Actor
· Acting
Aidan Quinn
Born 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 107
The Lightkeeper
as Father MacGabbhan
2026
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
2025
The Walsh Sisters
as Daddy Walsh
2025
Rematch
as Roger Laver
2024
Daughter of the Bride
as Bruce
2023
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
2022
The American Guest
as Theodore Roosevelt
2021
Spiked
as John Wilson
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Change in the Air
as Moody Burkhart
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Stay
as Dermot
2013
Rushlights
as Cameron Brogden
2013
If I Were You
as Derek
2013
The Last Keepers
as John
2013
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
2012
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
2012
Festival of Lights
as Adem
2012
Elementary
as Thomas Gregson
2012
The Stand Up
as Sandy
2012
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Henry Brown
2011
Muide Éire
as Self
2011
Prime Suspect
as Kevin Sweeney
2011
Unknown
as Martin B.
2011
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Charlie Wright
2010
Blue Bloods
as Gus Vanderlip
2010
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
2010
Flipped
as Richard Baker
2010
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
2010
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
2010
White Collar
as Professor George Oswald
2009
A Shine of Rainbows
as Alec
2009
From Ararat to Zion
as Narrator
2009
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
2009
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
2009
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
2009
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
2008
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
2008
Canterbury's Law
as Matt Furey
2008
32A
as Frank Brennan
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Henry Dawes
2007
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
2006
The Book of Daniel
as Daniel Webster
2006
Mayday
as John Berry
2005
Nine Lives
as Henry
2005
Weeds
as CEO
2005
Empire Falls
as David Roby
2005
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
2004
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
2004
Miracle Run
as Douglas Thomas
2004
Proud
as Commodore Alfred Lind
2004
See You in My Dreams
as Joe F. Brown
2004
Cavedweller
as Clint Windsor
2004
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
as Harry Vardon
2004
Plainsong
as Tom Guthrie
2004
Song for a Raggy Boy
as William Franklin
2003
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
2003
Evelyn
as Nick Barron
2002
Stolen Summer
as Joe O'Malley
2002
Night Visions
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
2001
Songcatcher
as Tom Bledsoe
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
2000
Two of Us
as Paul McCartney
2000
Music of the Heart
as Brian
1999
Third Watch
as John Miller
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ben Nicholson
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Burton Lowe
1999
This Is My Father
as Kieran O'Day
1999
In Dreams
as Paul Cooper
1999
Practical Magic
as Gary Hallet
1998
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as Henry Morton Stanley
1997
The Assignment
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Commandments
as Seth Warner
1997
The Irish in America
as Narrator
1997
Michael Collins
as Harry Roland
1996
Looking for Richard
as Richmond
1996
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
1995
Haunted
as Professor David Ash
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Don Day
1995
Out of Ireland
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
1995
Legends of the Fall
as Alfred Ludlow
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Cap. Robert Walton
1994
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
Blink
as Detective John Hallstrom
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Benny & Joon
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1993
A Private Matter
as Bob Finkbine
1992
The Playboys
as Tom Casey
1992
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Martin Quarrier
1991
Lies of the Twins
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1991
Avalon
as Jules Kaye
1990
The Handmaid's Tale
as Nick
1990
The Lemon Sisters
as Frankie McGuinness
1989
Perfect Witness
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
1989
Crusoe
as Crusoe
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Stakeout
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
1987
All My Sons
as Chris Keller
1987
The Mission
as Felipe Mendoza
1986
An Early Frost
as Michael Pierson
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Dez
1985
Reckless
as Johnny Rourke
1984
The Late Late Show
as Self
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Tom Guthrie
1951
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset