Aidan Quinn
Acting
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).
Known for
Acting113
movieThe Lightkeeper
2026
Father MacGabbhan
movieThe Gettysburg Address
2025
Theodore Parker (voice)
tvThe Walsh Sisters
2025
Daddy Walsh
tvRematch
2024
Roger Laver
movieBlacklight
2022
Gabriel Robinson
tvThe American Guest
2021
Theodore Roosevelt
movieSpiked
2021
John Wilson
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieChange in the Air
2018
Moody Burkhart
movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieStay
2013
Dermot
movieRushlights
2013
Cameron Brogden
movieAllegiance
2012
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
movieThe Horses of McBride
2012
Matt Davidson
tvElementary
2012
Thomas Gregson
movieThe Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Henry Brown
tvPrime Suspect
2011
Kevin Sweeney
movieUnknown
2011
Martin B.
movieAcross the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Charlie Wright
tvBlue Bloods
2010
Gus Vanderlip
movieSarah's Key
2010
William Rainsferd
movieFlipped
2010
Richard Baker
movieJonah Hex
2010
Ulysses S. Grant
movieThe 5th Quarter
2010
Steven Abbate
tvWhite Collar
2009
Professor George Oswald
movieFrom Ararat to Zion
2009
Narrator
movieHandsome Harry
2009
Prof. Porter
movieThe Eclipse
2009
Nicholas Holden
movieIrish Chicago
2009
Self - Host
movieWild Child
2008
Gerry Moore
The Prince of Motor City
2008
Charlie Hamilton
movieDark Matter
2008
Jacob Reiser
tvCanterbury's Law
2008
Matt Furey
movie32A
2007
Frank Brennan
movieBury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Henry Dawes
movieThe Exonerated
2006
Kerry Max Cook
tvThe Book of Daniel
2006
Daniel Webster
movieMayday
2005
John Berry
movieNine Lives
2005
Henry
tvWeeds
2005
CEO
tvEmpire Falls
2005
David Roby
movieReturn to Sender
2004
Frank Nitzche
movieShadow of Fear
2004
Detective Scofield
movieMiracle Run
2004
Douglas Thomas
movieProud
2004
Commodore Alfred Lind
movieSee You in My Dreams
2004
Joe F. Brown
movieCavedweller
2004
Clint Windsor
movieBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Harry Vardon
moviePlainsong
2004
Tom Guthrie
movieSong for a Raggy Boy
2003
William Franklin
movieBenedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
Gen. Benedict Arnold
movieEvelyn
2002
Nick Barron
movieStolen Summer
2002
Joe O'Malley
tvNight Visions
2001
Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
movieSongcatcher
2001
Tom Bledsoe
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
2000
Miles Hendon
movieTwo of Us
2000
Paul McCartney
tvThird Watch
1999
John Miller
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Ben Nicholson / Burton Lowe
movieThis Is My Father
1999
Kieran O'Day
movieIn Dreams
1999
Paul Cooper
moviePractical Magic
1998
Gary Hallet
movieForbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
Henry Morton Stanley
movieThe Assignment
1997
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieCommandments
1997
Seth Warner
movieThe Irish in America
1997
Narrator
movieMichael Collins
1996
Harry Roland
movieLooking for Richard
1996
Richmond
movieLumière & Company
1995
(segment "John Boorman")
movieHaunted
1995
Professor David Ash
movieOut of Ireland
1995
Maurice Woulfe (voice)
movieLegends of the Fall
1994
Alfred Ludlow
movieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Cap. Robert Walton
tvBaseball
1994
(voice)
movieBlink
1993
Detective John Hallstrom
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieBenny & Joon
1993
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
movieA Private Matter
1992
Bob Finkbine
movieThe Playboys
1992
Tom Casey
movieAt Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Martin Quarrier
movieLies of the Twins
1991
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
movieAvalon
1990
Jules Kaye
movieThe Lemon Sisters
1989
Frankie McGuinness
moviePerfect Witness
1989
Samuel De Valera Paxton
movieCrusoe
1989
Crusoe
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieStakeout
1987
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
movieAll My Sons
1987
Chris Keller
movieThe Mission
1986
Felipe Mendoza
movieAn Early Frost
1985
Michael Pierson
movieReckless
1984
Johnny Rourke
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Chris Keller
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Tom Guthrie
movieButterfly in the Typewriter
Barnet Rosset
The Body Is Water
John Umley
Little Audrey
Bishop Ryan
Hal
Professor Tigues
Directing2
tvElementary
2012
Director
Production2
movieThis Is My Father
1999
Executive Producer