Acting
Aidan Quinn
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).
Movies with Aidan Quinn
Legends of the Fall
1994
Flipped
2010
Practical Magic
1998
Wild Child
2008
Unknown
2011
Blacklight
2022
The Mission
1986
Hal
Jonah Hex
2010
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Looking for Richard
1996
Stakeout
1987
Benny & Joon
1993
Sarah's Key
2010
Michael Collins
1996
The Assignment
1997
Avalon
1990
Stolen Summer
2002
Haunted
1995
Nine Lives
2005
Music of the Heart
1999
Shadow of Fear
2004
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Rushlights
2013
In Dreams
1999
Miracle Run
2004
The Lightkeeper
2026
The Playboys
1992
An Early Frost
1985
Evelyn
2002
Return to Sender
2004
Blink
1993
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
Dark Matter
2008
The Last Keepers
2013
Out of Ireland
1995
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
If I Were You
2013
Handsome Harry
2009
Lumière & Company
1995
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
Irish Chicago
2009
The Exonerated
2006
The 5th Quarter
2010
This Is My Father
1999
Reckless
1984
Two of Us
2000
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Change in the Air
2018
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003
A Private Matter
1992
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
The Eclipse
2009
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
The Body Is Water
The Lemon Sisters
1989
Perfect Witness
1989
Lies of the Twins
1991
Daughter of the Bride
2023
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Crusoe
1989
Little Audrey
32A
2007
All My Sons
1987
Commandments
1997
Ages of the Moon
Muide Éire
2011
Proud
2004
Stay
2013
The Stand Up
2012
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Mayday
2005
The Horses of McBride
2012
Cavedweller
2004
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Plainsong
2004
Songcatcher
2001
The Prince of Motor City
2008
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
See You in My Dreams
2004
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
The Irish in America
1997
The Well of Saint Nobody
From Ararat to Zion
2009
Festival of Lights
2012
Spiked
2021
Allegiance
2012
TV Shows with Aidan Quinn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
White Collar
2009
The View
1997
Third Watch
1999
Weeds
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Baseball
1994
Night Visions
2001
The Late Late Show
1962
Empire Falls
2005
Rematch
2024
The Book of Daniel
2006
Prime Suspect
2011
Canterbury's Law
2008
The Walsh Sisters
2025
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The American Guest
2021