Aidan Gillen - Actor Profile

Aidan Gillen

50Movies
10.0 Best Rating

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves. He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 The Physician II Hunne ★ 6.2 Average
2025 London Calling Freddy Darby ★ 6.9 Hit
2025 Amongst the Wolves Power ★ 5.8 Average
2023 Dance First James Joyce ★ 6.9 Hit
2023 Barber Valentine Barber ★ 4.5 Flop
2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead Jack Blackwell ★ 6.6 Hit
2021 Rose Plays Julie Peter ★ 5.8 Average
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody John Reid ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure Janson ★ 7.1 Hit
2017 Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms Littlefinger (voice) ★ 7.7 Super Hit
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword William "Goosefat Bill" ★ 6.6 Hit
2017 The Lovers Robert ★ 5.4 Flop
2017 When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD Timothy Leary ★ 7.0 Hit
2016 Sing Street Robert Lawlor ★ 7.9 Super Hit
2016 Further Beyond Ambrosio O'Higgins ★ 5.7 Average
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Janson ★ 6.7 Hit
2015 Violet Narrator ★ 7.5 Super Hit
2015 Still Carver ★ 5.4 Flop
2015 You're Ugly Too Will ★ 6.4 Average
2015 Men of Granite Pelf ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2014 Ambition Master ★ 6.7 Hit
2014 Calvary Dr. Frank Harte ★ 7.1 Hit
2013 Beneath the Harvest Sky Clayton Cote ★ 6.0 Average
2013 Mister John Gerry Devine ★ 4.8 Flop
2013 Scrapper Ray ★ 6.3 Average
2013 Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment Man (Ekki Múkk) ★ 7.7 Super Hit
2012 The Dark Knight Rises CIA Op ★ 7.8 Super Hit
2012 Shadow Dancer Gerry ★ 5.9 Average
2012 The Good Man Michael ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2011 Blitz Barry Weiss ★ 6.2 Average
2011 Wake Wood Patrick ★ 5.6 Average
2010 Thorne: Scaredycat Phil Hendricks ★ 6.3 Average
2010 Treacle Jr. Aiden ★ 5.6 Average
2009 Freefall Gus ★ 6.1 Average
2009 12 Rounds Miles Jackson ★ 5.9 Average
2008 Blackout Karl ★ 5.4 Flop
2007 The Wire Odyssey Self ★ 6.6 Hit
2007 Tapping the Wire Self ★ 7.3 Hit
2007 Walk Away and I Stumble Paul ★ 4.6 Flop
2003 Shanghai Knights Lord Nelson Rathbone ★ 6.1 Average
2001 My Kingdom Puttnam ★ 5.1 Flop
2001 Lorna Doone Carver Doone ★ 5.7 Average
2001 The Low Down Frank ★ 5.2 Flop
2000 The Darkling Jeff Obold ★ 4.8 Flop
2000 The Second Death Pool Player ★ 6.0 Average
1996 Some Mother's Son Gerard Quigley ★ 6.7 Hit
1995 Circle of Friends Aidan Lynch ★ 6.2 Average
1993 Safe Gypo ★ 4.8 Flop
1992 An Ungentlemanly Act Marine Wilcox ★ 5.5 Average
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy) ★ 6.5 Hit