Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 97
2020s
- 2026
Little Audrey
Bishop Ryan
The Lightkeeper
Father MacGabbhan
- 2025
The Walsh Sisters
Daddy Walsh · 6 episodes
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
The American Guest
Theodore Roosevelt · 4 episodes
2010s
- 2018
- 2013
Stay
Dermot
- 2012
Allegiance
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Horses of McBride
Matt Davidson
Festival of Lights
Adem
The Stand Up
Sandy
- 2011
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Henry Brown
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
A Shine of Rainbows
Alec
Handsome Harry
Prof. Porter
The Eclipse
Nicholas Holden
- 2008
Dark Matter
Jacob Reiser
Canterbury's Law
Matt Furey · 6 episodes
- 2007
32A
Frank Brennan
- 2006
The Exonerated
Kerry Max Cook
The Book of Daniel
Daniel Webster · 4 episodes
- 2005
Mayday
John Berry
- 2004
See You in My Dreams
Joe F. Brown
Cavedweller
Clint Windsor
Plainsong
Tom Guthrie
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
Songcatcher
Tom Bledsoe
- 2000
Two of Us
Paul McCartney
1990s
- 1999
Music of the Heart
Brian
This Is My Father
Kieran O'Day
- 1998
- 1997
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
Commandments
Seth Warner
- 1996
Looking for Richard
Richmond
- 1995
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
- 1994
- 1993
Blink
Detective John Hallstrom
- 1992
A Private Matter
Bob Finkbine
The Playboys
Tom Casey
- 1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Martin Quarrier
Lies of the Twins
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
The Lemon Sisters
Frankie McGuinness
Perfect Witness
Samuel De Valera Paxton
- 1987
All My Sons
Chris Keller
- 1986
- 1985
An Early Frost
Michael Pierson
- 1984
- 1982
1950s
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tom Guthrie · 1 episode
No release date
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Barnet Rosset
Produced 1
1990s
- 1999
This Is My Father
Executive Producer
Directed 1
2010s
- 2012
Appearances11
2020s
- 2023
- 2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2017
- 2011
Muide Éire
Self
2000s
- 2009
From Ararat to Zion
Narrator
Irish Chicago
Self - Host
1990s
- 1997
The Irish in America
Narrator
- 1993
1960s
- 1962
