Aidan Quinn
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).
Movies (86)
The Lightkeeper
2026
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Daughter of the Bride
2023
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Blacklight
2022
Spiked
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Change in the Air
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Stay
2013
Rushlights
2013
If I Were You
2013
The Last Keepers
2013
Allegiance
2012
The Horses of McBride
2012
Festival of Lights
2012
The Stand Up
2012
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Muide Éire
2011
Unknown
2011
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Sarah's Key
2010
Flipped
2010
Jonah Hex
2010
The 5th Quarter
2010
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
From Ararat to Zion
2009
Handsome Harry
2009
The Eclipse
2009
Irish Chicago
2009
Wild Child
2008
Dark Matter
2008
32A
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
The Exonerated
2006
Mayday
2005
Nine Lives
2005
Return to Sender
2004
Shadow of Fear
2004
Miracle Run
2004
Proud
2004
See You in My Dreams
2004
Cavedweller
2004
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Plainsong
2004
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
Evelyn
2002
Stolen Summer
2002
Songcatcher
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
Two of Us
2000
Music of the Heart
1999
This Is My Father
1999
In Dreams
1999
Practical Magic
1998
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
The Assignment
1997
Commandments
1997
The Irish in America
1997
Michael Collins
1996
Looking for Richard
1996
Lumière & Company
1995
Haunted
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Out of Ireland
1995
Legends of the Fall
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Blink
1993
Benny & Joon
1993
A Private Matter
1992
The Playboys
1992
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Lies of the Twins
1991
Avalon
1990
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
The Lemon Sisters
1989
Perfect Witness
1989
Crusoe
1989
Stakeout
1987
All My Sons
1987
The Mission
1986
An Early Frost
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Reckless
1984
Butterfly in the Typewriter
TV Shows (21)
The Walsh Sisters
2025
Rematch
2024
The American Guest
2021
Elementary
2012
Prime Suspect
2011
Blue Bloods
2010
White Collar
2009
Canterbury's Law
2008
The Book of Daniel
2006
Weeds
2005
Empire Falls
2005
Night Visions
2001
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The View
1997
Baseball
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Late Late Show
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951