Aidan Gillen

Academy Member

Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor best known for his roles in Love/Hate, Game of Thrones, and Peaky Blinders. He has a career spanning four decades with performances in film and television earning him a reputation as one of Ireland's finest actors.

Over a prolific career, Gillen has appeared in numerous television series both here in Ireland and internationally. His performances in RTÉ series Love/Hate and Charlie earned him two IFTA Awards for Best Actor. He also starred in another RTÉ series, Kin, earning a nomination for Best Actor in a Lead Role - Drama at the 2022 IFTA Awards.

Internationally, Gillen as had roles in Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, and The Wire, for which he won his first IFTA Award in 2009.

Gillen has also starred in a number of successful films throughout his career including The Dark Knight Rises, Calvary, Sing Street, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Bohemian Rhapsody.

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"The great pleasure of this gig was getting to share screen time and working days with a load of actors who I've known since pretty much the beginning of my life ... I just want to say thank you for what you give to me and I share this with you."

Aidan Gillen
(on receiving his IFTA Award in 2015)

Awards & Recognition

KIN

IFTA Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Drama (2024)
IFTA Nominee, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Drama (2022)

Game of Thrones

IFTA Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Drama (2018)
IFTA Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Drama (2014)

Charlie

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Drama (2015)

Love/Hate

IFTA Winner, Best Actor - Television (2012)

The Wire

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television (2009)

Queer As Folk

BAFTA TV Nominee, Best Actor (2000)

Key Credits

Barber, 2023
Dance First, 2023
That Dirty Black Bag, 2022
Mayor of Kingstown, 2021-2022
Those Who Wish Me Dead, 2021
Kin, 2021-2023
Rose Plays Julie, 2019
Peaky Blinders, 2017-2019
Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 2017
Game of Thrones, 2011-2017
Sing Street, 2016
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015
Charlie, 2015
Calvary, 2014
The Dark Knight Rises, 2012
Love/Hate, 2010-2011
The Wire, 2004-2008
Queer as Folk, 1999-2000