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Aidan Gillen

Born Aidan Murphy
April 24, 1968 (1968-04-24) (age 40)
Flag of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Occupation actor
Years active 1987-present

Aidan Gillen (born Aidan Murphy on 24 April 1968) is an Irish stage and screen actor. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Biography

Gillen was born in the Drumcondra suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Drumcondra is the name of several places Drumcondra Dublin, Ireland a residential area on the Northside of Dublin Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. He began his acting career as a teenager with Dublin Youth Theatre, at the age of 16 playing Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Project Arts Centre,[1] before moving to London. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from The Project Arts Centre is a venue for cutting-edge visual art and performance located in Dublin 's Temple Bar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

He is perhaps 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 (for which he was nominated best actor, bafta 2000). Queer as Folk is a 1999 British Television series that chronicles the lives of three Gay men let loose in Manchester 's Gay village American audiences know him best for his role as Tommy Carcetti in HBO's television series The Wire. Thomas J "Tommy" Carcetti is a Fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Aidan Gillen.

Gillen was nominated for a Tony Award for his highly acclaimed Broadway role in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker in 2003. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Caretaker is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, first published in 1959. He has also been 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 appeared as ricky roma in highly acclaimed west end production of mamets "glengarry glen ross" 2007/2008. The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammoir, initially using the Abbey Theatre 's Peacock studio David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and American Buffalo is a groundbreaking 1976 play by American Playwright David Mamet. .

He lives in North London.

Stage and screen credits

Filmography

Television

Television includes:[3]

Theatre

References

  1. ^ Guardian interview by Mark Lawson, 3 October 2007 [1]
  2. ^ Gillen's programme CV, 2007
  3. ^ Gillen's programme CV, 2007
  4. ^ Gillen's own CV in the Apollo Theatre programme, 2007; checked against and with additional material from Theatre Record and its annual Indexes

External links

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