Cast & creator
Aidan Quinn
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The View
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 Film and Television (IFTA) Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film for the Conor McPherson film The Eclipse (2009).
Also known as: 에이단 퀸, Айдан Куинн, آیدان کوئین
95
film credits
23
television credits
114
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (118)
Showing 118 of 118 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ben Nicholson
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Burton Lowe
1999
The View
Self
1997
Blue Bloods
Gus Vanderlip
2010
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Elementary
Thomas Gregson
2012Elementary
Director
2012
Third Watch
John Miller
1999
American Playhouse
Chris Keller
1982
White Collar
Professor George Oswald
2009
Weeds
CEO
2005
Practical Magic
Gary Hallet
1998
Wild Child
Gerry Moore
2008
Legends of the Fall
Alfred Ludlow
1994
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Night Visions
Jeremy Bell (segment "The Passenger List")
2001
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Flipped
Richard Baker
2010
The Mission
Felipe Mendoza
1986
Blacklight
Gabriel Robinson
2022
Unknown
Martin B.
2011
Jonah Hex
Ulysses S. Grant
2010
Prime Suspect
Kevin Sweeney
2011
Empire Falls
David Roby
2005
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tom Guthrie
1951
The Book of Daniel
Daniel Webster
2006
Canterbury's Law
Matt Furey
2008
Benny & Joon
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1993
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Cap. Robert Walton
1994
Desperately Seeking Susan
Dez
1985
The Handmaid's Tale
Nick
1990
Rematch
Roger Laver
2024
Sarah's Key
William Rainsferd
2010
Michael Collins
Harry Roland
1996
Stakeout
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
1987
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Henry Dawes
2007
The Walsh Sisters
Daddy Walsh
2025
The Assignment
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
1997
Music of the Heart
Brian
1999
Haunted
Professor David Ash
1995
Nine Lives
Henry
2005
The American Guest
Theodore Roosevelt
2021
In Dreams
Paul Cooper
1999
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Harry Vardon
2004
Avalon
Jules Kaye
1990
Change in the Air
Moody Burkhart
2018
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Barnet Rosset
Looking for Richard
Richmond
1996
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
2000
Daughter of the Bride
Bruce
2023
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Charlie Wright
2010
Evelyn
Nick Barron
2002
Shadow of Fear
Detective Scofield
2004
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Don Day
1995
Return to Sender
Frank Nitzche
2004
Dark Matter
Jacob Reiser
2008
This Is My Father
Kieran O'Day
1999This Is My Father
Executive Producer
1999
A Shine of Rainbows
Alec
2009
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Henry Brown
2011
The Lightkeeper
Father MacGabbhan
2026Hal
Professor Tigues
The Gettysburg Address
Theodore Parker (voice)
2025
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Martin Quarrier
1991
Reckless
Johnny Rourke
1984
Song for a Raggy Boy
William Franklin
2003
Miracle Run
Douglas Thomas
2004
Blink
Detective John Hallstrom
1993
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Gen. Benedict Arnold
2003
Lies of the Twins
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1991
Stolen Summer
Joe O'Malley
2002
Two of Us
Paul McCartney
2000
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
The 5th Quarter
Steven Abbate
2010
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
1995
Crusoe
Crusoe
1989
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Rushlights
Cameron Brogden
2013
An Early Frost
Michael Pierson
1985
The Horses of McBride
Matt Davidson
2012
Perfect Witness
Samuel De Valera Paxton
1989
The Lemon Sisters
Frankie McGuinness
1989The Prince of Motor City
Charlie Hamilton
2008
If I Were You
Derek
2013
Proud
Commodore Alfred Lind
2004
A Private Matter
Bob Finkbine
1992
Mayday
John Berry
2005
Cavedweller
Clint Windsor
2004
Irish Chicago
Self - Host
2009
See You in My Dreams
Joe F. Brown
2004The Body Is Water
John Umley
The Exonerated
Kerry Max Cook
2006Ages of the Moon
Ages of the Moon
Director
Ages of the Moon
Producer
The Well of Saint Nobody
The Eclipse
Nicholas Holden
2009
Songcatcher
Tom Bledsoe
2001
The Playboys
Tom Casey
1992
Handsome Harry
Prof. Porter
2009
32A
Frank Brennan
2007
Commandments
Seth Warner
1997
Stay
Dermot
2013
The Last Keepers
John
2013
The Irish in America
Narrator
1997
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Plainsong
Tom Guthrie
2004
Out of Ireland
Maurice Woulfe (voice)
1995
Muide Éire
Self
2011
All My Sons
Chris Keller
1987
The Stand Up
Sandy
2012
Spiked
John Wilson
2021
Festival of Lights
Adem
2012
Little Audrey
Bishop Ryan
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
1997
From Ararat to Zion
Narrator
2009
Allegiance
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
2012