Aidan Gillen

Biography

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), 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); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves. He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Game of Thrones

as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

The Dark Knight Rises

as CIA Op

Bohemian Rhapsody

as John Reid

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

as Janson

Peaky Blinders

as Aberama Gold

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

as Janson

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

as William "Goosefat Bill"

The Wire

as Tommy Carcetti

Sing Street

as Robert Lawlor

Shanghai Knights

as Lord Nelson Rathbone