Aidan Quinn
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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. He played the role of Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson in the CBS television series Elementary (2012–2019). Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work in An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007).

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
The Gettysburg Address (2025)
Theodore Parker (voice)
Food Fight (2023)
Daniel
Daughter of the Bride (2023)
Bruce
Blacklight (2022)
Gabriel Robinson
Spiked (2021)
John Wilson
Change in the Air (2018)
Moody Burkhart
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
Self (archive footage)
Stay (2013)
Dermot
Rushlights (2013)
Cameron Brogden
If I Were You (2013)
Derek
The Last Keepers (2013)
John
Allegiance (2012)
Lieutenant Colonel Owens
The Horses of McBride (2012)
Matt Davidson
Festival of Lights (2012)
Adem
The Stand Up (2012)
Sandy
The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)
Henry Brown
Unknown (2011)
Martin B.
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)
Charlie Wright
Sarah's Key (2010)
William Rainsferd
Flipped (2010)
Richard Baker
Jonah Hex (2010)
Ulysses S. Grant
The 5th Quarter (2010)
Steven Abbate
A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
Alec
From Ararat to Zion (2009)
Narrator
Handsome Harry (2009)
Prof. Porter
The Eclipse (2009)
Nicholas Holden
Wild Child (2008)
Gerry Moore
The Prince of Motor City (2008)
Charlie Hamilton
Dark Matter (2008)
Jacob Reiser
32A (2007)
Frank Brennan
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Henry Dawes
The Exonerated (2006)
Kerry Max Cook
Mayday (2005)
John Berry
Nine Lives (2005)
Henry
Return to Sender (2004)
Frank Nitzche
Shadow of Fear (2004)
Detective Scofield
Miracle Run (2004)
Douglas Thomas
Proud (2004)
Commodore Alfred Lind
See You in My Dreams (2004)
Joe F. Brown
Cavedweller (2004)
Clint Windsor
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
Harry Vardon
Plainsong (2004)
Tom Guthrie
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
William Franklin
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
Gen. Benedict Arnold
Evelyn (2002)
Nick Barron
Stolen Summer (2002)
Joe O'Malley
Songcatcher (2001)
Tom Bledsoe
The Prince and the Pauper (2000)
Miles Hendon
Two of Us (2000)
Paul McCartney
Music of the Heart (1999)
Brian
This Is My Father (1999)
Kieran O'Day
In Dreams (1999)
Paul Cooper
Practical Magic (1998)
Gary Hallet
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
Henry Morton Stanley
The Assignment (1997)
Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Commandments (1997)
Seth Warner
Michael Collins (1996)
Harry Roland
Looking for Richard (1996)
Richmond
Lumière & Company (1995)
(segment "John Boorman")
Haunted (1995)
Prof. David Ash
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
Don Day
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Alfred Ludlow
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Cap. Robert Walton
Blink (1993)
Detective John Hallstrom
Benny & Joon (1993)
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
A Private Matter (1992)
Bob Finkbine
The Playboys (1992)
Tom Casey
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Martin Quarrier
Lies of the Twins (1991)
James McEwan / Jonathan McEwan
Avalon (1990)
Jules Kaye
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Nick
The Lemon Sisters (1989)
Frankie McGuinness
Perfect Witness (1989)
Sam Paxton
Crusoe (1988)
Crusoe
Stakeout (1987)
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
All My Sons (1987)
Chris Keller
The Mission (1986)
Felipe Mendoza
An Early Frost (1985)
Michael Pierson
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Dez
Reckless (1984)
Johnny Rourke

Crew

This Is My Father (1999)
Executive Producer