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Aidan Gillen

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2012
The Dark Knight Rises

as CIA Op

Movie
2025
London Calling

as Freddy Darby

Movie
2018
Bohemian Rhapsody

as John Reid

Movie
2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure

as Janson

Movie
2011
Game of Thrones

as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

TV Show
2021
Mayor of Kingstown

as Milo Sunter

TV Show
2013
Peaky Blinders

as Aberama Gold

TV Show