- He uses the surname of Gillen because someone else was already registered as Aidan Murphy in the Actors' Guild. Gillen is his mother's surname.
- Brown haired Irish actor who got his big break in the controversial, highly acclaimed TV series Queer as Folk (1999).
- Moved back to Ireland in 2009 with his wife and two kids, daughter Berry and son Joe. Now lives in Kerry, Ireland. [2011].
- Brother of actress Fionnuala Murphy. His brother, John Paul Murphy, is a playwright, and his other sister, Patricia Murphy, is a teacher.
- Mother is a nurse and his late father was an architect.
- Appears in Poirot (1989) as the husband of Rachael Stirling. He stars in Game of Thrones (2011) where he plays an ally to Diana Rigg, the mother of Rachael Stirling.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker."
- Educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin.
- Echoing his earlier work 14 years previous in John Michael McDonagh's short film "Second Death", Aiden Gillen repeats his exaggerated and threatening karate-moves in a similar bar scene toward Brendan Gleeson in Calvary - also by John Michael McDonagh.
- The surname change, taking his mother's maiden name, came about because there was already an Aidan Murphy on Equity's books.
- Born on exactly the same date as Stacy Haiduk (of "Superboy" and "The Round Table" fame).
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