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).
Acting (82 movies)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Michael Collins
1996
Avalon
1990
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Daughter of the Bride
2023
Benny & Joon
1993
Legends of the Fall
1994
Stakeout
1987
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Practical Magic
1998
The Mission
1986
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Return to Sender
2004
Music of the Heart
1999
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
In Dreams
1999
Wild Child
2008
The Playboys
1992
Looking for Richard
1996
Crusoe
1988
The Last Keepers
2013
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
Flipped
2010
Nine Lives
2005
Reckless
1984
Commandments
1997
Stolen Summer
2002
The Eclipse
2009
Unknown
2011
Blacklight
2022
Dark Matter
2008
Haunted
1995
The Assignment
1997
32A
2007
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Shadow of Fear
2004
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Handsome Harry
2009
Sarah's Key
2010
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Mayday
2005
An Early Frost
1985
Two of Us
2000
Miracle Run
2004
The 5th Quarter
2010
Cavedweller
2004
Allegiance
2012
The Lemon Sisters
1989
A Private Matter
1992
The Stand Up
2012
Festival of Lights
2012
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Rushlights
2013
If I Were You
2013
Lies of the Twins
1991
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
Stay
2013
The Horses of McBride
2012
Perfect Witness
1989
The Exonerated
2006
Blink
1993
Evelyn
2002
See You in My Dreams
2004
This Is My Father
1999
Irish Chicago
2009
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
Songcatcher
2001
Lumière & Company
1995
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Jonah Hex
2010
Change in the Air
2018
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Plainsong
2004
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
All My Sons
1987
From Ararat to Zion
2009
Spiked
2021
A Journey to Sundance
2021
Out of Ireland
1995
Muide Éire
2011
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| This Is My Father | 1999 | Executive Producer |