Profile of Aidan Gillen on Famous Like Me

Aidan Gillen (real Name: Aidan Murphy) was born in 1968 in Ireland.

He began acting in plays as a teenager in his native Dublin.

Aidan now has two children.

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 (Played a

prisoner who lapses into a coma) ... 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 (a kid who makes his money through prostitution)

... 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)

Quote

"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."

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