Aidan Quinn
Acting • Born 1959-03-08
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).
Filmography
113 credits
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie • 1994
Cap. Robert Walton
Michael Collins
Movie • 1996
Harry Roland
Avalon
Movie • 1990
Jules Kaye
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Daughter of the Bride
Movie • 2023
Bruce
Benny & Joon
Movie • 1993
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
Legends of the Fall
Movie • 1994
Alfred Ludlow
Stakeout
Movie • 1987
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
The Handmaid's Tale
Movie • 1990
Nick
Practical Magic
Movie • 1998
Gary Hallet
The Mission
Movie • 1986
Felipe Mendoza
Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie • 1985
Dez
Return to Sender
Movie • 2004
Frank Nitzche
Music of the Heart
Movie • 1999
Brian
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie • 2007
Henry Dawes
In Dreams
Movie • 1999
Paul Cooper
Wild Child
Movie • 2008
Gerry Moore
The Playboys
Movie • 1992
Tom Casey
Looking for Richard
Movie • 1996
Richmond
Crusoe
Movie • 1989
Crusoe
The Last Keepers
Movie • 2013
John
A Shine of Rainbows
Movie • 2009
Alec
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 2000
Miles Hendon
Flipped
Movie • 2010
Richard Baker
Nine Lives
Movie • 2005
Henry
Reckless
Movie • 1984
Johnny Rourke
Commandments
Movie • 1997
Seth Warner
Stolen Summer
Movie • 2002
Joe O'Malley
The Eclipse
Movie • 2009
Nicholas Holden
Unknown
Movie • 2011
Martin B.
Blacklight
Movie • 2022
Gabriel Robinson
Dark Matter
Movie • 2008
Jacob Reiser
Haunted
Movie • 1995
Professor David Ash
The Assignment
Movie • 1997
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
32A
Movie • 2007
Frank Brennan
Song for a Raggy Boy
Movie • 2003
William Franklin
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Movie • 1991
Martin Quarrier
Shadow of Fear
Movie • 2004
Detective Scofield
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie • 2010
Charlie Wright
Handsome Harry
Movie • 2009
Prof. Porter
Sarah's Key
Movie • 2010
William Rainsferd
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Movie • 2011
Henry Brown
Mayday
Movie • 2005
John Berry
An Early Frost
Movie • 1985
Michael Pierson
Two of Us
Movie • 2000
Paul McCartney
Miracle Run
Movie • 2004
Douglas Thomas
The 5th Quarter
Movie • 2010
Steven Abbate
Cavedweller
Movie • 2004
Clint Windsor
Allegiance
Movie • 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Lemon Sisters
Movie • 1990
Frankie McGuinness
A Private Matter
Movie • 1992
Bob Finkbine
The Stand Up
Movie • 2012
Sandy
Festival of Lights
Movie • 2012
Adem
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie • 1995
Don Day
Rushlights
Movie • 2013
Cameron Brogden
If I Were You
Movie • 2013
Derek
Lies of the Twins
Movie • 1991
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Movie • 2003
Gen. Benedict Arnold
Stay
Movie • 2013
Dermot
The Horses of McBride
Movie • 2012
Matt Davidson
Perfect Witness
Movie • 1989
Samuel De Valera Paxton
The Exonerated
Movie • 2006
Kerry Max Cook
Blink
Movie • 1993
Detective John Hallstrom
The Prince of Motor City
Movie • 2008
Charlie Hamilton
Evelyn
Movie • 2002
Nick Barron
See You in My Dreams
Movie • 2004
Joe F. Brown
This Is My Father
Movie • 1999
Kieran O'Day
Irish Chicago
Movie • 2009
Self - Host
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Movie • 1997
Henry Morton Stanley
Songcatcher
Movie • 2001
Tom Bledsoe
Proud
Movie • 2004
Commodore Alfred Lind
Lumière & Company
Movie • 1995
(segment "John Boorman")
The Well of Saint Nobody
Movie
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Movie • 2004
Harry Vardon
Jonah Hex
Movie • 2010
Ulysses S. Grant
The Lightkeeper
Movie • 2026
Father MacGabbhan
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Movie
Barnet Rosset
Change in the Air
Movie • 2018
Moody Burkhart
The Gettysburg Address
Movie • 2025
Theodore Parker (voice)
Plainsong
Movie • 2004
Tom Guthrie
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
All My Sons
Movie • 1987
Chris Keller
From Ararat to Zion
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Spiked
Movie • 2021
John Wilson
A Journey to Sundance
Movie • 2023
Self
Out of Ireland
Movie • 1995
Maurice Woulfe (voice)
Ages of the Moon
Movie
The Body Is Water
Movie
John Umley
Little Audrey
Movie
Bishop Ryan
Muide Éire
Movie • 2011
Himself
The Irish in America
Movie • 1997
Narrator
Hal
Movie
Professor Tigues
Third Watch
TV • 1999
John Miller
Elementary
TV • 2012
Thomas Gregson
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ben Nicholson
The Book of Daniel
TV • 2006
Daniel Webster
Canterbury's Law
TV • 2008
Matt Furey
Night Visions
TV • 2001
Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Tom Guthrie
Empire Falls
TV • 2005
David Roby
Prime Suspect
TV • 2011
Kevin Sweeney
The American Guest
TV • 2021
Theodore Roosevelt
Weeds
TV • 2005
CEO
White Collar
TV • 2009
Professor George Oswald
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Burton Lowe
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Rematch
TV • 2024
Roger Laver
The Late Late Show
TV • 1962
Self
Baseball
TV • 1994
(voice)
The Walsh Sisters
TV • 2025
Daddy Walsh
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Gus Vanderlip
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest