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Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–20... more

Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in The Wire (2004–2008); John Boy in  Love/Hate (2010–2011); Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in Game of Thrones (2011–2017), Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders (2017–2019); as Milo Sunter on Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime drama Kin (2021–2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and several films directed by Jamie Thraves.

He has received three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.

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The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms G...
Runtime:
165 min
Director:
Christopher Nolan
Cast:
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy
8.4
87%
78
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Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)
Drama, History, Music
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – ...
Runtime:
135 min
Director:
Bryan Singer
Cast:
Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy
8.0
61%
49
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
(2017)
Action, Drama, Fantasy
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true le...
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Guy Ritchie
Cast:
Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana
6.8
31%
41
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Calvary
(2014)
Drama
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
John Michael McDonagh
Cast:
Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran
7.4
89%
77
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
(2015)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and un...
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Wes Ball
Cast:
Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito
6.3
47%
43
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Shanghai Knights
(2003)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but instead unearths a plot to kill the royal family. No one believes her, though, and it's up to Chon and Roy (w...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
David Dobkin
Cast:
Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Aidan Gillen
6.2
66%
58
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
(2018)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since t...
Runtime:
143 min
Cast:
Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario
6.2
43%
50
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Blitz
(2011)
Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Elliott Lester
Cast:
Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Zawe Ashton, Jason Statham, Luke Evans
6.2
48%
N/A
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12 Rounds
(2009)
Action, Crime, Thriller
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complet...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Renny Harlin
Cast:
John Cena, John Cena, Ashley Scott, Brian J. White, Brian J. White
5.6
30%
38
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Circle of Friends
(1995)
Drama, Romance
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Pat O'Connor
Cast:
Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Geraldine O'Rawe, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming
6.6
78%
70
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Shadow Dancer
(2012)
Thriller
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Runtime:
101 min
6.2
82%
71
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Five Little Pigs
(2003)
Crime, Mystery
Director:
Paul Unwin
Cast:
David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens, Marc Warren
8.4
N/A
N/A
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Wake Wood
(2011)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
David Keating
Cast:
Eva Birthistle, Ella Connolly, Amelia Crowley, Aidan Gillen, Brian Gleeson
5.5
82%
N/A
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Some Mother's Son
(1996)
Drama, History
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Terry George
Cast:
Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen
7.3
69%
N/A
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The Lovers
(2017)
Comedy
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Azazel Jacobs
Cast:
Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Debra Winger, Aidan Gillen, Tracy Letts
6.1
84%
76
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Blackout
(2008)
Horror, Thriller
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Rigoberto Castañeda
Cast:
Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer, Katie Stuart, Mabel Rivera
5.0
N/A
N/A
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Buddy Boy
(1999)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Mark Hanlon
Cast:
Emmanuelle Seigner, Susan Tyrrell, Aidan Gillen
6.4
63%
36
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Ambition
(2014)
Science Fiction
A young apprentice (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master (Aidan Gillen). Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it? Tomek Bagiński’s short film Ambition is a collaborativ...
Runtime:
6 min
Director:
Tomek Baginski
Cast:
Aidan Gillen, Aisling Franciosi
7.6
N/A
N/A
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Treacle Jr.
(2010)
Comedy, Drama
A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life with no explanation. He opts to live on the streets of London. Alone in a park at night he is set upon by a gang of violent thugs, in his bid to escape he accidentally runs into a tree. In A&E Tom meets an extremely happy, fast-talking i...
Runtime:
80 min
7.0
83%
N/A
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My Kingdom
(2001)
Action, Crime, Drama
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junkie -- and prostitute -- rejects her inheritance, pitting sisters Kath and Tracy ag...
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Don Boyd
Cast:
Richard Harris, Jimi Mistry, Lorraine Pilkington, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Bell
6.2
35%
45
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You're Ugly Too
(2015)
Comedy, Drama
After her mother’s death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish midlands. As the two cautiously get to know each other, they have to deal with the dark shadows of the past.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Mark Noonan
Cast:
Lauren Kinsella, Aidan Gillen, Erika Sainte, George Pistereanu
6.8
N/A
N/A
Freefall
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Freefall
(2009)
Drama, TV Movie
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spiral out of control. With pace, edge and real emotional punch, it gives a unique ins...
Runtime:
89 min
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Low Down
(2001)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimistic and fresh approach to life and its problems begins to have a dramatic effect on him.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Jamie Thraves
Cast:
Aidan Gillen, Kate Ashfield, Alicia Eyo
6.1
N/A
64
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Still
(2015)
Thriller
Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier. He becomes involved in a feud with a teenage gang after a seemingly harmless collision with a young kid. As the feud becomes more horrifying, Carver's world starts to unravel forcing him to make dec...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Simon Blake
Cast:
Aidan Gillen, Elodie Yung, Amanda Mealing, Kate Ashfield, Caroline Ford
5.3
N/A
N/A
Scrapper
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Scrapper
(2013)
Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of Seattle looking for cast-off copper, aluminum and other valuable metals. Hollis uses all the tricks of the metal scrapping trade to earn his living and navigate through a fascinating and ro...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Brady Hall
Cast:
Michael Beach, Aidan Gillen, Anna Giles, Jennifer Lanier
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Safe
(1993)
Drama
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Runtime:
66 min
7.5
N/A
N/A
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Mojo
(1997)
Crime, Drama
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
Runtime:
90 min
5.7
N/A
N/A
Ekki múkk
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Ekki múkk
(2012)
Drama, Music
A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One of the 16 film experiments made for the Sigur Ros Valtari album.
Runtime:
10 min
Director:
Nick Abrahams
Cast:
Aidan Gillen, Shirley Collins
8.3
N/A
N/A
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Mister John
(2013)
Drama
After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a foreign world of opportunity that had not existed before gives Gerry a chance at starting over by slipping into his brother's life - both emotionally and physically. However, leaving his wi...
Runtime:
95 min
5.8
82%
N/A
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Trouble with Sex
(2005)
A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very different worlds, though each is beset by niggling discontentment. Michelle (Renée Weldon - IFTA Best Actress) is a fast-rising young Dublin lawyer with a smart apartment overlooking the Liffey, but dissatisfied in her relationship with a ...
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Fintan Connolly
Cast:
Aidan Gillen, Renee Weldon, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Declan Conlon, Eamon Morrissey
5.3
N/A
N/A
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The Wire: The Last Word
(2007)
Documentary
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
Runtime:
26 min
Cast:
Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ed Burns, Reg E. Cathey, Liam Ferguson, Jami Floyd
6.8
N/A
N/A
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The Wire Odyssey
(2007)
Documentary
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Runtime:
29 min
Cast:
Gbenga Akinnagbe, Reg E. Cathey, Robert F. Chew, Chris Collins, Jermaine Crawford
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Beneath the Harvest Sky
(2013)
Drama
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
Runtime:
116 min
N/A
N/A
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Men of Granite
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Men of Granite
(2015)
Drama
A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.
N/A
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The Darkling
(2000)
Horror
When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon discovers the source of Rubin's power: a caged creature called a "Darkling," which possesses the power to create incredible wealth for the person who will pledge unending "companionship."
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Po-Chih Leong
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Aidan Gillen
3.7
N/A
N/A