Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 08, 1959
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
113 titles
Aidan Quinn
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
Filmography
The Lightkeeper
Father MacGabbhan
The Gettysburg Address
Theodore Parker (voice)
The Walsh Sisters
Daddy Walsh
Rematch
Roger Laver
Daughter of the Bride
Bruce
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Blacklight
Gabriel Robinson
The American Guest
Theodore Roosevelt
Spiked
John Wilson
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Change in the Air
Moody Burkhart
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Stay
Dermot
Rushlights
Cameron Brogden
If I Were You
Derek
The Last Keepers
John
Allegiance
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Horses of McBride
Matt Davidson
Festival of Lights
Adem
Elementary
Thomas Gregson
The Stand Up
Sandy
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Henry Brown
Muide Éire
Self
Prime Suspect
Kevin Sweeney
Unknown
Martin B.
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Charlie Wright
Blue Bloods
Gus Vanderlip
Sarah's Key
William Rainsferd
Flipped
Richard Baker
Jonah Hex
Ulysses S. Grant
The 5th Quarter
Steven Abbate
White Collar
Professor George Oswald
A Shine of Rainbows
Alec
From Ararat to Zion
Narrator
Handsome Harry
Prof. Porter
The Eclipse
Nicholas Holden
Irish Chicago
Self - Host
Wild Child
Gerry Moore
The Prince of Motor City
Charlie Hamilton
Dark Matter
Jacob Reiser
Canterbury's Law
Matt Furey
32A
Frank Brennan
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Henry Dawes
The Exonerated
Kerry Max Cook
The Book of Daniel
Daniel Webster
Mayday
John Berry
Nine Lives
Henry
Weeds
CEO
Empire Falls
David Roby
Return to Sender
Frank Nitzche