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Aidan Quinn
Highest Rated: 92% The Playboys (1992)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Mar 8, 1959
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, USA
An actor known for the depth and intensity of his performances, Aidan Quinn eschewed the typical leading man roles in favor of complex characters in projects he found artistically appealing, rather than commercially attractive. After honing his craft in the theaters of Chicago, Quinn auditioned for and won his first feature film role - the lead in the romantic melodrama "Reckless" (1984). Even as he continued to perform on stage, he added to his screen credits with a charming turn in the quirky romantic comedy "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985) and a daring portrayal of an AIDS victim in the made-for-TV drama "An Early Frost" (NBC, 1985). Quinn was endearing as a Baltimore family patriarch in "Avalon" (1990) and played put-upon brothers in films such as "Benny & Joon" (1993) and "Legends of the Fall" (1994). He was affecting as a doomed Irish farmer in love with an underage girl in "This Is My Father" (1998), and as a troubled priest on the short-lived series "The Book of Daniel" (NBC, 2005-06). Never content to be confined to a single genre or character type, Quinn moved with ease from low-key family fare like the coming-of-age drama "Flipped" (2010) to the adrenaline-fueled action of "Unknown" (2011), continuing a career that highlighted diversity over publicity.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 50% | Daughter of the Bride | Bruce (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 11% | 82% | Blacklight | Gabriel Robinson (Character) | $9.4M | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spiked | John Wilson (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 13% | 48% | Change in the Air | Moody (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | The Last Keepers | John (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 24% | 26% | Stay | Dermot (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Horses of McBride | Matt Davidson (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 28% | 64% | Rushlights | Cameron Brogden (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 13% | 55% | If I Were You | Derek (Character) | $9.2K | 2012 |
| 29% | 41% | Allegiance | Lt. Col. Owens (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Stand Up | Sandy (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 14% | 39% | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Henry Brown (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 55% | 55% | Unknown | Martin B (Character) | $63.7M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Across the Line | Charlie Wright (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 8% | No Score Yet | Festival of Lights | Adem (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 73% | 82% | Sarah's Key | William Rainsferd (Character) | $7.7M | 2010 |
| 57% | 62% | The 5th Quarter | Steven Abbate (Character) | $399.6K | 2010 |
| 55% | 79% | Flipped | Richard Baker (Character) | $1.8M | 2010 |
| 50% | 70% | A Shine of Rainbows | Alec (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 82% | 56% | Handsome Harry | Prof. Porter (Character) | $22.9K | 2009 |
| 76% | 48% | The Eclipse | Nicholas Holden (Character) | $132.4K | 2009 |
| 41% | 61% | Wild Child | Poppy's Father (Character) | $49.8K | 2008 |
| 41% | 40% | Dark Matter | Jacob Reiser (Character) | $30.0K | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Henry Dawes (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | 32A | Frank Brennan (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | The Exonerated | Kerry (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 76% | 67% | Nine Lives | Henry (Character) | $478.3K | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Mayday | Berry (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 3% | Shadow of Fear | Detective Scofield (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Miracle Run | Douglas Thomas (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Return to Sender | Frank Nitzche (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Cavedweller | Clint Windsor (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 27% | 62% | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Harry Vardon (Character) | $2.7M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Plainsong | Tom Guthrie (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 67% | 89% | Song for a Raggy Boy | William Franklin (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor | Gen. Benedict Arnold (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 64% | 78% | Evelyn | Nick Barron (Character) | $1.4M | 2002 |
| 36% | 66% | Stolen Summer | Joe O'Malley (Character) | $119.8K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | See You In My Dreams | Joe F. Brown (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 74% | 77% | Songcatcher | Tom Bledsoe (Character) | $3.1M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Prince and the Pauper | Miles Hendon (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Two of Us | Paul McCartney (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 64% | 72% | Music of the Heart | Brian Turner (Character) | $14.8M | 1999 |
| 25% | 40% | In Dreams | Paul Cooper (Character) | $11.9M | 1999 |
| 75% | 81% | This Is My Father |
Kieran O'Day (Character), Executive Producer |
$1.1M | 1998 |
| 24% | 73% | Practical Magic | Officer Gary Hallet (Character) | $46.8M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | Henry Morton Stanley (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 62% | 61% | The Assignment |
Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez/ |
$540.1K | 1997 |
| 24% | 37% | Commandments | Seth Warner (Character) | $528.0K | 1997 |
| 83% | 79% | Looking for Richard | Richmond (Character) | $1.4M | 1996 |
| 78% | 84% | Michael Collins | Harry Boland (Character) | $11.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Pacino - An Actor's Vision | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 50% | 42% | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Don Day (Character) | $71.7K | 1995 |
| 80% | 51% | Haunted | Prof. David Ash (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 67% | 51% | Blink | Detective John Hallstrom (Character) | $16.7M | 1994 |
| 42% | 49% | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Capt. Robert Walton (Character) | $22.0M | 1994 |
| 59% | 87% | Legends of the Fall | Alfred Ludlow (Character) | $63.2M | 1994 |
| 76% | 85% | Benny & Joon | Benjamin "Benny" Pearl (Character) | $23.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | A Private Matter | Bob Finkbine (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 92% | 53% | The Playboys | Tom Casey (Character) | $4.9M | 1992 |
| 57% | 74% | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Martin Quarrier (Character) | $1.3M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lies of the Twins |
James McEwan/ |
- | 1991 |
| 32% | 43% | The Handmaid's Tale | Nick (Character) | $1.2M | 1990 |
| 86% | 78% | Avalon | Jules Kaye (Character) | $14.9M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Perfect Witness | Sam Paxton (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 11% | 19% | The Lemon Sisters | Frankie McGuinness (Character) | $3.0M | 1989 |
| 62% | 43% | Crusoe | Crusoe (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 89% | 56% | Stakeout | Richard "Stick" Montgomery (Character) | $65.4M | 1987 |
| 64% | 87% | The Mission | Felipe (Character) | $17.2M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All My Sons | Chris Keller (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 84% | 62% | Desperately Seeking Susan | Dez (Character) | $24.4M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | An Early Frost | Michael Pierson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 0% | 69% | Reckless | Johnny Rourke (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Detective Gus Vanderlip (Guest Star) | 2024 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Burton Lowe (Guest Star) | 2007 2021-2022 |
| 95% | 89% | Elementary |
Capt. Tobias "Toby" Gregson (Character), Director |
2012-2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2013 |
| 84% | 80% | Prime Suspect | Lt. Kevin Sweeney (Character) | 2011-2012 |
| 70% | 80% | Weeds | CEO (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 96% | 92% | White Collar | Professor George Oswald (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 58% | No Score Yet | Canterbury's Law | Matt Furey (Character) | 2008 |
| 54% | No Score Yet | The Book of Daniel | Rev. Daniel Webster (Character) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire Falls | David Roby (Character) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Visions | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |