ACTOR

Aidan Gillen

1968 - Today

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Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.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). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aidan Gillen has received more than 10,924,959 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Aidan Gillen is the 2,697th most popular actor (down from 1,769th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 90th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Irish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Aidan Gillens by language

Over the past year Aidan Gillen has had the most page views in the with 1,323,468 views, followed by Russian (92,928), and German (88,126). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (227.80%), Latin (89.01%), and Galician (79.51%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Aidan Gillen ranks 2,697 out of 13,578. Before him are Sandrine Bonnaire, Rainn Wilson, Jon Bernthal, John Astin, Jack Nance, and Marguerite Durand. After him are Barry Fitzgerald, Jennifer Morrison, Gisela Hahn, Tommy Chong, Dakota Johnson, and Sebastian Stan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Aidan Gillen ranks 95. Before him are Julian McMahon, Oleg Deripaska, Talant Duyshebaev, Lila Downs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Martin Dahlin. After him are Gary Coleman, Karl Ove Knausgård, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, and Cuba Gooding Jr..

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Aidan Gillen ranks 129 out of 549. Before him are Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620). After him are Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Alan Cunningham (1887), Pat Cox (1952), Sally Oldfield (1947), and Kathleen Lonsdale (1903).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Aidan Gillen ranks 20. Before him are Liam Cunningham (1961), Edward Mulhare (1923), Fiona Shaw (1958), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Colm Meaney (1953), and Dan O'Herlihy (1919). After him are Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Ronan Keating (1977), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Sinéad Cusack (1948), and Jason O'Mara (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

Bohemian Rhapsody
John Reid
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Oct 24o 20187.995 / 10
Game of Thrones
Petyr 'LittleFinger' Baelish
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
8.442 / 10
The Dark Knight Rises
CIA Op
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Jul 17o 20127.777 / 10