Aidan Gillen Biography

Date of Birth
24 April 1968, Dublin, Ireland

Birth Name
Aidan Murphy

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse
Olivia O Flanagan' (7 July 2001 - ?) 2 children

Trivia

Brown haired Irish actor who got his big break in the controversial, highly acclaimed TV series "Queer as Folk" (1999).

Now lives in North London with girlfriend Olivia and their children, daughter Berry and son Joe. [2001]

Mother is a nurse and his late father was an architect.

Has a sister, Fionnuala Murphy, who is also an actress.

He uses the surname of Gillen because someone else was already registered as Aidan Murphy in the Actors' Guild. Gillen is his mother's surname. http://tonys.broadway.com/nominee_detail.cfm?nom_id=43&category=Feature dActorPlay

Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker."

Personal Quotes

On his role as Carcetti in _The Wire (2002)_: We follow Carcetti's journey as a minor player in city politics to a major contender in a mayoral election. He was a young guy who was considered an upstart, who saw an opportunity to do something, maybe effect some change. We see him open up and develop a conscience. I hope he's not just coming across as smarm. I'd say he's flawed, but driven.

Source: imdb.com