Aidan Gillen is an Irish stage, television and film actor. His role as Stuart Alan Jones in the 1999 British TV series Queer As Folk earned him a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 2000. aidan - gillen.com: Aidan Gillen Biography In 2002, he was cast in the Peabody Award-winning HBO TV series The Wire as Mayor Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti.
Notable Roles
- 1996: Gerard Quigley in Some Mother's Son
- 1999: Francis in Buddy Boy
- 1999-2000: Stuart Alan Jones in Queer as Folk
- 2000: Frank in The Low Down
- 2000: Carver Doone in Lorna Doone
- 2001: Glenn Taylor in Dice
- 2003: Lord Nelson Rathbone in Shanghai Knights
- 2004-2008: Mayor Thomas Carcetti in The Wire
Quotes
- "Anyone can have it if they're strong, clever, ruthless enough to get to the top" Official London Theatre Guide: The Big Interview: Aidan Gillen (October 10, 2007)
- That's why a lot of people are actors in the first place, to live all these other lives, tell these stories, do all the things that they can't do. Pretty intriguing thing to do for a living." Official London Theatre Guide: The Big Interview: Aidan Gillen (October 10, 2007)
- "I'm anti-death penalty; I think it's pretty grim, kind of uncivilised, you know?" Official London Theatre Guide: The Big Interview: Aidan Gillen (October 10, 2007)
- "I just read it and thought it was brilliant, a great piece of writing and quite provocative. Those are the kind of things I like to be in." Official London Theatre Guide: The Big Interview: Aidan Gillen (October 10, 2007)
- "I'd been an altar boy. But what does that mean these days?" Guardian: 'I Don't Mind Nasty Roles' (October 3, 2007)
- "It's like opening a book in the middle and trying to understand a chapter." Guardian.co: 'I Don't Mind Nasty Roles' (October 3, 2007)
Aidan Gillen Timeline
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1968: Born on April 24 in Dublin, Ireland
1985: The Drip - IMDb Listing
1992: An Ungentlemanly Act - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1993: Belfry - IMDb Listing
1993: A Handful of Stars - IMDb Listing
1993: Safe - IMDb Listing
1995: Circle of Friends - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1996: Some Mother's Son - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1999-2000: Queer as Folk - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: Queer as Folk 2 - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: The Low Down - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: The Darkling - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: Lorna Doone - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2001: Dice - IMDb Listing
2002: The Final Curtain - IMDb Listing
2003: Shanghai Knights - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2005: Trouble with Sex - IMDb Listing
2007: Blackout Film|Blackout - IMDb Listing
2004-2008: The Wire - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2009: 12 Rounds - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2009: The Wake Wood - IMDb Listing