Aidan Quinn Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Aidan Quinn Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor, who made his

film debut in Reckless (1984). He has starred in over 80 feature

films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986),

Stakeout (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the

Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins

(1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) and

Unknown (2011).Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations

for his work in An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded

Knee (2007). He played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson in the CBS

television series Elementary (2012â€"2019).Quinn was born in Chicago,

Illinois, to Irish Catholic parents. He was raised in Chicago and

Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly,

Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, but also worked as a

bookkeeper and in the travel business, and his father, Michael Quinn,

was a professor of English literature. He has three brothers and a

sister. His older brother, Declan Quinn, is a cinematographer, while

his younger sister, Marian, is an actress, director and writer. Though

a roofer by trade, Quinn received his start in the Chicago theatre at

nineteen. He trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop.His first

significant film role was in Reckless, followed by a breakthrough role

in Desperately Seeking Susan as the character "Dez" (the love interest

of the character played by Rosanna Arquette). Quinn next starred in

the controversial television film An Early Frost, about a young gay

lawyer dying of AIDS (it was broadcast on NBC on November 11, 1985,

and co-starred Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara and Sylvia Sidney). He

received his first Emmy Award nomination for the role which allowed

him to gain recognition in Hollywood. He made a short impressive

contribution as Robert De Niro's brother in The Mission. He played

escaped convict Richard "Stick" Montgomery in the action comedy

Stakeout opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez.
Aidan Quinn Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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