Aidan Gillen
Appearance
Aidan Gillen, born Aidan Murphy, (24 April 1968) in Dublin, is an Irish actor.
Gillen began his acting career as a teenager with Dublin Youth Theatre, before moving to London, where he now lives. He is best known in England for his role as Stuart Alan Jones in the ground-breaking British television series, Queer as Folk, and its sequel, Queer as Folk 2. American audiences know him best for his role as Tommy Carcetti in HBO's television series The Wire.
Gillen was nominated for a Tony Award for his highly acclaimed Broadway role in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 2003.
He lives in North London with his wife Olivia and their two children, daughter Berry and son Joe.