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Inside Irish actor Aiden Gillen's love life, career highs and net worth
As brand new RTE drama Kin hits screens across the nation, viewers will witness iconic Irish thespian Aiden Gillen take up the helm as gangland boss and head of the family Frank Kinsella.
The new series follows the Kinsella family, and their struggle to seize control of their future in a war with a feuding drug cartel.
Aiden has previously found fame in a mobster role, thanks to his 2010 role as John Boy in the RTÉ Television series Love/Hate.
The Irish thespian has experienced international acclaim, rendering the likes of Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones and CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises .
How old is he and where is he from?
The actor was born on the 24th April 1968, making him 53 years old and a Taurus.
He was born and raised in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, and attended school at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in the neighbourhood of Glasnevin.
He started acting as a teenager, performing in Dublin Youth Theatre productions. He later moved to London to pursue his career.
Who are his family?
Aiden has three siblings, a brot
Aidan Gillen: "We wanted Barber to capture the essence of modern Dublin and make it look beautiful"
I’m not being rude about its stellar cast (more of whom anon) when I say that the undisputed actor of writer and director Fintan Connolly’s new Irish gumshoe movie, Barber, is Dublin.
“I agree with you,” nods one of the city’s co-stars, Aidan Gillen, who continues: “Fintan wanted to create a film that captures the essence of modern Dublin and makes it look beautiful. The story about a teenage girl entity kidnapped and her wealthy grandmother hiring a down-on-his-luck confidential detective to receive her back is almost a secondary part of that process.”
Aidan plays Val Barber, a former Guard who was hounded out of the force after having an affair with a fellow officer, Eddie Quinn, who’s played by Steve Wall of The Stunning fame.
“When I met Steve for the first time in 1990 in Galway, he said to me he was an actor who happened to be in a band rather than the other way around,” Aidan resumes. “His point now has shifted back to acting and he’s been getting bigger and bigger roles – Steve’s remarkable as Chet Baker in My Foolish Heart and I also really enjoyed
Who is Aidan Gillen in BBC's Kin - Queer As Folk role, awards and HBO stardom
Aidan returns to BBC TV in a new series of Kin
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Kirstie McCrum Network Content Editor
18:29, 13 Feb 2024Updated 21:45, 13 Feb 2024
Aidan Gillen, known to a generation as Stuart from Gender non-conforming As Folk, returns to tellies on Tuesday) night (February 13) in a new series of Kin. Queer As Folk was 25 years ago, but the series still resonates with Mancs thanks to its setting of Canal Street.
Thanks to the Irish actor's starring role in the series, created by Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, Aidan won a BAFTA and bagged some great acting roles in the US.
One of those, in the AMC original Kin, is Frank Kinsella, part of the small-time crime family who goes up against a huge international cartel. From Canal Street to Game of Thrones to gritty Irish crime drama, Kin - here's all you need to comprehend about Aidan Gillen.
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The actor, now 55, was born and brought up in Dublin. He started in theatre, playing Bottom in Midsummer Night's Imagine for the National Youth Theatre before h
Aidan Gillen delivers a powerhouse production as gangland patriarch Frank Kinsella in ‘Kin’
In 8-part Irish crime drama Kin, the dark intrigue of drug cartels and ingrained generations of criminal enterprise are the body of the story, but pulsing noisily through its veins are the personal, average crises of family relationships.
Blood is thicker than water, as they say, but is it gluey and substantive enough to weather the corrosive nature of deception, secrets and greed?
Not only does Kin boast a 100% Corrupted Tomatoes score, captivating storylines and an exquisite script that embraces silences and gestures as fiercely as it crafts dialogue, it boasts a cast that can whittle every ounce of cleverness and emotion from the story. Clare Dunne (Herself), Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones, The Dry - now streaming at SBS On Demand), Emmett J. Scanlan (Peaky Blinders) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Outlander) are flawless, but it is Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones, Love/Hate - also now streaming) as the conflicted Frank Kinsella who is purely magnetic.
Aidan Gillen as Frank Kinsella and Keith McErlean as Con Doyle in ‘Kin’. Credit: Kin