Aidan Quinn
Highest Rated: 92% The Playboys (1992)
Lowest Rated: 8% Festival of Lights (2012)
Birthday: Mar 8, 1959
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
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11% | Change in the Air | Moody | — | 2018 |
| 24% | Stay | Dermot | — | 2014 |
| 26% | Rushlights | Cameron Brogden | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Last Keepers | John Carver | — | 2013 |
| 29% | Allegiance | Colonel Owens | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Christmas Rescue (The Horses Of Mcbride) | Matt Davidson | — | 2012 |
| 8% | Festival of Lights | Adem | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | The Stand Up | Sandy | — | 2012 |
| 13% | If I Were You | Derek | $9.7K | 2012 |
| 13% | The Greening Of Whitney Brown | Henry Brown | — | 2011 |
| 72% | Sarah's Key | William Rainsferd | $7.7M | 2011 |
| 57% | The 5th Quarter | Steven Abbate | $0.4M | 2011 |
| 55% | Unknown | Martin B. | $63.7M | 2011 |
| 55% | Flipped | Richard Baker | $1.8M | 2010 |
| 12% | Jonah Hex | President Grant | $10.6M | 2010 |
| 44% | A Shine of Rainbows | Alec | — | 2010 |
| 81% | Handsome Harry | Professor Porter | — | 2010 |
| 75% | The Eclipse | Nicholas Holden | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Charlie Wright | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Prince and the Pauper | Actor | — | 2009 |
| 41% | Wild Child | Gerry | — | 2008 |
| 40% | Dark Matter | Reiser | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 32A | Frank Brennan | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Sen. Henry Dawes | — | 2007 |
| 75% | Nine Lives | Henry | $0.2M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Mayday | John Berry | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Empire Falls | David Roby | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Convicted | Frank Nitzche | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | The Exonerated | Kerry Max Cook | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Proud | Commodore Alfred Lind | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Miracle Run | Doug Thomas | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Shadow of Fear | Det. Scofield | — | 2004 |
| 26% | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Harry Vardon | $2.6M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Plainsong | Tom Guthrie | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | See You In My Dreams | Joe | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Cavedweller | Clint | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor | Benedict Arnold | — | 2003 |
| 67% | Song for a Raggy Boy | William Franklin | — | 2003 |
| 64% | Evelyn | Nick Barron | $1.4M | 2002 |
| 36% | Stolen Summer | Joe O'Malley | $0.2M | 2002 |
| 74% | Songcatcher | Tom | $1.7M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | The Prince and the Pauper | Miles | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Two of Us | Paul McCartney | — | 2000 |
| 63% | Music of the Heart | Brian | — | 1999 |
| 75% | This Is My Father | Executive Producer Kieran O'Dea | — | 1999 |
| 24% | In Dreams | Paul Cooper | — | 1999 |
| 21% | Practical Magic | Gary | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Forbidden Territory: Search for Livingstone | Stanley | — | 1997 |
| 60% | The Assignment | Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez/Carlos | — | 1997 |
| 24% | Commandments | Seth Warner | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America, Vol. II | Narrator | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America, Vol. I | Narrator | — | 1997 |
| 81% | Looking for Richard | Richmond | — | 1996 |
| 77% | Michael Collins | Harry Boland | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Pacino - An Actor's Vision | Actor | — | 1996 |
| 80% | Haunted | David Ash | — | 1995 |
| 50% | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Don Day | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | The Irish in America | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 58% | Legends of the Fall | Alfred Ludlow | — | 1994 |
| 38% | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Capt. Walton | — | 1994 |
| 63% | Blink | Det. John Hallstrom | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Out of Ireland | Actor | — | 1994 |
| 71% | Benny & Joon | Benny Pearl | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | A Private Matter | Bob | — | 1992 |
| 92% | The Playboys | Tom Casey | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Lies of the Twins | Jonathan/James | — | 1991 |
| 57% | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Martin Quarrier | — | 1991 |
| 83% | Avalon | Jules Kaye | — | 1990 |
| 28% | The Handmaid's Tale | Nick | — | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Perfect Witness | Sam Paxton | — | 1989 |
| 14% | The Lemon Sisters | Frankie McGuinness | — | 1989 |
| 67% | Crusoe | Crusoe | — | 1988 |
| 88% | Stakeout | 'Stick' Montgomery | — | 1987 |
| 64% | The Mission | Felipe | — | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | American Playhouse | Chris | — | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | An Early Frost | Michael Pierson | — | 1985 |
| 83% | Desperately Seeking Susan | Dez | $27.5M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Reckless | Johnny Rourke | — | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 96% |
Elementary 2012-2019 |
Producer Director Tobias "Toby" Gregson Tommy Gregson |
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 |
| 83% |
Prime Suspect 2011-2012 |
Lt. Kevin Sweeney |
2012 2011 |
| 70% |
Weeds 2005-2012 |
Foster Klein |
2011 |
| 96% |
White Collar 2009-2014 |
2010 2009 |
|
| 58% |
Canterbury's Law 2008 |
Matt Furey |
2008 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 |
Ben Nicholson |
2007 |
| 54% |
The Book of Daniel 2006 |
Daniel Webster |
2006 |
| No Score Yet |
Third Watch 1999-2005 |
Miller John Miller |
2005 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Night Visions 2001-2002 |
Jeremy Bell |
2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Ken Burns' Baseball 1994-2010 |
Voice |
1994 |
| No Score Yet |
American Playhouse 1982-1996 |
Chris |
1987 |
| No Score Yet |
Elementary |
Tobias "Toby" Gregson Tommy Gregson |
QUOTES FROM Aidan Quinn CHARACTERS
Johnny Rourke says: "Are you with me or not?"
Johnny Rourke says: Are you with me or not?
Alfred Ludlow says: 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 says: Did you or your sister kill James Angelov?
Sally Owens says: Yeah, a couple of times.
Gary Hallet says: What was that, Sally? That was him, wasn't it? Is he gone or what?
Sally Owens says: 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 says: 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 says: Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life.
Sam says: I'm Sam.
Benny Pearl says: So I hear. I'm Benny.
Sam says: With an 'n'?
Benny Pearl says: Yea two of 'em. This is Joon.
Juniper "Joon" Pearl says: One. You're out of your tree.
Sam says: It's not my tree
Sam says: It's not my tree.
Sam says: How sick is she?
Benny Pearl says: She's plenty sick. Now listen to me, I've been doin' some thinkin'...
Sam says: Because, you know, it seems to me that, I mean, except for being a little mentally ill, she's pretty normal.
Gary Hallet says: Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life.