Aidan Quinn

Acting · Born 1959-03-08 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984) and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), Wild Child (2008) and Unknown (2011). He also played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson on the CBS television series Elementary (2012–19). Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the television films An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007). Highly active in Irish cinema and the United States, Quinn is a four-time Irish…

Filmography

• Benny & Joon as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
• Legends of the Fall as Alfred Ludlow
• Practical Magic as Gary Hallet
• The Mission as Felipe Mendoza
• Flipped as Richard Baker
• Sarah's Key as William Rainsferd
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Cap. Robert Walton
• Michael Collins as Harry Roland
• Avalon as Jules Kaye
• Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)

TV

• Third Watch as John Miller
• Elementary as Thomas Gregson
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ben Nicholson
• White Collar as Professor George Oswald
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Burton Lowe
• Blue Bloods as Gus Vanderlip
• The View as Self
• The Book of Daniel as Daniel Webster
• Canterbury's Law as Matt Furey
• Night Visions as Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")