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Actor: Game of Thrones. Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series Love/Hate (2010), and ...
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- April 24, 1968
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"Littlefinger's always a step or two ahead of most people and revels in the uncertainty he provokes; it's a perfect stage for schemes within schemes. You're never really certain whose side he's on, which of course is how he likes it… Varys and Littlefinger's sparring is fun and razor-sharp. Either of these two would ice the other without a second thought, if need be, which would be a shame because they're a good match for each other. The world would be a duller place."
―Aidan Gillen on playing Littlefinger
Aidan Gillen (born 24 April 1968), born Aidan Murphy, is an Irish award-winning actor. He is best known for his performance as Stuart Jones in the controversial and popular British TV series Queer as Folk, and for his role as Mayor Tommy Carcetti in HBO's acclaimed drama series, The Wire. He took a lead role in the ITV police drama Identity and most recently played a minor role as a CIA agent in the opening of The Dark Knight Rises (which also featured Burn Gorman) and also played the main antagonist of the Maze Runner series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway role in the Caretaker. He is the brother of Fionnuala Murphy.
He stars in HBO's Game of Thrones as Lord Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish. He was confirmed in the role on 12 July 2010. He was part of the initial starring cast and remained a member of the starring cast until the end of the seventh season.
Mini Bio. Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series Love/Hate (2010), and Tommy Carcetti in ...
- April 24, 1968
On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Aberama Gold in the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017–2019).
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Apr 14, 2019 · Below, Aidan Gillen, who now stars on History's Project Blue Book, reflects on the legacy of Game of Thrones in Part 15 of our retrospective series, "When I Died on Game of Thrones." What...
Oct 29, 2023 · Aidan Gillen looks back at his time on Game of Thrones. Gillen’s Littlefinger was one of the very few characters on the HBO epic who were present in every season. He recalled in an interview with CinemaBlend, “I love it. As an experience. It lasted, it was over a seven, eight-year period or something. You weren’t there all the time.
