Aidan Gillen: Biography, Facts and Career
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Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), known professionally as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, a Tony Award, and a Drama Desk Award. Gillen is known to television audiences for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy Power in Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017); Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); Milo Sunter in Mayor of Kingstown (2021–2024); and Frank Kinsella in Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include Lord Nelson Rathbone in Shanghai Knights (2003), as 'CIA' in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dr. Frank Harte in Calvary (2014), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in Sing Street (2016), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Quick facts about Aidan Gillen
- Full name: Aidan Gillen
- Born: 1968-04-24
- Nationality: Ireland
- Known as: Actor
- Wikidata ID: Q358032
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Who is Aidan Gillen?
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), known professionally as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor.
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Aidan Gillen is Ireland.
When was Aidan Gillen born?
Aidan Gillen was born on 1968-04-24.



