Aidan Quinn
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).
112 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 112
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
Third Watch
1999
The View
1997
White Collar
2009
Weeds
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Flipped
2010
Baseball
1994
Wild Child
2008
Legends of the Fall
1994
Night Visions
2001
Practical Magic
1998
The Late Late Show
1962
Prime Suspect
2011
Blacklight
2022
Unknown
2011
The Book of Daniel
2006
Canterbury's Law
2008
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Mission
1986
Jonah Hex
2010
Rematch
2024
Empire Falls
2005
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Stakeout
1987
The Walsh Sisters
2025
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Miracle Run
2004
Michael Collins
1996
The Assignment
1997
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Benny & Joon
1993
Haunted
1995
Nine Lives
2005
Sarah's Key
2010
In Dreams
1999
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Blink
1993
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
Avalon
1990
Looking for Richard
1996
The Last Keepers
2013
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Reckless
1984
Music of the Heart
1999
The American Guest
2021
Crusoe
1989
The Lightkeeper
2026
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Stay
2013
Lumière & Company
1995
Evelyn
2002
Dark Matter
2008
The Eclipse
2009
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Commandments
1997
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Shadow of Fear
2004
An Early Frost
1985
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
Handsome Harry
2009
The Lemon Sisters
1989
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Return to Sender
2004
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Plainsong
2004
Stolen Summer
2002
Cavedweller
2004
The Playboys
1992
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
This Is My Father
1999
Songcatcher
2001
The 5th Quarter
2010
Butterfly in the Typewriter
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Perfect Witness
1989
The Prince of Motor City
2008
Mayday
2005
Change in the Air
2018
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
The Horses of McBride
2012
A Private Matter
1992
All My Sons
1987
Daughter of the Bride
2023
See You in My Dreams
2004
Two of Us
2000
Out of Ireland
1995
The Exonerated
2006
If I Were You
2013
Spiked
2021
32A
2007
Rushlights
2013
Hal
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The Body Is Water
—
Ages of the Moon
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The Well of Saint Nobody
—
Proud
2004
The Stand Up
2012
Muide Éire
2011
Lies of the Twins
1991
Little Audrey
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Festival of Lights
2012
The Irish in America
1997
Irish Chicago
2009
From Ararat to Zion
2009
Allegiance
2012