Aidan Gillen
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.
On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin.
His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.
Acted in
The Physician II
2025
as Hunne
London Calling
2024
as Freddy Darby
Amongst the Wolves
2024
as Power
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
2024
as Self
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2024
as Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
Dance First
2023
as James Joyce
Barber
2023
as Valentine Barber
That Dirty Black Bag
2022
as Butler
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
as Milo Sunter
Killers of the Cosmos
2021
Kin
2021
as Frank Kinsella
星际杀手
2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021
as Jack Blackwell
Rose Plays Julie
2021
as Peter
I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...
2019
as Aidan
Confinement
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Project Blue Book
2019
as Dr. Allen Hynek
Keepers of the Flame
2018
I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't
2018
as Aidan
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
as John Reid
We Ourselves
2018
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
as Dave Allen
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
as Janson
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
as Littlefinger (voice)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
as William "Goosefat Bill"
The Lovers
2017
as Robert
Pickups
2017
as Aidan
When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
2017
as Timothy Leary
Urban Myths
2017
as Timothy Leary
Further Beyond
2016
as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Quantum Break
2016
as Paul Serene
Sing Street
2016
as Robert Lawlor
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
as Janson
Still
2015
as Carver
You're Ugly Too
2015
as Will
Men of Granite
2015
as Pelf
Charlie
2015
as Charles J. Haughey
Ambition
2014
as Master
Calvary
2014
as Dr. Frank Harte
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Aberama Gold
Beneath the Harvest Sky
2013
as Clayton
The Note
2013
as Lars
Mister John
2013
as Gerry Devine
Scrapper
2013
as Ray
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013
as Man (Ekki Múkk)
Mayday
2013
as Everett Newcombe
Ekki múkk
2012
as Man
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as CIA Op
Shadow Dancer
2012
as Gerry
The Good Man
2012
as Michael
Blitz
2011
as Barry Weiss
Game of Thrones
2011
as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Wake Wood
2011
as Patrick
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010
as Phil Hendricks
Thorne
2010
as Phil Hendricks
Treacle Jr.
2010
as Aiden
Love/Hate
2010
as John Boy Power
Identity
2010
as DI John Bloom
Freefall
2009
as Gus
12 Rounds
2009
as Miles Jackson
Blackout
2008
as Karl
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Himself
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Walk Away and I Stumble
2007
as Paul
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Jimmy Colby
Trouble with Sex
2005
as Conor
Photo Finish
2004
as Joe Wilde
Burning The Bed
2003
as Stephen
The Last Detective
2003
as Steve Fallon
Shanghai Knights
2003
as Lord Nelson Rathbone
The Final Curtain
2002
as Dave Turner
The Wire
2002
as Tommy Carcetti
Dice
2001
as Glenn Taylor
My Kingdom
2001
as Puttnam
Lorna Doone
2001
as Carver Doone
The Low Down
2001
as Frank
Lorna Doone
2000
as Carver Doone
The Darkling
2000
as Jeff Obold
Buddy Boy
2000
as Francis
The Second Death
2000
as Pool Player
Queer as Folk
1999
as Stuart Alan Jones
Mojo
1997
as Baby
Gold In The Streets
1997
as Paddy
Amazing Grace
1997
as Frank
Some Mother's Son
1996
as Gerard Quigley
Circle of Friends
1995
as Aidan Lynch
Safe
1993
as Gypo
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Marine Wilcox
Killing Time
1991
as Harry
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as James Crozier
A View of Harry Clark
1989
as Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Amyas Crale
The Courier
1988
as Prostitute Boy
The Play on One
1988
as Harry
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
The Bill
1984
as Jeff Barratt
Pojedynek
as Vasily Zarubin
Re-Creation
James and Lucia
as James Joyce
Violet
as Narrator