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Aidan Gillen

1968 - Today

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Aidan Murphy (born 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017); Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); Milo Sunter in Mayor of Kingstown (2021–2024); and Frank Kinsella in Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include Lord Nathan Rathbone in Shanghai Knights (2003), a CIA operative in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dr. Frank Harte in Calvary (2014), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in Sing Street (2016), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aidan Gillen is the 2,211th most popular actor (up from 2,697th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 129th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Aidan Gillen ranks 2,211 out of 13,578. Before him are Mitch Pileggi, Jean Carmet, Evangeline Lilly, Jim Beaver, Anna Gunn, and Marton Csokas. After him are Vernon Dobtcheff, Tony Goldwyn, Sherilyn Fenn, Philip Baker Hall, Vince Vaughn, and Katie Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Aidan Gillen ranks 83. Before him are Matt Le Tissier, Euronymous, Michael Kiske, Helena Christensen, Fabrizio Ravanelli, and Anna Gunn. After him are LL Cool J, Damon Albarn, Stefan Effenberg, Sam Rockwell, Robert Jarni, and Olivia Williams.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Aidan Gillen ranks 128 out of 549. Before him are Cornelius Ryan (1920), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), John Millington Synge (1871), Roy Keane (1971), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), and Patrick Pearse (1879). After him are Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), Pat McDonald (1878), Edward Bransfield (1785), Richard Montgomery (1738), and Niall Horan (1993).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Aidan Gillen ranks 18. Before him are Caitriona Balfe (1979), Edward Mulhare (1923), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), David Kelly (1929), and Fiona Shaw (1958). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), and Jack Gleeson (1992).

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