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



