
Aidan Quinn
Acting
Born 1959-03-08 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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

Practical Magic
1998 · Movie

Flipped
2010 · Movie

Legends of the Fall
1994 · Movie

Wild Child
2008 · Movie

Unknown
2011 · Movie

Blacklight
2022 · Movie

The Mission
1986 · Movie

Benny & Joon
1993 · Movie

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 · Movie

The Handmaid's Tale
1990 · Movie

Michael Collins
1996 · Movie

Stakeout
1987 · Movie

Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie

Miracle Run
2004 · Movie

Sarah's Key
2010 · Movie

Jonah Hex
2010 · Movie

The Irish in America
1997 · Movie

Music of the Heart
1999 · Movie

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Movie

All My Sons
1987 · Movie

The Assignment
1997 · Movie

Nine Lives
2005 · Movie

Haunted
1995 · Movie

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · Movie

Avalon
1990 · Movie

Evelyn
2002 · Movie

The Exonerated
2006 · Movie

Plainsong
2004 · Movie

Song for a Raggy Boy
2003 · Movie

In Dreams
1999 · Movie

See You in My Dreams
2004 · Movie

Perfect Witness
1989 · Movie

Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Movie

Blink
1993 · Movie

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Movie

The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011 · Movie

The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Movie

Reckless
1984 · Movie

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · Movie

Stolen Summer
2002 · Movie

A Shine of Rainbows
2009 · Movie

From Ararat to Zion
2009 · Movie

The Playboys
1992 · Movie

Crusoe
1989 · Movie

Dark Matter
2008 · Movie

Cavedweller
2004 · Movie

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 · Movie

Songcatcher
2001 · Movie

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004 · Movie

Return to Sender
2004 · Movie

An Early Frost
1985 · Movie

If I Were You
2013 · Movie

Out of Ireland
1995 · Movie

The Prince and the Pauper
2000 · Movie

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997 · Movie

Change in the Air
2018 · Movie

Daughter of the Bride
2023 · Movie

Shadow of Fear
2004 · Movie

This Is My Father
1999 · Movie