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Aidan Turner

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Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He began his career in the RTÉ medical drama The Clinic (2008–2009) and the BBC series Desperate Romantics (2009). He later gained attention for co-starring as one of the main leads in the popular BBC Three series Being Human (2009–2011), and for playing the dwarf Kíli in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), before starring as Ross Poldark in Poldark (2015–2019). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Aidan Turner is the 9,493rd most popular actor (down from 8,004th in 2024), the 396th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 347th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Aidan Turner ranks 9,493 out of 13,578. Before him are Jeong Yu-mi, Moushumi Chatterjee, Geoffrey Palmer, Josh O'Connor, Jeff Rawle, and Brett Gelman. After him are Taraneh Alidoosti, Paul Schulze, Lamont Johnson, Darby Stanchfield, Alessandra Rosaldo, and Naohito Fujiki.

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Among people born in 1983, Aidan Turner ranks 341. Before him are Jelena Tomašević, Federico Marchetti, Mike Hanke, Yuya Funatsu, Verónica Echegui, and Takuro Okuyama. After him are Matt Lanter, Tiffany Tang, Katrin Siska, Andy Lonergan, Kanako Ito, and Travis Pastrana.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Aidan Turner ranks 396 out of 549. Before him are Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), Glen Hansard (1970), Stephen Gately (1976), Shane Filan (1979), and Genevieve O'Reilly (1977). After him are Padraic Colum (1881), John Redmond (1856), Nicky Byrne (1978), Sandie Jones (1954), Louis Walsh (1952), and Ardal O'Hanlon (1965).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Aidan Turner ranks 59. Before him are Orla Brady (1961), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), Robert Sheehan (1988), Kerry Condon (1983), and Genevieve O'Reilly (1977). After him are Ardal O'Hanlon (1965), Jessie Buckley (1989), Glenn Quinn (1970), A. J. Buckley (1977), Dominique McElligott (1986), and Allen Leech (1981).

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