Aidan Gillen

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Aidan Gillen, born Aidan Murphy, (24 April 1968) in Dublin, is an Irish actor.

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Gillen began his acting career as a teenager with Dublin Youth Theatre, before moving to London, where he now lives. He is best known in England for his role as Stuart Alan Jones in the ground-breaking British television series, Queer as Folk, and its sequel, Queer as Folk 2. American audiences know him best for his role as Tommy Carcetti in HBO's television series The Wire.

Gillen was nominated for a Tony Award for his highly acclaimed Broadway role in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 2003.

He lives in North London with his wife Olivia and their two children.

[edit] Filmography

• Guns, Money and Homecooking (2005) (announced) as Tony
• Walk Away and I Stumble (2005) (TV) as Paul
• Trouble with Sex (2005) as Conor
• The Wire (2002) TV Series as Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' J. Carcetti (2004-present)
• Poirot: Five Little Pigs (2003) (TV) as Amyas Crale
• Burning The Bed (2003) as Stephen
• Shanghai Knights (2003) as Lord Nelson Rathbone
• Photo Finish (2003)
• The Final Curtain (2002) as Dave Turner
• Dice (2001) (mini) TV Series as Glenn Taylor
• My Kingdom (2001) as Puttnam
• Lorna Doone (2000) (TV) as Carver Doone
• The Darkling (2000) (TV) as Jeff Obold
• The Low Down (2000) as Frank
• The Second Death (2000) as Pool player 1
• Queer as Folk 2 (2000) (TV) as Stuart Alan Jones
• Buddy Boy (1999) as Francis
• Queer as Folk (1999) TV Series as Stuart Alan Jones
• Amazing Grace (1998) as Young Man
• Mojo (1997) as Baby
• Some Mother's Son (1996) as Gerard Quigley ... aka Sons and Warriors (video catalogue title)
• Gold in the Streets (1996) as Paddy
• Circle of Friends (1995) as Aidan (With Minnie Driver)
• Safe (1993) (TV) as Gypo ... aka Screenplay: Safe (UK: series title)
• Belfry (1993) (TV) as Dominic
• A Handful of Stars (1993) (TV) as Tony
• An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV) as Marine Wilcox
• The Courier (1988)
• The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) (credited as Aidan Murphy)

[edit] Quotes

• "I like the characters I play to be as different as possible. I don't want to be easily recognizable as one thing or another."
• "It's the opposite of child-birth. First you get the baby, THEN you get fucked!"
• "You know those mass-produced pictures of crying boys? I feel like that sometimes. Cheap, bruised."

[edit] External links

• Aidan Gillen at the Internet Movie Database
• aidan-gillen.com, a comprehensive fan site with which Gillen appears to co-operate.