Person Details

Birthday: 1959-03-08 00:23:11

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago - Illinois - USA

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Movie Involvements: 70

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

Biography

Aidan Quinn is an Irish-American actor. He made his film debut in 1984 in Reckless. His films include Desperately Seeking Susan, The Mission, Stakeout, Benny and Joon, Legends of the Fall, Frankenstein, and Michael Collins. Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly, in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and also worked as a bookkeeper and in the travel business, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of literature. He has three brothers and a sister. His older brother, Declan Quinn, is a noted cinematographer while his younger sister Marian is an actress, director and writer. Though a roofer by trade, Quinn got his start in the Chicago theater at age 19. He trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop. Quinn is married to the actress Elizabeth Bracco, sister of actress Lorraine Bracco. They have two daughters: Ava (b. 1989) and Mia (b. 1998), who appeared as a ghost in the supernatural love story film The Eclipse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Quinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Average
8
Elementary
Average
8

Elementary

(2012) Thomas Gregson
Baseball
Average
7

Baseball

(1994) Various (voice)
White Collar
Average
8

White Collar

(2009) Professor George Oswald
Third Watch
Average
8

Third Watch

(1999) John Miller
Flipped
Average
8

Flipped

(2010) Richard Baker
Prime Suspect
Average
7

Prime Suspect

(2011) Kevin Sweeney
Night Visions
Average
7

Night Visions

(2001) Jeremy Bell

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Daniel
Bruce
2022 Gabriel Robinson
2021 Theodore Roosevelt
John Wilson
2020 Self (archive footage)
2018 Moody Burkhart
2017 Self (archive footage)
2015 Theodore Parker (voice)
2013 Dermot
Cameron Brogden
Derek
John
2012 Lieutenant Colonel Owens
Matt Davidson
Adem
Thomas Gregson
Sandy
2011 Henry Brown
Kevin Sweeney
Martin B.
2010 Charlie Wright
William Rainsferd
Richard Baker
Ulysses S. Grant
Steven Abbate
2009 Professor George Oswald
Alec
Narrator
Prof. Porter
Nicholas Holden
Self - Host
2008 Gerry Moore
N/A
Jacob Reiser
Matt Furey
2007 Frank Brennan
Henry Dawes
2006 Kerry Max Cook
Daniel Webster
2005 John Berry
Henry
CEO
David Roby
2004 Frank Nitzche
Detective Scofield
Douglas Thomas
Joe F. Brown
Clint Windsor
Harry Vardon
Tom Guthrie
2003 William Franklin
Gen. Benedict Arnold
2002 Nick Barron
Joe O'Malley
2001 Jeremy Bell
Tom Bledsoe
2000 Miles Hendon
Paul McCartney
1999 Brian
John Miller
Ben Nicholson
Burton Lowe
Kieran O'Day
Paul Cooper
1998 Gary Hallet
1997 Henry Morton Stanley
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Self
Seth Warner
1996 Harry Roland
Richmond
1995 N/A
Prof. David Ash
Don Day
1994 Alfred Ludlow
Cap. Robert Walton
Various (voice)
1993 Detective John Hallstrom
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1992 Bob Finkbine
Tom Casey
1991 Martin Quarrier
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
1990 Jules Kaye
Nick
1989 Frankie McGuinness
Sam Paxton
1988 N/A
Crusoe
1987 Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Chris Keller
1986 Felipe Mendoza
1985 Michael Pierson
Dez
1984 Johnny Rourke
1951 Tom Guthrie
Barnet Rosset
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1999 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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