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