Aidan Quinn
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Birthplace:
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Born in Chicago to Irish parents, Quinn spent much of his youth in Ireland, where he first became interested in acting. At age 19 he returned to Chicago and became involved in several local theater groups. His onstage debut came in a production of The Man in 60, after which he appeared in many plays, including Hamlet in Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theater. Quinn then moved to New York, where he first appeared off-Broadway in Sam Shepard's Fool For Love. Following several other acclaimed performances, he landed his first big-screen role, as a low-class biker in Reckless (1984), which costarred Daryl Hannah. His second film, the highly-successful comedy Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), made him familiar to an international audience; he gained further exposure in the role of an AIDS victim in the TV movie An Early Frost (1985), for which he received an Emmy. Since then, he has appeared steadily in high-quality feature films, usually in challenging supporting roles.
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Highest Rated Movies
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91%
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88%
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87%
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83%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| 25% | Stay |
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— | 2014 |
| 22% | Rushlights |
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— | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Last Keepers |
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— | 2013 |
| 29% | Allegiance |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Christmas Rescue (The Horses Of Mcbride) |
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— | 2012 |
| 9% | Festival of Lights |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | The Stand Up |
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— | 2012 |
| 9% | If I Were You |
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$9.7k | 2012 |
| 13% | The Greening Of Whitney Brown |
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— | 2011 |
| 72% | Sarah's Key |
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$7.7M | 2011 |
| 50% | The 5th Quarter |
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$0.4M | 2011 |
| 56% | Unknown |
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$63.7M | 2011 |
| 55% | Flipped |
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$1.8M | 2010 |
| 12% | Jonah Hex |
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$10.6M | 2010 |
| 44% | A Shine of Rainbows |
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— | 2010 |
| 80% | Handsome Harry |
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— | 2010 |
| 75% | The Eclipse |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Prince and the Pauper |
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— | 2009 |
| 42% | Wild Child |
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— | 2008 |
| 40% | Dark Matter |
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— | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 32A |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | If I Were You |
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— | 2006 |
| 75% | Nine Lives |
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$0.2M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Mayday |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Empire Falls |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Convicted |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | The Exonerated |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Convicted |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Proud |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Miracle Run |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Shadow of Fear |
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— | 2004 |
| 26% | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius |
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$2.6M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | See You In My Dreams |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Cavedweller |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Plainsong |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor |
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— | 2003 |
| 67% | Song for a Raggy Boy |
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— | 2003 |
| 64% | Evelyn |
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$1.4M | 2002 |
| 36% | Stolen Summer |
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$0.2M | 2002 |
| 74% | Songcatcher |
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$1.7M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | The Prince and the Pauper |
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— | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Two of Us |
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— | 2000 |
| 63% | Music of the Heart |
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— | 1999 |
| 75% | This Is My Father |
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— | 1999 |
| 25% | In Dreams |
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— | 1999 |
| 20% | Practical Magic |
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— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Forbidden Territory: Search for Livingstone |
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— | 1997 |
| 60% | The Assignment |
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— | 1997 |
| 19% | Commandments |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America, Vol. II |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America, Vol. I |
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— | 1997 |
| 81% | Looking for Richard |
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— | 1996 |
| 78% | Michael Collins |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Pacino - An Actor's Vision |
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— | 1996 |
| 80% | Haunted |
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— | 1995 |
| 44% | The Stars Fell on Henrietta |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America |
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— | 1995 |
| 56% | Legends of the Fall |
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— | 1994 |
| 39% | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein |
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— | 1994 |
| 62% | Blink |
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— | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Out of Ireland |
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— | 1994 |
| 75% | Benny & Joon |
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— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | A Private Matter |
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— | 1992 |
| 91% | The Playboys |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Lies of the Twins |
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— | 1991 |
| 50% | At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
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— | 1991 |
| 83% | Avalon |
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— | 1990 |
| 31% | The Handmaid's Tale |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Perfect Witness |
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— | 1989 |
| 14% | The Lemon Sisters |
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— | 1989 |
| 67% | Crusoe |
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— | 1988 |
| 87% | Stakeout |
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— | 1987 |
| 65% | The Mission |
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— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | American Playhouse |
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— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | An Early Frost |
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— | 1985 |
| 88% | Desperately Seeking Susan |
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$27.4M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Reckless |
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— | 1984 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| 95% |
Elementary
2012
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| 83% |
Prime Suspect
2011-2012
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| 77% |
Weeds
2005-2012
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| 100% |
White Collar
2009-2014
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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| No Score Yet |
Elementary
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Quotes from Aidan Quinn's Characters
| Johnny Rourke: | "Are you with me or not?" |
| Johnny Rourke: | Are you with me or not? |
| Alfred Ludlow: | I followed all of the rules, man's and God's. And you, you followed none of them. And they all loved you more. Samuel, Father, and my... even my own wife. |
| Gary Hallet: | Did you or your sister kill James Angelov? |
| Sally Owens: | Yeah, a couple of times. |
| Gary Hallet: | What was that, Sally? That was him, wasn't it? Is he gone or what? |
| Sally Owens: | Yes, you killed his spirit, but I know I took his life. I'll tell you all need to know. I'll tell you how I did it, where I buried him, what I did it with. I'll tell you how... |
| Gary Hallet: | Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on just a goddamn second, all right? One step at a time. I took on oath to uphold the law. I came here to bring in the bad guy because generally that's what I do. You asked me how many times I read your letter. I must've read it about a thousand times. I know now, it was your letter anything else that brought me here. It was you. And I'm all mixed-up about that. |
| Gary Hallet: | Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life. |
| Sam: | I'm Sam. |
| Benny Pearl: | So I hear. I'm Benny. |
| Sam: | With an 'n'? |
| Benny Pearl: | Yea two of 'em. This is Joon. |
| Juniper "Joon" Pearl: | One. You're out of your tree. |
| Sam: | It's not my tree |
| Sam: | It's not my tree. |
| Sam: | How sick is she? |
| Benny Pearl: | She's plenty sick. Now listen to me, I've been doin' some thinkin'... |
| Sam: | Because, you know, it seems to me that, I mean, except for being a little mentally ill, she's pretty normal. |
| Gary Hallet: | Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life. |