Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born March 8, 1959
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).
MovieThe Lightkeeper
2026
as Father MacGabbhan
MovieThe Gettysburg Address
2025
as Theodore Parker (voice)
TVThe Walsh Sisters
2025
as Daddy Walsh
TVRematch
2024
as Roger Laver
MovieDaughter of the Bride
2023
as Bruce
MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
MovieBlacklight
2022
as Gabriel Robinson
TVThe American Guest
2021
as Theodore Roosevelt
MovieSpiked
2021
as John Wilson
MovieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieChange in the Air
2018
as Moody Burkhart
MovieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStay
2013
as Dermot
MovieRushlights
2013
as Cameron Brogden
MovieIf I Were You
2013
as Derek
MovieThe Last Keepers
2013
as John
MovieAllegiance
2012
as Lieutenant Colonel Owens
MovieThe Horses of McBride
2012
as Matt Davidson
MovieFestival of Lights
2012
as Adem
TVElementary
2012
as Thomas Gregson
MovieThe Stand Up
2012
as Sandy
MovieThe Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Henry Brown
MovieMuide Éire
2011
as Self
TVPrime Suspect
2011
as Kevin Sweeney
MovieUnknown
2011
as Martin B.
MovieAcross the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Charlie Wright
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Gus Vanderlip
MovieSarah's Key
2010
as William Rainsferd
MovieFlipped
2010
as Richard Baker
MovieJonah Hex
2010
as Ulysses S. Grant
MovieThe 5th Quarter
2010
as Steven Abbate
TVWhite Collar
2009
as Professor George Oswald
MovieA Shine of Rainbows
2009
as Alec
MovieFrom Ararat to Zion
2009
as Narrator
MovieHandsome Harry
2009
as Prof. Porter
MovieThe Eclipse
2009
as Nicholas Holden
MovieIrish Chicago
2009
as Self - Host
MovieWild Child
2008
as Gerry Moore
The Prince of Motor City
2008
as Charlie Hamilton
MovieDark Matter
2008
as Jacob Reiser
TVCanterbury's Law
2008
as Matt Furey
Movie32A
2007
as Frank Brennan
MovieBury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Henry Dawes
MovieThe Exonerated
2006
as Kerry Max Cook
TVThe Book of Daniel
2006
as Daniel Webster
MovieMayday
2005
as John Berry
MovieNine Lives
2005
as Henry
TVWeeds
2005
as CEO
TVEmpire Falls
2005
as David Roby
MovieReturn to Sender
2004
as Frank Nitzche
MovieShadow of Fear
2004
as Detective Scofield
MovieMiracle Run
2004
as Douglas Thomas
MovieProud
2004
as Commodore Alfred Lind
MovieSee You in My Dreams
2004
as Joe F. Brown
MovieCavedweller
2004
as Clint Windsor
MovieBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
as Harry Vardon
MoviePlainsong
2004
as Tom Guthrie
MovieSong for a Raggy Boy
2003
as William Franklin
MovieBenedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
MovieEvelyn
2002
as Nick Barron
MovieStolen Summer
2002
as Joe O'Malley
TVNight Visions
2001
as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
MovieSongcatcher
2001
as Tom Bledsoe
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Miles Hendon
MovieTwo of Us
2000
as Paul McCartney
MovieMusic of the Heart
1999
as Brian
TVThird Watch
1999
as John Miller
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ben Nicholson
MovieThis Is My Father
1999
as Kieran O'Day
MovieIn Dreams
1999
as Paul Cooper
MoviePractical Magic
1998
as Gary Hallet
MovieForbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as Henry Morton Stanley
MovieThe Assignment
1997
as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieCommandments
1997
as Seth Warner
MovieThe Irish in America
1997
as Narrator
MovieMichael Collins
1996
as Harry Roland
MovieLooking for Richard
1996
as Richmond
MovieLumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
MovieHaunted
1995
as Professor David Ash
MovieThe Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Don Day
MovieOut of Ireland
1995
as Maurice Woulfe (voice)
MovieLegends of the Fall
1994
as Alfred Ludlow
MovieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Cap. Robert Walton
TVBaseball
1994
as (voice)
MovieBlink
1993
as Detective John Hallstrom
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieBenny & Joon
1993
as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
MovieA Private Matter
1992
as Bob Finkbine
MovieThe Playboys
1992
as Tom Casey
MovieAt Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
as Martin Quarrier
MovieLies of the Twins
1991
as James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
MovieAvalon
1990
as Jules Kaye
MovieThe Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Nick
MovieThe Lemon Sisters
1989
as Frankie McGuinness
MoviePerfect Witness
1989
as Samuel De Valera Paxton
MovieCrusoe
1989
as Crusoe
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieStakeout
1987
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
MovieAll My Sons
1987
as Chris Keller
MovieThe Mission
1986
as Felipe Mendoza
MovieAn Early Frost
1985
as Michael Pierson
MovieDesperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Dez
MovieReckless
1984
as Johnny Rourke
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Chris Keller
TVThe Late Late Show
1962
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tom Guthrie
The Well of Saint Nobody
MovieButterfly in the Typewriter
as Barnet Rosset
Ages of the Moon
The Body Is Water
as John Umley
Little Audrey
as Bishop Ryan
Hal
as Professor Tigues
