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Personal info | Biography | Trivia | Filmography | Pictures |
| Name | Aidan Gillen | Date of birth | 24 April 1968 |
| Marital status | Married to Olivia O Flanagan' | Birthplace | Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland |
| Personal links | Official site | ||
Aidan began acting in plays as a teenager in his native Dublin, the city where his sister was also an actress. At age 19, he decided to move to London in the hopes of finding more opportunities. His first paid job -- four lines -- was alongside Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins in the 1987 feature film "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne."
That same year he landed another bit part in "The Courier." Both spots were billed under his birth name of Aidan Murphy. His first important break came in a production of "Handful of Stars" at the Bush Theatre in West London. From there, it was just a short walk to the BBC Television Centre where he found roles in several BBC dramas and simultaneously began racking up significant theatrical credits.
Aidan's early BBC credits include: "A View of Harry Clarke," Danny Boyle’s "Killing Time," "Debs," "The Visitor," "First Communion Day," and a small role as Marine Wilcox in 1992's "An Ungentlemanly Act" (Union Pictures). In 1995, Aidan offered his voice to Penguin Highbridge Audio, in a three-hour narration of Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha."
Later in 1998 he would again lend his voice to the Audiofile Earphones Award winning cassettes "Irish Short Stories" by Colm Toibin. On the tapes, Aidan, Kate Binchy, Anthony Jackson and Fiona Shaw read works from a host of Ireland's most celebrated writers
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His Bith Name Is Aidan Murphy
Brown haired Irish actor who got his big break in the controversial, highly acclaimed TV series "Queer as Folk" (1999).
Now lives in North London with girlfriend Olivia and their children, daughter Berry and son Joe. [2001]
Mother is a nurse and father a draughtsman.
Has a sister, who is also an actress.
Quotes:
"I want to do all kinds of different things. I don't want to be in rubbish though. I'd rather be in something small that’s good than something that pays a little money and its rubbish."
"I just want to play exciting parts. I pick and choose what I do. And I'll always do that."
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| Year | Title | Character |
| 2003 | Photo Finish | |
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights | Lord Nelson Rathbone |
| 2002 | The final curtain | Dave Turner |
| 2001 | "Dice" | Glenn Taylor |
| 2001 | My Kingdom | Puttnam |
| 2000 | Lorna Doone | Carver Doone |
| 2000 | Darkling, The | Jeff Obold |
| 2000 | The low down | Frank |
| 2000 | Queer as Folk 2 | Stuart Alan Jones |
| 1999 | Buddy Boy | Francis |
| 1999 | Queer as Folk | Stuart Alan Jones |
| 1997 | Mojo | Baby |
| 1996 | Gold in the Streets | Paddy |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Gerard Quigley |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Aidan |
| 1993 | Belfry | Dominic |
| 1993Tony | A handful of stars | |
| 1993 | Safe | Gypo |
| 1992 | An ungentlemanly act | Marine Wilcox |
| 1988 | The courier | |
| 1988 | The lonely passion of Judith Hearne | |
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