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Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Overview

Quinn was born in Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Rockford is often referred to as "The Forest City" and is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2000 U.S...

 to devoutly Catholic Irish parents. He was raised in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...

 and Rockford, as well as in Dublin
Dublin
Dublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...

 and Birr
Birr
Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Once called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse, Birr is situated at the meeting of the Camcor and Little Brosna rivers...

, County Offaly in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...

. His father was a professor in literature and his mother a homemaker. He has three brothers and a sister. His older brother, Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn is an American cinematographer and a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is one of five children. His four siblings, the most famous of whom is Aidan, are actors...

, is a noted cinematographer. Though a roofer by trade, Quinn got his start in the Chicago theater at age 19. He trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop
Piven Theatre Workshop
The Piven Theatre Workshop is located in Evanston, IL and was founded by Joyce and Byrne Piven. For over 30 years, it has existed both as a professional theatre company and a training center for children and adults...

.

His first significant film role was in Reckless
Reckless (1984 film)
Reckless is a 1984 love story shot in the Appalachian Mountains and Rust Belt of Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton, West Virginia and Mingo Junction, Ohio. Starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus. Soundtrack by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas...

, followed by a breakthrough role in Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. This movie was rated PG-13 in the USA & 15 in the UK-Plot:...

as the character "Dez" (the love interest of the character played by Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and film producer.-Life:Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia , an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Arquette's...

).
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Early life


Quinn was born in Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Rockford is often referred to as "The Forest City" and is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2000 U.S...

 to devoutly Catholic Irish parents. He was raised in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...

 and Rockford, as well as in Dublin
Dublin
Dublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...

 and Birr
Birr
Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Once called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse, Birr is situated at the meeting of the Camcor and Little Brosna rivers...

, County Offaly in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...

. His father was a professor in literature and his mother a homemaker. He has three brothers and a sister. His older brother, Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn is an American cinematographer and a three-time winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is one of five children. His four siblings, the most famous of whom is Aidan, are actors...

, is a noted cinematographer. Though a roofer by trade, Quinn got his start in the Chicago theater at age 19. He trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop
Piven Theatre Workshop
The Piven Theatre Workshop is located in Evanston, IL and was founded by Joyce and Byrne Piven. For over 30 years, it has existed both as a professional theatre company and a training center for children and adults...

.

Career


His first significant film role was in Reckless
Reckless (1984 film)
Reckless is a 1984 love story shot in the Appalachian Mountains and Rust Belt of Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton, West Virginia and Mingo Junction, Ohio. Starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus. Soundtrack by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas...

, followed by a breakthrough role in Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. This movie was rated PG-13 in the USA & 15 in the UK-Plot:...

as the character "Dez" (the love interest of the character played by Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and film producer.-Life:Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia , an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Arquette's...

). Quinn next starred in the controversial TV movie An Early Frost
An Early Frost
An Early Frost was the first major film to deal with the topic of HIV/AIDS. It was first broadcast on the NBC television network on November 11, 1985...

, about a young lawyer dying of AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus ....

 (it was broadcast on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

 on November 11, 1985) and co-starred such luminaries as Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands is an American actress of film, stage and television. She collaborated with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes on ten films.-Early years:...

, Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara
Biagio Anthony “Ben” Gazzara is an American actor in television and motion pictures.-Early life:Gazzara was born in New York City, the son of Italian immigrants Angelina and Antonio Gazzara, who was a laborer. Gazzara grew up on New York's tough Lower East Side. He actually lived on E...

 and Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
-Early life:Sidney, born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, was the daughter of Rebecca , a Romanian Jew, and Victor Kosow, a Russian Jewish immigrant who worked as a clothing salesman. Her parents divorced by 1915 and she was adopted by her stepfather, Sigmund Sidney, a dentist...

. He received his first Emmy Award
Emmy Award
The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...

 nomination for the role which allowed him to gain recognition in Hollywood.

In 1988 Quinn lost the role of Jesus Christ when Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is a Worldwide American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is the world's oldest existing American film studio; it is also the last...

 dropped the controversial Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe,...

 movie The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1960. It follows the life of Jesus Christ from his perspective...

. When Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
This is a partial listing of films produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures, the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc...

 picked up the film, the role went to Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
William "Willem" Dafoe is an American film and stage actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...

. In meantime, Quinn recited in a role as protagonist in the film Crusoe
Crusoe (1989 film)
Crusoe is a 1989 film, a variation on the famous story recounted in the novel of Daniel Defoe, and is directed by Caleb Deschanel. It was Deschanel's second film as a director.- Plot :...

, finished in 1989.

During the 1990s Quinn's career grew immensely. He found work alongside such Hollywood stars as Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has been cited as one of the world's most attractive men, a label that entices the media to report on his off-screen life...

 in Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall is a drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography....

, Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Sam in Benny & Joon.Depp rose to prominence in a lead...

 in Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon is a 1993 romantic comedy about how two misfits, Sam and Juniper/Joon , find each other and fall in love. The film is perhaps best known for Depp's humorous physical comedy routines and for popularizing in the U.S. the song "I'm Gonna Be " by The Proclaimers...

, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards....

 in The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale (film)
The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 film adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff the film stars Natasha Richardson , Faye Dunaway , Robert Duvall , Aidan Quinn , and Elizabeth McGovern . The screenplay was written by Harold Pinter...

and Sir John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor/director/producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...

 in Haunted
Haunted (film)
Haunted is a 1995 British film, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews and John Gielgud. It is based on a novel of the same name by James Herbert...

. He continually starred in films that allowed him to return to his Irish roots, such as Michael Collins
Michael Collins (film)
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic about General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.-Plot:...

, Song for a Raggy Boy
Song For a Raggy Boy
Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.-Plot:...

and Evelyn
Evelyn (film)
Evelyn is a 2002 drama film, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight against the Irish courts to be reunited with his children. The film stars Sophie Vavasseur in the title role, Pierce Brosnan as her father and Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies and Stephen Rea as supporters to...



In 2000, Quinn portrayed Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE , is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music...

 in the VH1
VH1
VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City...

 television drama, Two of Us
Two of Us (2000 television)
Two of Us is a 2000 television drama which offers a fictionalized account of 24 April 1976 , the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on Saturday Night Live offering The Beatles $3000 to reunite on his program.It was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg Two of Us is a 2000 television drama...

. He later met McCartney at a hotel, and they became good friends. Quinn was able to gain his first regular television role as the lead in the short lived, and controversial NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

 drama The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel (TV series)
The Book of Daniel was a short-lived television series broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a serious drama about Christians and the Christian faith, but it was controversial with some Christians regarding certain aspects of the show. The show had been proposed for NBC's 2005 fall line-up,...

, in 2006 before being canceled after the first three weeks of its run. In 2007, Quinn received his second Emmy nomination for the television movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2008 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...

.

Personal life


Quinn is married to the actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 Elizabeth Bracco
Elizabeth Bracco
Elizabeth Bracco is an American actress who is best known for her role as Marie Spatafore, wife of Vito Spatafore, on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos....

, sister of actress Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos.-Early life:...

. The two met in 1984 at a restaurant and later co-starred in Stakeout. They married in 1987 and have two daughters, one diagnosed with autism
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development that is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism involves many parts of the brain; how this occurs is not well understood...

. The other has been confirmed to appear as a ghost in The Eclipse
The Eclipse
The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide is Antonella Gambotto-Burke's first memoir and fourth book. The narrative concerns her brother's suicide and the death of her ex-fiance, Chicago-born GQ editor Michael VerMeulen...

.

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....

 
Reckless
Reckless (1984 film)
Reckless is a 1984 love story shot in the Appalachian Mountains and Rust Belt of Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton, West Virginia and Mingo Junction, Ohio. Starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus. Soundtrack by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas...

Johnny Rourke
1985
1985 in film
-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.-Top grossing films :source:...

 
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. This movie was rated PG-13 in the USA & 15 in the UK-Plot:...

Dez
1986
1986 in film
-Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee....

 
The Mission
The Mission (film)
The Mission is a 1986 British film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th century South America. The film was written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé. It stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi and Liam Neeson. It won the Palme d'Or and...

Felipe Mendoza
1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.*May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers....

 
Stakeout Richard 'Stick' Montgomery
1989
1989 in film
-Events:* "Batman" is released on June 23, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...

 
Crusoe
Crusoe (1989 film)
Crusoe is a 1989 film, a variation on the famous story recounted in the novel of Daniel Defoe, and is directed by Caleb Deschanel. It was Deschanel's second film as a director.- Plot :...

Crusoe
1990
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....

 
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale (film)
The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 film adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff the film stars Natasha Richardson , Faye Dunaway , Robert Duvall , Aidan Quinn , and Elizabeth McGovern . The screenplay was written by Harold Pinter...

Nick
The Lemon Sisters
The Lemon Sisters
The Lemon Sisters is a 1990 film from Miramax Films directed by Joyce Chopra and written by Jeremy Pikser. The film was both a commercial and critical failure after being shelved for more than a year with extensive revisions.-Plot:...

Frankie McGuinness
Avalon
Avalon (1990 film)
Avalon is a feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiographical story of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie follows the family as they grow, become more...

Jules Kaye
1991
1991 in film
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :...

 
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière...

Martin Quarrier
1992
1992 in film
The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B...

 
The Playboys Tom Casey
1993
1993 in film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...

 
Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon is a 1993 romantic comedy about how two misfits, Sam and Juniper/Joon , find each other and fall in love. The film is perhaps best known for Depp's humorous physical comedy routines and for popularizing in the U.S. the song "I'm Gonna Be " by The Proclaimers...

Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
1994
1994 in film
The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...

 
Blink
Blink (film)
Blink is a 1994 Neo-noir thriller film starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Director Michael Apted was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and screenwriter Dana Stevens was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Allan Poe...

Det. John Hallstrom
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenstein is a 1994 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Robert De Niro, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, and Kenneth Branagh...

Capt. Robert Walton
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall is a drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography....

Alfred Ludlow
1995
1995 in film
The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....

 
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
The Stars Fell on Henrietta is a 1995 drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood....

Don Day
Haunted
Haunted (film)
Haunted is a 1995 British film, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews and John Gielgud. It is based on a novel of the same name by James Herbert...

Prof. David Ash
1996
1996 in film
The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...

 
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard is a 1996 documentary film, the first film directed by Al Pacino. The film is both a performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture...

Richmond
Michael Collins
Michael Collins (film)
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic about General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.-Plot:...

Harry Boland
1997
1997 in film
The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Star Wars original trilogy's 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.*Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace....

 
Commandments Seth Warner
The Assignment
The Assignment (film)
The Assignment is a 1997 spy thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the...

Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez/Carlos
1998
1998 in film
The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...

 
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
This Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American film directed by Paul Quinn.- Plot :The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn , a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea , a shy labourer in...

Kieran O'Day
Practical Magic
Practical Magic
Practical Magic is a 1998 family fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witches who carry on a family legacy of witchcraft and tragedy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The original music score was composed by Alan...

Officer Gary Hallet Blockbuster Entertainment Award (nominated)
1999
1999 in film
The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,...

 
In Dreams
In Dreams (film)
In Dreams is a psychological thriller directed by Neil Jordan, released in 1999. The film has a running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes.In Dreams has the distinction of being the last film Robert Downey, Jr...

Paul Cooper
Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. This film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.This film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, and Angela Bassett...

Brian Turner
2000
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...

 
Songcatcher
Songcatcher
Songcatcher is a 2000 drama film, directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina. Although Songcatcher is a fictional film, it is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell, founder of the...

Tom Bledsoe Sundance Film Festival Award (won)
2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost...

 
Stolen Summer
Stolen Summer
Stolen Summer is a 2002 American film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing it is the only way he will get to Heaven...

Joe O'Malley
Evelyn
Evelyn (film)
Evelyn is a 2002 drama film, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight against the Irish courts to be reunited with his children. The film stars Sophie Vavasseur in the title role, Pierce Brosnan as her father and Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies and Stephen Rea as supporters to...

Nick Barron
2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 
Song for a Raggy Boy
Song For a Raggy Boy
Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.-Plot:...

William Franklin
2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Harry Vardon
Shadow of Fear Detective Scofield
Return to Sender
Return to Sender (film)
Return to Sender is a 2004 film written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and directed by Bille August. It is also known under the title Convicted.Aidan Quinn was nominated for a 2005 IFTA Best Actor in a Feature Film award for his performance.-Cast:...

Frank Nitzche IFTA Awards (nominated-4Xs)
Proud
Proud (film)
Proud is a film released in 2004 that focuses on the meritorious service of the USS Mason of World War II, the first US Navy ship with a predominantly African American crew, and how three of the men were finally honored in January 1994 for their meritorious service. The movie starred veteran actor...

Commodore Alfred Lind
2005
2005 in film
The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...

 
Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2005 film)
Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery,...

Henry Gotham Awards
Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City...

 (nominated)
2007
2007 in film
The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Dark Matter
Dark Matter (film)
Dark Matter is the first feature film by opera director Chen Shi-zheng, starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. It won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival....

Reiser
32A
32A
32A is a 2007 feature film, directed by Marian Quinn, from her own script. It was shot principally in Dublin, with additional footage in Roscommon and Sligo....

Frank Brennan
2008
2008 in film
The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Wild Child Gerry
2009
2009 in film
The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...

 
A Shine of Rainbows Alec
The Eclipse
The Eclipse (film)
The Eclipse is an upcoming film directed by Conor McPherson. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2009 where, after reports of interest from several studios, Magnolia Pictures secured worldwide distribution rights for the film...

Nicholas Holden
The 5th Quarter Steven Abbate
Handsome Harry Porter

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985
1985 in television
The year 1985 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1985.For the American TV schedule, see: 1985-86 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
An Early Frost
An Early Frost
An Early Frost was the first major film to deal with the topic of HIV/AIDS. It was first broadcast on the NBC television network on November 11, 1985...

Michael Pierson NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...


Emmy Award
Emmy Award
The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...

 (nominated)
1986
1986 in television
The year 1986 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1986.For the American network television schedule, please see 1986-87 American network television schedule.-Events:...

 
All My Sons Chris Keller TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

1989
1989 in television
The year 1989 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1989.For the American TV schedule, see: 1989-90 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
Perfect Witness Sam Paxton HBO TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

1991
1991 in television
The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.For the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
Lies of the Twins James McEwan/Jonathan McEwan TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

1992
1992 in television
The year 1992 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1992.-Events:*January 10 - The Days of our Lives nighttime special One Stormy Night airs on NBC....

 
A Private Matter
A Private Matter
A Private Matter is a 1992 film made for television drama based on the true 1963 story of Sherri Finkbine, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona in the first trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She was the popular hostess of the locally produced children's television show Romper Room.She was taking the...

Bob Finkbine HBO TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

1997
1997 in television
The year 1997 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1997.- Events :*January 1 - The U.S...

 
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone Henry Morton Stanley TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

2000
2000 in television
The year 2000 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2000.For the American TV schedule, see: 2000-01 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
See You in My Dreams Joe F. Brown TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

The Prince and the Pauper Miles Hendon TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

Two of Us
Two of Us (2000 television)
Two of Us is a 2000 television drama which offers a fictionalized account of 24 April 1976 , the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on Saturday Night Live offering The Beatles $3000 to reunite on his program.It was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg Two of Us is a 2000 television drama...

Paul McCartney VH1
VH1
VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

2001
2001 in television
The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:*January 1 - Digital television officially begins in Australia...

 
Night Visions
Night Visions
Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each hour-long episode was made up of two half-hour stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of the...

Jeremy Bell Episode: The Passenger List
2003
2003 in television
The year 2003 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2003.For the American TV schedule, see: 2003-04 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Gen. Benedict Arnold A&E
A&E Network
A&E is a cable and satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment, which, for many years, was in the channel's full title...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

2004
2004 in television
The year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 
Plainsong Tom Guthrie CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

Cavedweller
Cavedweller
Cavedweller is the second novel from critically acclaimed author Dorothy Allison. Much like her award-winning novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller deals with domestic violence, friendship among women, mother-daughter bonds, and poverty in the small-town South...

Clint Windsor Showtime Network TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...


Independent Spirit Award (nominated)
Miracle Run
Miracle Run
Miracle Run is a 2004 Lifetime Television film starring Mary-Louise Parker, Zac Efron, Bubba Lewis, and Aidan Quinn.-Plot:In a flashback, a single mother, Corrine Morgan-Thomas drives her five year old twin boys Steven and Phillip to the doctor's office and learns that they are autistic...

Douglas Thomas Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Movie Network is an American cable channel. LMN offers women-oriented movies exclusively, especially made for television movies...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

2005
2005 in television
The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005-06 United States network television schedule.-Events:* January 1 -**The U.S...

 
The Exonerated
The Exonerated
The Exonerated is a film that dramatizes the stories of six people who had been wrongfully convicted of murder, but were later exonerated and freed after varying years of imprisonment, where many were subjected to further brutality and degradation...

Kerry CourtTV TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

Empire Falls David Roby HBO Miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

Mayday John Berry CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...

2004
2004 in television
The year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule.-Events:...

 - 2005
2005 in television
The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005-06 United States network television schedule.-Events:* January 1 -**The U.S...

 
Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...

Lieutenant John Miller Episode: Alone Again, Naturally
Episode: Last Will and Testament
Episode: The Hunter, Hunted
Episode: The Greatest Detectives
Episode: Goodbye to Camelot
Goodbye to Camelot (Third Watch)
"Goodbye to Camelot" is the 132nd and final episode of the American television series Third Watch. It was the 22nd episode of the 6th season.-Plot Summary:...

2006
2006 in television
The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:*In Justice...

 
The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel (TV series)
The Book of Daniel was a short-lived television series broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a serious drama about Christians and the Christian faith, but it was controversial with some Christians regarding certain aspects of the show. The show had been proposed for NBC's 2005 fall line-up,...

Daniel Webster
2007
2007 in television
The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.-January–March:-April–June:-July–September:-October–December:-Debuts:-Television shows:-1950s:...

 
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2008 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...

Henry L. Dawes
Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...

 
HBO TV-Movie
Television movie
A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...


Emmy Award (nominated)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...

Ben Nicholson Episode: Savant
2008
2008 in television
The year 2008 in television involved some significant plans.Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.-Events:- Debuts :-Television shows:, ,-1950s:*Hallmark Hall of Fame...

 
Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law was an American legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the pilot...

Matthew "Matt" Furey

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