Aidan Gillen

Movie Actor

Aidan Gillen was born in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on April 24th, 1968 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 56, Aidan Gillen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Aidan Murphy
Date of Birth
April 24, 1968
Nationality
Ireland
Place of Birth
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Age
56 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$4 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Aidan Gillen Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 56 years old, Aidan Gillen has this physical status:

Height
175cm
Weight
68kg
Hair Color
His natural hair color is “Black” but due to an advanced age, he often has few gray strands.
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Aidan Gillen Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
His religious views aren’t known publicly.
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
St. Vincent’s C.B.S.
Aidan Gillen Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Olivia O Flanagan
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Olivia O’Flanagan, Camille O’Sullivan (2015-Present)
Parents
Was an architect. He has passed away since., Was a nurse.
Siblings
Fionnuala Murphy (Older Sister) (Actress), John Paul Murphy (Older Brother) (Playwright), Patricia Murphy (Older Sister) (Teacher). He has two other older siblings.
Aidan Gillen Life

Aidan Gillen (born Aidan Murphy; 24 April 1968) is an Irish actor.

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Allen Hynek of The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2004–2009), Tommy Carcetti in the BBC One series Love/Hate (2004–2004), John Boy in the BBC One series Peaky Blinders (2007–2019), and CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Blinders (2012), and he appeared in Other Voices' seasons 10 to 13.

Gillen has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.

Early life

On April 24, 1968, Gillen was born Aidan Murphy in Dublin's Drumcondra neighborhood, the youngest of six children born to Patricia (née Gillen) and Denis Murphy. He was educated at the University of St. Vincent's C.B.S. In Dublin's Glasnevin neighborhood.

Gillen began acting as a child, performing at the National Youth Theatre at the age of fourteen and playing Nick Bottom in a revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Project Arts Centre when he was 16 years old. Aidan Murphy was already registered, so he began to use his mother's maiden name as a stage name. When he was nineteen, he moved to London.

Personal life

Gillen lives in Dublin, Ireland. When they were children, Olivia O'Flanagan was his mentor. Berry (born c. 1997) and Joe (born c. 2000) have two children. They married in 2001 and divorced in 2005.

Gillen has been in a musical collaboration with singer Camille O'Sullivan since 2014.

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Aidan Gillen Career

Career

In the Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk and its sequel, Gillen played Stuart Alan Jones, for whom he was nominated for Best Actor by the British Academy Television Award. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway appearance in Harold Pinter's book The Caretaker, and for his portrayal of Teach in David Mamet's American Buffalo's 2007 revival, he was also nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award.

Gillen was cast as Tommy Carcetti in HBO's The Wire in 2004, for which he received an Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television. According to the Sunday Tribune, he was named an "Irish cult hero" in 2008. He appeared in the 2009 film 12 Rounds, and in July of that year, he appeared in BBC2's one-off BBC2 drama Freefall. In the British drama Thorne, Phil Hendrick co-starred.

Gillen began playing Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish on HBO's Game of Thrones in 2011, earning him his second Irish Film & Television Award nomination. He appeared in seven seasons before his character was killed in the season 7 finale "The Dragon and the Wolf." In the British crime-thriller Blitz and the British horror film Wake Wood, he appeared as cop killer Barry Weiss. In the acclaimed Irish crime drama Love/Hate, he received his third Irish Film & Television Award nomination and second win.

Bill Wilson, the character's name is from the novelization, but his name is not explicitly stated in the film's script), in his first appearance in a major Hollywood film in 2012, he played CIA operative Bill Wilson (the actor's name is not revealed explicitly in the film's script). Gillen said he loved playing the part but preferred low-budget lead roles to blockbuster bit-parts. Some internet forums lauded Gillen's performance for a supposedly uncomfortable dialogue in the film's first plane scene, particularly by viewers of 4chan's /tv/ board. He then became the subject of a web meme called "Baneposting" by Wilson and Tom Hardy's character Bane in the film. Gillen appeared in the British spy drama Shadow Dancer as a host and was announced as the new host of Other Voices in the same year.

In 2013, he appeared in the BBC five-part thriller Mayday, as well as the Irish comedy-drama film Calvary the following year. He nominated Game of Thrones for Outstanding Achievement by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for a Screen Actor Guild Award. In the Maze Runner trilogy, Gillen appeared in the short film Ekki Mck created for the Valtari Mystery Film Experiment by Icelandic band Sigur Rós, as well as Janson in the second film, The Scorch Trials, and third film Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

In the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was released on 2 November 2018, Gillen played Queen's manager John Reid. In the short film "I Didn't...I Amn't..." written and directed by Irish actress Laoisa Sexton, he starred as Aidan.

From 2019 to 2020, he appeared in The History Channel's two-season series Project Blue Book. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a brilliant and undervalued college professor who has been recruited by the US Air Force to lead an operation named Project Blue Book, was portrayed by Gillen. He is accompanied by his colleague, Air Force Capt. Michael Quinn is the head of a national UFO investigation into sightings around the country.

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ITV fans claim gripping Irish crime thriller is 'better than Kin' as viewers brand the BBC series a 'poor man's version' of classic show

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
ITV fans have claimed an Irish crime thriller is 'better than' the hit Irish series Kin. While the two Irish gritty dramas resemble one another, viewers have said Kin is a 'poor man's version' of Love/ Hate.

Kin star shares disappointing update on future of show as fans are desperate for season 3

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 26, 2024
One of the stars from Irish crime drama Kin has teased the fate of the show's infamous Kinsella clan ahead of a much-anticipated third season. The RTE gangland thriller, featuring Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen and Ciaran Hinds has had viewers glued to two seasons since it debuted in 2021. Kin was an instant hit on the Irish channel, with the season two finale pulling in nearly 600,000 viewers, before both seasons were rushed onto BBC One and BBC iPlayer by February 2024.

On Demand's 20 best British thrillers to watch right now: Our analysts sift through hundreds of options to narrow down the shows to watch

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
It's all happening in British and Irish television, with big-budget John Le Carney, Cockney obsters, and murder in Calder Valley. We've compiled a list of the 20 best thrillers to watch On Demand right now, sifting through thousands of options to save you the hassle. Looking for a new series to stream? Find out which shows it's worth investing your time in...