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).
Filmography
The Lightkeeper
2026
as Father MacGabbhan
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Theodore Parker (voice)
Daughter of the Bride
2023
as Bruce
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Blacklight
2022
as Gabriel Robinson
Spiked
2021
as John Wilson
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Change in the Air
2018
as Moody Burkhart
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Stay
2013
as Dermot
Rushlights
2013
as Cameron Brogden
If I Were You
2013
as Derek
The Last Keepers
2013
as John
Allegiance
2012
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Horses of McBride
2012
as Matt Davidson
Festival of Lights
2012
as Adem
The Stand Up
2012
as Sandy
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Henry Brown
Muide Éire
2011
as Self
Unknown
2011
as Martin B.
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Charlie Wright
Sarah's Key
2010
as William Rainsferd
Flipped
2010
as Richard Baker
Jonah Hex
2010
as Ulysses S. Grant