute Boy
Movie - Released: 2/10/1988
The Play on One
The Play on One
as Harry
TV - Released: 1/19/1988

1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
Movie - Released: 12/23/1987

1985

The Drip
The Drip
Movie - Released: 9/14/1985

1984

The Bill
The Bill
as Jeff Barratt
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

Unknown

Movie
James and Lucia
as James Joyce
Movie
Movie