Aidan Gillen (born Aidan Murphy on 24 April 1968) is an Irish stage and screen actor.
Brown haired Irish actor who got his big break in the controversial, highly acclaimed TV series "Queer as Folk" (1999).
(2001) Now lives in North London with girlfriend Olivia and their children, daughter Berry and son Joe.
Mother is a nurse and his late father was a draughtsman.
Has a sister, who is also an actress.
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. http://tonys.broadway.com/nominee_detail.cfm?nom_id=43&category=Feature dActorPlay
Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker."
