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Gillen in 2019, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Aidan Murphy
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Date of Birth: 24 April, 1968
Ethnicity: Irish
Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. His roles include the shows Queer as Folk , Lorna Doone , The Wire , Thorne , Identity , Love/Hate , Game of Thrones , Other Voices , Mayday , Charlie , Peaky Blinders , Project Blue Book , Kin , Killers of the Cosmos , and Mayor of Kingstown ; the films Circle of Friends , Some Mother’s Son , Buddy Boy , My Kingdom , The Final Curtain , Shanghai Knights , Trouble with Sex , Blackout (2008), 12 Rounds , Wake Wood , Treacle Jr. , Blitz (2011), Shadow Dancer , The Good Man (2012), The Dark Knight Rises , Mister John , Beneath the Harvest Sky , Calvary , Still (2014), You’re Ugly Too , Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials , and its sequel; Sing Street , The Lovers (2017), King Arthur: Legend of the Sword , Bohemian Rhapsody , Rose Plays Julie , Those Who Wish Me Dead , Barber , Dance First , and London Calling ; the made-for-tv movie Freefall (2009); and the music video for “Ekki múkk.” He has also been billed by his birth name Aidan Murphy.
He is the son of Patricia (Gillen) and Denis Murphy. His name in Irish is Aodhán Ó Giolláin. He has two children with his wife Olivia O’Flanagan.