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).
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Movies (39)
The Gettysburg Address
as Theodore Parker (voice)
2025
Daughter of the Bride
as Bruce
2023
Blacklight
as Gabriel Robinson
2022
Spiked
as John Wilson
2021
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Change in the Air
as Moody Burkhart
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Stay
as Dermot
2013
Rushlights
as Cameron Brogden
2013
If I Were You
as Derek
2013
The Last Keepers
as John
2013
Allegiance
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
2012
The Horses of McBride
as Matt Davidson
2012
Festival of Lights
as Adem
2012
The Stand Up
as Sandy
2012
The Greening of Whitney Brown
as Henry Brown
2011
Muide Éire
as Himself
2011
Unknown
as Martin B.
2011
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Charlie Wright
2010
Sarah's Key
as William Rainsferd
2010
Flipped
as Richard Baker
2010
Jonah Hex
as Ulysses S. Grant
2010
The 5th Quarter
as Steven Abbate
2010
A Shine of Rainbows
as Alec
2009
From Ararat to Zion
as Narrator
2009
Handsome Harry
as Prof. Porter
2009
The Eclipse
as Nicholas Holden
2009
Irish Chicago
as Self - Host
2009
Wild Child
as Gerry Moore
2008
The Prince of Motor City
as Charlie Hamilton
2008
Dark Matter
as Jacob Reiser
2008
32A
as Frank Brennan
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Henry Dawes
2007
The Exonerated
as Kerry Max Cook
2006
Mayday
as John Berry
2005
Nine Lives
as Henry
2005
Return to Sender
as Frank Nitzche
2004
Shadow of Fear
as Detective Scofield
2004
TV Shows (11)
The Walsh Sisters
as Daddy Walsh
2025
Rematch
as Roger Laver
2024
The American Guest
as Theodore Roosevelt
2021
Elementary
as Thomas Gregson
2012
Prime Suspect
as Kevin Sweeney
2011
Blue Bloods
as Gus Vanderlip
2010
White Collar
as Professor George Oswald
2009
Canterbury's Law
as Matt Furey
2008
The Book of Daniel
as Daniel Webster
2006
Weeds
as CEO
2005
Empire Falls
as David Roby
2005