Aidan Gillen

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Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves.

He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.

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Known For

Game of Thrones

Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

The Dark Knight Rises

CIA Op

Bohemian Rhapsody

John Reid

Peaky Blinders

Aberama Gold

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Janson

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Janson

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

William "Goosefat Bill"

The Wire

Tommy Carcetti

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2027	Panic Carefully MOVIE	Self
2026	TRAD MOVIE	Self
2026	Cold War 1994 MOVIE	F.M.
2026	Gorky Resort MOVIE	Vasily Zarubin
2025	The Physician II MOVIE	Hunne
2025	Nostalgie MOVIE	Drew
2025	Re-Creation MOVIE	Hamilton Barnes
2025	London Calling MOVIE	Freddy Darby
2025	Amongst the Wolves MOVIE	Power
2024	The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs MOVIE	Self
2023	Dance First MOVIE	James Joyce
2023	Barber MOVIE	Valentine Barber
2023	Rock, Paper, Scissors TV	Steven Shadowwhispers (voice)
2022	That Dirty Black Bag TV	Butler
2021	Mayor of Kingstown TV	Milo Sunter
2021	Killers of the Cosmos TV	Self
2021	Kin TV	Frank Kinsella
2021	星际杀手 TV	Self
2021	Those Who Wish Me Dead MOVIE	Jack Blackwell
2021	Rose Plays Julie MOVIE	Peter
2019	I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't... MOVIE	Aidan
2019	Confinement MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2019	Project Blue Book TV	Allen Hynek
2018	Keepers of the Flame MOVIE	Self
2018	Bohemian Rhapsody MOVIE	John Reid
2018	We Ourselves MOVIE	Self
2018	Dave Allen at Peace MOVIE	Dave Allen
2018	Maze Runner: The Death Cure MOVIE	Janson
2017	Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms MOVIE	Littlefinger (voice)
2017	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword MOVIE	William "Goosefat Bill"
2017	The Lovers MOVIE	Robert
2017	Pickups MOVIE	Aidan
2017	When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD MOVIE	Timothy Leary
2017	Urban Myths TV	Timothy Leary
2016	Quantum Break TV	Paul Serene
2016	Sing Street MOVIE	Robert Lawlor
2016	Further Beyond MOVIE	Ambrosio O'Higgins
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials MOVIE	Janson
2015	Violet MOVIE	Narrator
2015	Still MOVIE	Carver
2015	You're Ugly Too MOVIE	Will
2015	Men of Granite MOVIE	Pelf
2015	Charlie TV	Charles J. Haughey
2014	Ambition MOVIE	Master
2014	Calvary MOVIE	Dr. Frank Harte
2013	Peaky Blinders TV	Aberama Gold
2013	Beneath the Harvest Sky MOVIE	Clayton Cote
2013	The Note MOVIE	Lars
2013	Mister John MOVIE	Gerry Devine
2013	Scrapper MOVIE	Ray
2013	Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment MOVIE	Man (Ekki Múkk)
2013	Mayday TV	Everett Newcombe
2012	Ekki múkk MOVIE	Man
2012	The Dark Knight Rises MOVIE	CIA Op
2012	Shadow Dancer MOVIE	Gerry
2012	The Good Man MOVIE	Michael
2011	Blitz MOVIE	Barry Weiss
2011	Game of Thrones TV	Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
2011	Wake Wood MOVIE	Patrick
2010	Thorne: Scaredycat MOVIE	Phil Hendricks
2010	Thorne TV	Phil Hendricks
2010	Treacle Jr. MOVIE	Aiden
2010	Love/Hate TV	John Boy Power
2010	Identity TV	DI John Bloom
2009	Freefall MOVIE	Gus
2009	12 Rounds MOVIE	Miles Jackson
2008	Blackout MOVIE	Karl
2007	The Wire: The Last Word MOVIE	Self
2007	The Wire Odyssey MOVIE	Self
2007	Tapping the Wire MOVIE	Self
2007	Walk Away and I Stumble MOVIE	Paul
2005	Willesden Confidential MOVIE	Steve Fallon
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury TV	Jimmy Colby
2005	Trouble with Sex MOVIE	Conor
2004	Photo Finish MOVIE	Joe Wilde
2003	Burning The Bed MOVIE	Stephen
2003	The Last Detective TV	Steve Fallon
2003	Shanghai Knights MOVIE	Lord Nelson Rathbone
2002	The Final Curtain MOVIE	Dave Turner
2002	The Wire TV	Tommy Carcetti
2001	Dice TV	Glenn Taylor
2001	My Kingdom MOVIE	Puttnam
2001	Lorna Doone MOVIE	Carver Doone
2001	The Low Down MOVIE	Frank
2000	Lorna Doone TV	Carver Doone
2000	The Darkling MOVIE	Jeff Obold
2000	Buddy Boy MOVIE	Francis
2000	The Second Death MOVIE	Pool Player
1999	Queer as Folk TV	Stuart Jones
1997	Mojo MOVIE	Baby
1997	Gold In The Streets MOVIE	Paddy
1997	Amazing Grace MOVIE	Frank
1996	Some Mother's Son MOVIE	Gerard Quigley
1995	Circle of Friends MOVIE	Aidan Lynch
1993	Safe MOVIE	Gypo
1992	An Ungentlemanly Act MOVIE	Marine Wilcox
1991	Killing Time MOVIE	Harry
1991	In Suspicious Circumstances TV	James Crozier
1989	A View of Harry Clark MOVIE	Martin Kemp (as Adrian Murphy)
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot TV	Amyas Crale
1988	The Courier MOVIE	Prostitute Boy
1988	The Play on One TV	Harry
1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne MOVIE	Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
1985	The Drip MOVIE	Self
1984	The Bill TV	Jeff Barratt
	James and Lucia MOVIE	James Joyce
	Driver MOVIE	Dickinson
	Tall Tales & Murder TV	Self
	Other Voices TV	Host — Presenter

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