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. Frank Harte in
Calvary (2014), Janson in
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