Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen played Stuart Alan Jones in the ground-breaking Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk and its sequel, for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Actor. Gillen was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for his portrayal of Teach in the Dublin Gate Theatre's 2007 production of David Mamet's American Buffalo, the same year playing Richard Roma in the west end production of Glengarry Glen Ross.

In 2004, having been spotted by producers while playing Mick (a Tony-nominated performance) in the Broadway production of The Caretaker, Gillen joined the main cast of HBO's acclaimed television series The Wire, portraying Tommy Carcetti for three seasons, for which he received an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television.

In 2011, Gillen joined the main cast of HBO's award-winning series Game of Thrones, portraying Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish, for which he received his second Irish Film and Television Award nomination. He starred with Jason Statham and David Morrissey as cop killer Barry Weiss in the British crime-thriller Blitz.

Gillen played crime boss John Boy in the acclaimed Irish crime-drama Love/Hate, for which he received his third Irish Film and Television Award nomination and second win. That same year he won the best actor award at the Milan Film Festival for his performance in Treacle Jr, also picking up a best actor nomination at the British Independent Film Awards.

Gillen played a CIA agent in the opening of The Dark Knight Rises, and starred with Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson in the British/Irish spy-drama Shadow Dancer. He also appeared in John McDonagh's film Calvary and in the American independent film Under the Harvest Sky, as well as the Sigur Ros Valtari film Experiment.

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