Aidan Quinn
Acting
1959-03-08 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).
Filmography
The Lightkeeper
2026 · Movie
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Movie
The Walsh Sisters
2025 · Series
Rematch
2024 · Series
Daughter of the Bride
2023 · Movie
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Movie
Blacklight
2022 · Movie
The American Guest
2021 · Series
Spiked
2021 · Movie
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Movie
Change in the Air
2018 · Movie
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Movie
Stay
2013 · Movie
Rushlights
2013 · Movie
If I Were You
2013 · Movie
The Last Keepers
2013 · Movie
Allegiance
2012 · Movie
The Horses of McBride
2012 · Movie
Festival of Lights
2012 · Movie
Elementary
2012 · Series
The Stand Up
2012 · Movie
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011 · Movie
Muide Éire
2011 · Movie
Prime Suspect
2011 · Series
Unknown
2011 · Movie
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · Movie
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
Sarah's Key
2010 · Movie
Flipped
2010 · Movie
Jonah Hex
2010 · Movie
The 5th Quarter
2010 · Movie
White Collar
2009 · Series
A Shine of Rainbows
2009 · Movie
From Ararat to Zion
2009 · Movie
Handsome Harry
2009 · Movie
The Eclipse
2009 · Movie
Irish Chicago
2009 · Movie
Wild Child
2008 · Movie
The Prince of Motor City
2008 · Movie
Dark Matter
2008 · Movie
Canterbury's Law
2008 · Series
32A
2007 · Movie
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · Movie
The Exonerated
2006 · Movie
The Book of Daniel
2006 · Series
Mayday
2005 · Movie
Nine Lives
2005 · Movie
Weeds
2005 · Series
Empire Falls
2005 · Series
Return to Sender
2004 · Movie
Shadow of Fear
2004 · Movie
Miracle Run
2004 · Movie
Proud
2004 · Movie
See You in My Dreams
2004 · Movie
Cavedweller
2004 · Movie
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004 · Movie
Plainsong
2004 · Movie
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003 · Movie
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003 · Movie
Evelyn
2002 · Movie
Stolen Summer
2002 · Movie
Night Visions
2001 · Series
Songcatcher
2001 · Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
2000 · Movie
Two of Us
2000 · Movie
Music of the Heart
1999 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
This Is My Father
1999 · Movie
In Dreams
1999 · Movie
Practical Magic
1998 · Movie
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997 · Movie
The Assignment
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Commandments
1997 · Movie
The Irish in America
1997 · Movie
Michael Collins
1996 · Movie
Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie
Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie
Haunted
1995 · Movie
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Movie
Out of Ireland
1995 · Movie
Legends of the Fall
1994 · Movie
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 · Movie
Baseball
1994 · Series
Blink
1993 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Benny & Joon
1993 · Movie
A Private Matter
1992 · Movie
The Playboys
1992 · Movie
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 · Movie
Lies of the Twins
1991 · Movie
Avalon
1990 · Movie
The Handmaid's Tale
1990 · Movie
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Movie
Perfect Witness
1989 · Movie
Crusoe
1989 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Stakeout
1987 · Movie
All My Sons
1987 · Movie
The Mission
1986 · Movie
An Early Frost
1985 · Movie
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Movie
Reckless
1984 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
The Late Late Show
1962 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Hal
Movie
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Movie
Ages of the Moon
Movie
The Well of Saint Nobody
Movie
Little Audrey
Movie
The Body Is Water
Movie