Aidan Gillen

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Aidan Gillen, born Aidan Murphy, (24 April 1968) in Dublin, is an Irish actor. [1]

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, daughter Berry and son Joe.

[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."

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