Aidan Quinn
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ben Nicholson
1999
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Burton Lowe
1999
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Blue Bloods
Gus Vanderlip
2010
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Elementary
Thomas Gregson
2012
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Third Watch
John Miller
1999
Series
White Collar
Professor George Oswald
2009
Series
Weeds
CEO
2005
Series
American Playhouse
Chris Keller
1982
Film
Practical Magic
Gary Hallet
1998
Film
Wild Child
Gerry Moore
2008
Film
Legends of the Fall
Alfred Ludlow
1994
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Series
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Series
Night Visions
Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
2001
Film
Flipped
Richard Baker
2010
Film
Jonah Hex
Ulysses S. Grant
2010
Film
Unknown
Martin B.
2011
Film
The Mission
Felipe Mendoza
1986
Film
Blacklight
Gabriel Robinson
2022
Series
Prime Suspect
Kevin Sweeney
2011
Film
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Cap. Robert Walton
1994
Series
The Book of Daniel
Daniel Webster
2006
Series
Empire Falls
David Roby
2005
Series
Canterbury's Law
Matt Furey
2008
Film
The Handmaid's Tale
Nick
1990
Film
Benny & Joon
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1993
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tom Guthrie
1951
Film
Michael Collins
Harry Roland
1996
Film
Sarah's Key
William Rainsferd
2010
Series
Rematch
Roger Laver
2024
Film
Desperately Seeking Susan
Dez
1985
Series
The Walsh Sisters
Daddy Walsh
2025
Film
Stakeout
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
1987
Film
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Henry Dawes
2007
Film
The Assignment
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
1997
Film
In Dreams
Paul Cooper
1999
Film
Nine Lives
Henry
2005
Film
Music of the Heart
Brian
1999
Film
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Harry Vardon
2004
Film
Avalon
Jules Kaye
1990
Film
Haunted
Professor David Ash
1995
Series
The American Guest
Theodore Roosevelt
2021
Film
Return to Sender
Frank Nitzche
2004
Film
Looking for Richard
Richmond
1996
Film
Dark Matter
Jacob Reiser
2008
Film
Change in the Air
Moody Burkhart
2018
Film
The Lightkeeper
Father MacGabbhan
2026
Film
Shadow of Fear
Detective Scofield
2004
Film
A Shine of Rainbows
Alec
2009
Film
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
2000
Film
Daughter of the Bride
Bruce
2023
Film
Song for a Raggy Boy
William Franklin
2003
Film
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Henry Brown
2011
Film
Irish Chicago
Self - Host
2009
Film
This Is My Father
Kieran O'Day
1999
Film
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Charlie Wright
2010
Film
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Gen. Benedict Arnold
2003
Film
Evelyn
Nick Barron
2002
Film
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Don Day
1995
Film
Blink
Detective John Hallstrom
1993
Film
Reckless
Johnny Rourke
1984
Film
Rushlights
Cameron Brogden
2013
Film
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
1995
Hal
Professor Tigues
Film
Miracle Run
Douglas Thomas
2004
Film
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Barnet Rosset
Film
Lies of the Twins
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1991
Film
The Gettysburg Address
Theodore Parker (voice)
2025
Film
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Martin Quarrier
1991
Film
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Film
Stolen Summer
Joe O'Malley
2002
Film
The 5th Quarter
Steven Abbate
2010
Film
An Early Frost
Michael Pierson
1985
Film
The Horses of McBride
Matt Davidson
2012
Film
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
A Private Matter
Bob Finkbine
1992
Film
Perfect Witness
Samuel De Valera Paxton
1989
The Prince of Motor City
Charlie Hamilton
2008
Film
Two of Us
Paul McCartney
2000
Film
The Playboys
Tom Casey
1992
Film
32A
Frank Brennan
2007
Film
Crusoe
Crusoe
1989
Film
Proud
Commodore Alfred Lind
2004
Film
See You in My Dreams
Joe F. Brown
2004
Ages of the Moon
Film
Cavedweller
Clint Windsor
2004
Film
If I Were You
Derek
2013
Film
The Lemon Sisters
Frankie McGuinness
1989
Film
Plainsong
Tom Guthrie
2004
The Body Is Water
John Umley
Film
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Handsome Harry
Prof. Porter
2009
Film
Mayday
John Berry
2005
Film
The Last Keepers
John
2013
Film
The Eclipse
Nicholas Holden
2009
Film
Songcatcher
Tom Bledsoe
2001
Film
Commandments
Seth Warner
1997
Film
The Irish in America
Narrator
1997
The Well of Saint Nobody
Film
Muide Éire
Self
2011
Film
Stay
Dermot
2013
Film
The Exonerated
Kerry Max Cook
2006
Film
All My Sons
Chris Keller
1987
Film
Out of Ireland
Maurice Woulfe (voice)
1995
Film
Spiked
John Wilson
2021
Film
The Stand Up
Sandy
2012
Film
Festival of Lights
Adem
2012
Film
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
1997
Film
Little Audrey
Bishop Ryan
Film
From Ararat to Zion
Narrator
2009
Film
Allegiance
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
2012