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Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is known for his portrayal of Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–present), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Aberama Gold in the BBC One series Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and CIA operative Bill "Big Guy" Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012); he also hosted seasons 10–13 of Other Voices (2011–2016).
Birth Name
Aidan Murphy
Born
Wednesday, 24 April 1968
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dance First | James Joyce | 2023 |
| Barber | Val Barber | 2023 |
| That Dirty Black Bag | Butler | 2022 |
| Mayor of Kingstown | Milo Sunter | 2021 |
| Chicago Party Aunt | (voice) | 2021 |
| Killers of the Cosmos | Gumshoe Detective | 2021 |
| Kin | Frank Kinsella | 2021 |
| Those Who Wish Me Dead | Jack Blackwell / Jack | 2021 |
| Rose Plays Julie | Peter | 2021 |
| Project Blue Book | Dr. J. Allen Hynek / Dr. Allen Hynek | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dance First | James Joyce | 2023 |
| Barber | Val Barber | 2023 |
| That Dirty Black Bag | Butler | 2022 |
| Mayor of Kingstown | Milo Sunter | 2021 |
| Chicago Party Aunt | (voice) | 2021 |
| Killers of the Cosmos | Gumshoe Detective | 2021 |
| Kin | Frank Kinsella | 2021 |
| Those Who Wish Me Dead | Jack Blackwell / Jack | 2021 |
| Rose Plays Julie | Peter | 2021 |
| Project Blue Book | Dr. J. Allen Hynek / Dr. Allen Hynek | 2019 |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | John Reid | 2018 |
| We Ourselves | Killian | 2018 |
| Dave Allen at Peace | Dave Allen | 2018 |
| Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Janson | 2018 |
| Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish / Littlefinger (voice) | 2017 |
| The Lovers | Robert | 2017 |
| King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Bill / William "Goosefat Bill" | 2017 |
| Urban Myths | Timothy Leary | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Quantum Break | Paul Serene | 2016 |
| Sing Street | Robert Lawlor / Robert | 2016 |
| Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Janson | 2015 |
| You're Ugly Too | Will | 2015 |
| Men of Granite | Pelf | 2015 |
| Ambition | Master | 2014 |
| Still | Tom Carver / Carver | 2014 |
| Calvary | Dr. Frank Harte | 2014 |
| Mister John | Gerry Devine | 2013 |
| Peaky Blinders | Aberama Gold | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Beneath the Harvest Sky | Clayton | 2013 |
| Scrapper | Ray | 2013 |
| Mayday | Everett Newcombe | 2013 |
| The Dark Knight Rises | CIA Op | 2012 |
| Shadow Dancer | Gerry | 2012 |
| The Good Man | Michael | 2012 |
| Blitz | Weiss / Barry Weiss | 2011 |
| Thronecast | Self | 2011 |
| Game of Thrones | Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish / Petyr Baelish | 2011 |
| Wake Wood | Patrick | 2011 |
| Thorne: Scaredycat | Phil Hendricks | 2010 |
| Treacle Jr. | Aidan / Aiden | 2010 |
| Love/Hate | John Boy Power | 2010 |
| Identity | DI John Bloom | 2010 |
| Freefall | Gus | 2009 |
| 12 Rounds | Miles Jackson | 2009 |
| Blackout | Karl | 2008 |
| The Wire: The Last Word | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| The Wire Odyssey | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| Walk Away and I Stumble | Paul | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Jimmy Colby | 2005 |
| Trouble with Sex | Conor | 2005 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| The Last Detective | Steve Fallon | 2003 |
| Shanghai Knights | Rathbone / Lord Nelson Rathbone | 2003 |
| The Final Curtain | Dave Turner | 2002 |
| The Wire | Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti / Tommy Carcetti / Mayor Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti | 2002 |
| Dice | Glenn Taylor | 2001 |
| My Kingdom | Puttnam / Barry Puttnam | 2001 |
| The Low Down | Frank | 2001 |
| Lorna Doone | Carver Doone | 2000 |
| The Darkling | Jeff Obold | 2000 |
| The Second Death | Pool player 1 / Pool Player | 2000 |
| Buddy Boy | Francis | 1999 |
| Queer as Folk | Stuart Alan Jones / Stuart Jones | 1999 |
| Mojo | Baby | 1997 |
| Gold in the Streets | Paddy | 1997 |
| Some Mother's Son | Gerard Quigley | 1996 |
| Circle of Friends | Aidan / Aidan Lynch | 1995 |
| An Ungentlemanly Act | Marine Wilcox | 1992 |
| Poirot | Amyas Crale | 1989 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| The Play on One | Harry | 1988 |
| The Courier | Boy picked up by Val | 1988 |
| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | (as Aidan Murphy) / Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy) | 1987 |
| The Brief | Jeff Barratt | 1984 |
| Good Morning America: Weekend Edition | Self - Guest | 1975 |
