Acting · Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland · Born June 19, 1983
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.
MovieNational Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
as Vicomte de Valmont
TVRivals: The Official Podcast
2026
as Self
TVRivals
2024
as Declan O'Hara
TVFifteen-Love
2023
as Glenn Lapthorn
TVThe Diplomat
2023
as Callum Ellis
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
TVThe Suspect
2022
as Joe O'Loughlin
TVToast of Tinseltown
2022
as Barney
TVLeonardo
2021
as Leonardo da Vinci
MovieLove Is Blind
2019
as Russell
MovieThe Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
as Calvin Barr
MovieLoving Vincent
2017
as Boatman
MovieThe Secret Scripture
2017
as Jack McNulty
MoviePoldark Revealed
2016
as Self / Ross Poldark
TVAnd Then There Were None
2015
as Philip Lombard
TVPoldark
2015
as Ross Poldark
MovieThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Kili
TVTyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
2014
as Brad
MovieThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Kili
MovieThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
as Luke Garroway
MovieThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Kili
MovieHattie
2011
as John Schofield
TVDesperate Romantics
2009
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
TVBeing Human
2009
as John Mitchell
MovieAlarm
2008
as Mal
TVThe Tudors
2007
as Bedoli
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
MovieGrendel
as Unferth
MovieThe Way of the Wind
as Andrew
