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Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984) and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), Wild Child (2008) and Unknown (2011). He also played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson on the CBS television series Elementary (2012–19).
Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the television films An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007). Highly active in Irish cinema and the United States, Quinn is a four-time Irish Film and Television (IFTA) Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film for the Conor McPherson film The Eclipse (2009).
As actor
The Lightkeeper
The Gettysburg Address
Daughter of the Bride
A Journey to Sundance
Blacklight
Spiked
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Change in the Air
Arthur Miller: Writer
The Last Keepers
Rushlights
If I Were You
Stay
Allegiance
The Stand Up
Festival of Lights
The Horses of McBride
Unknown
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Muide Éire
Flipped
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Sarah's Key
The 5th Quarter
Jonah Hex
A Shine of Rainbows
The Eclipse
Handsome Harry
Irish Chicago
From Ararat to Zion