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Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen



Ireland

Age: 58

Born: 24 Apr, 1968

Known for

In Game of Thrones as Petyr as Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish

in Game of Thrones
In Peaky Blinders as Aberama Goldas Aberama Gold

in Peaky Blinders
In Mayor of Kingstown as Milo Sunteras Milo Sunter

in Mayor of Kingstown
In The Wire as Councilman Thomas as Councilman Thomas "Tommy" Carcetti

in The Wire

TV Series Starring Aidan Gillen

The Spy Who Came in from the ColdThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold
BBC One In Development | Drama, Thriller, Spy/Espionage



It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alex Leamas is a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. His agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt. Leamas is recalled to London - where, to his surprise, he's offered a chance at revenge. But to get it, he may have to stay out in the cold a little longer...


SaviourSaviour
ITV In Development | Crime, Thriller, Legal



Saviour introduces us to a well-brought up medical student, Ben, who goes to a fancy-dress party, dressed in a police uniform. Ben only has eyes for Xenia, and when he sees her being attacked by a man on his way home, he has no choice but to intervene, urged on by a bystander innocently assuming he was a real police officer. When things go awry,he makes a desperate call to his dad, who tells Ben exactly what to do next.Running parallel with Ben's story, we're introduced to Indy, a criminal barrister. Admired by all who work alongside her, Indy is going places as all her hard work, evening classes and dedication to her profession is beginning to pay off. When she meets a terrified Ben in a police cell, facing a charge of murder, she will have to navigate a world of police corruption, fervent press interest and a defendant who is keeping secrets from her.Throughout the drama we are left asking the question - how far are you prepared to go to protect the ones you love?


Tall Tales & MurderTall Tales & Murder
RTÉ One, 2026 Running | Comedy, Drama, Crime



A gripping episodic drama unravelling dark secrets and mysteries in Dublin and Wicklow.


That Dirty Black BagThat Dirty Black Bag
AMC+, 2022 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Western | ► Trailer
4.2


The story describes the 8-day clash between Arthur McCoy, an incorruptible sheriff with a troubled past, and Red Bill, an infamous, solitary bounty hunter known for decapitating his victims and stuffing their heads into a dirty black bag, because, as he puts it, 'Heads weigh less than bodies.'


Mayor of KingstownMayor of Kingstown
Paramount+, 2021 Running | Drama, Crime, Thriller | ► Trailer
4.4


Mayor of Kingstown is set in a small Michigan town where the only industry remaining are federal, state, and private prisons, the story follows the McClusky family, the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians, in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain. It is a stark and brutal look at the business of incarceration.


KinKin
RTÉ One, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime | ► Trailer
4.3


Kin charts the lives of the Kinsellas, a small but tight-knit crime family embroiled in a war against a powerful drug kingpin, Eamon Cunningham. A boy is killed and his family embark on a gangland war with an international cartel – a war that is impossible to win. It's David and Goliath. Out-numbered, out-financed and out-gunned, the Kinsellas find themselves holed up in their Dublin stronghold while their businesses fail, and family members and associates are picked off. But they have something the cartel does not: the unbreakable bonds of blood and family. Kin is a world where gangsters are treated like reality stars, with nicknames and celebrity status, where assassins dress up as women, and drug dealers keep exotic pets in their den. A world of drugs and guns and murder and loyalty and family and men…and a woman.


Killers of the CosmosKillers of the Cosmos
Discovery, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama | ► Trailer
4.0


A mysterious informant investigates each disaster-in-the-making via a wide range of experts who've studied some of science's most unbelievable wonders.


Project Blue BookProject Blue Book
History, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi | ► Trailer
4.5


Project Blue Book is a story about the real-life, U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena from 1947-70.


Quantum BreakQuantum Break
GSN, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery



Bridging gaming and live-action, the thriller looks into aspect the villains of the game and the dramatic backstory as it unfolds.


Peaky BlindersPeaky Blinders
BBC One, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, History | ► Trailer
4.6


This TV series focuses on the Shelby family, whose many brothers and sisters, cousins and uncles, make up the fiercest gang of all, the "Peaky Blinders". Named for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, the Peaky Blinders make their money from off-track betting, protection and robbery.


Mayday (2013)Mayday (2013)
BBC One, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.0


A 14-year-old girl goes missing ahead of her central role in the local Mayday pageant, and residents of the local community start to wonder which one of them might be responsible for her abduction.


Game of ThronesGame of Thrones
HBO Max, 2011 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | ► Trailer
4.7


This is an HBO adaptation of American author George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire. The show explores a medieval-like fantasy world with its plethora of characters all struggling in the only game that matters - the Game of Thrones. And in this game you either win or you die, there is no middle ground.


Love/HateLove/Hate
RTÉ One, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime
4.5


The show depicts fictional characters in Dublin's criminal underworld, John Boy Power played by Aidan Gillen and Darren Treacy played by Robert Sheehan.


ThorneThorne
Sky 1, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
1.5


Thorne is a drama based on Mark Billingham's crime novels, starring David Morrissey as DI Tom Thorne.


Identity (UK)Identity (UK)
ITV, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery
4.5


Six-part drama series following a special police unit as they investigate and uncover the corrupt side of reinventing oneself.


The WireThe Wire
HBO Max, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller | ► Trailer
4.6


Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale.


Queer as Folk (UK)Queer as Folk (UK)
Channel 4, 1999 Cancelled/Ended | Drama
3.6


Two gay friends, Vince and Stuart, live on a cocktail of sex, drugs and clubbing. They are both 29, and Stuart is the type of guy who cops off every time he goes out. One night, he spots 15-year-old Nathan, and brings him back to his apartment where they make love.