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Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen (born Aidan Murphy on 24 April 1968) is an Irish stage and screen actor, best known in the UK for his role as Stuart Jones in the ground-breaking Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk. He is perhaps best known to US audiences for his role in HBO's television series The Wire in which he plays Tommy Carcetti and for his role as Petyr Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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Pojedynek (2026)

The year is 1939. The world is falling into chaos. Thousands of Poles, held by the Russians in a former monastery, are subjected to brutal indoctrination. An ambitious enemy agent makes it a point of honour to break the resistance of one of them. He is a y ...

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The Physician II (2025)

1050 AD: Rob Cole returns to England to bring the medical light of the Orient to his countrymen. But he fails because of the intrigues of the established London doctors, who feel threatened by the new knowledge. And it is not only the human body that is fu ...

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Re-Creation (2025)

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twel ...

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Amongst the Wolves (2025)

On the streets of Dublin, Danny, a homeless man grappling with the ghosts of his past, finds himself caught in a cycle of despair and survival. Haunted by memories of his time serving in the Royal Irish Army, Danny's life takes a turn when he encounters Wi ...

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London Calling (2024)

After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man. ...

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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs (2024)

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partnership was ignited; the band they formed, Microdisney, was one of the best bands of the 1980s that you've pr ...

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Dance First (2023)

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett's famous ethos "Dance first, think later", the film is a sweeping accou ...

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Barber (2023)

Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pandemic, Barber's initial investigation into Sara's disappearance quickly darkens. Secrets start surfacing ...

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Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. ...

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Rose Plays Julie (2021)

Rose Plays Julie is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that are both devastating and dangerous. ...

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Confinement (2019)

A time-space map, across 500 years of north inner-city Dublin, from Henrietta Street to Grangegorman, using motion graphics, live footage and charcoal drawings of faces of patients from rare pre-1900 photographs from the National Archives, the film explore ...

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Keepers of the Flame (2018)

Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the ensuing civil war. ...

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyl ...

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We Ourselves (2018)

We Ourselves is an unconventional drama about isolation and belonging, about being alone with one's own thoughts while being part of a shared experience, culture and nation. It takes us into the minds and hearts of a group of idealists and careerists as th ...

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Dave Allen at Peace (2018)

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and nine-and-a-half fingers. ...

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it ...

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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms (2017)

HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms in the thousands of years before Game of Thrones' story begins. ...

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

When the child Arthur's father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur's uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the ...

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The Lovers (2017)

The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again. ...

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Pickups (2017)

Pickups is about a man called Aidan who is suffering from insomnia, back trouble and the breakdown of his marriage. Aidan finds solace in a number of strangers he picks up, although he's now concerned someone is stalking him. Work is getting on top of him ...

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When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD (2017)

Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his director, Alfred Hitchcock. Suddenly he gets a visitor, Dr. Timothy Leary. Having read about Grant's dabbling with LSD in an interview with Good Housekeeping M ...

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Further Beyond (2016)

In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure, Ambrose O'Higgins, and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from Ireland to Chile. ...

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Sing Street (2016)

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. ...

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up w ...

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Still (2015)

Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier. He becomes involved in a feud with a teenage gang after a seemingly harmless collision with a young kid. As the feud ...

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You're Ugly Too (2015)

After her mother's death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish midlands. As the two cautiously get to know each other, they have to deal with the dark shadows of the past. ...

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Men of Granite (2015)

A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball. ...

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Ambition (2014)

A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master. Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it? ...

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Calvary (2014)

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him. ...

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Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)

During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outlaw father, Clayton. Meanwhile, Dominic works his final potato harvest, hoping to earn the money he needs to buy a car and take them away towards a better fut ...

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Mister John (2013)

After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a foreign world of opportunity that had not existed before gives Gerry a chance at starting over by slipping i ...

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Scrapper (2013)

Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of Seattle looking for cast-off copper, aluminum and other valuable metals. Hollis uses all the tricks of the m ...

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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment (2013)

Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utm ...

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Ekki múkk (2012)

A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One of the 16 film experiments made for the Sigur Ros Valtari album. ...

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the myster ...

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Shadow Dancer (2012)

In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son. ...

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The Good Man (2012)

Michael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death in an accident. Sifiso is a teenager living in a shack in a Cape Town township, dreaming of escape. When their stories unexpectedly collide, their impact on one ...

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Blitz (2011)

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. ...

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Wake Wood (2011)

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter. ...

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Treacle Jr. (2010)

A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life with no explanation. He opts to live on the streets of London. Alone in a park at night he is set upon by a gang of violent thugs, in his bid to escape he accid ...

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Freefall (2009)

FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spira ...

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12 Rounds (2009)

When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny ...

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Blackout (2008)

Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare. ...

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The Wire: The Last Word (2007)

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire. ...

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The Wire Odyssey (2007)

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire. ...

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Tapping the Wire (2007)

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made. ...

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Walk Away and I Stumble (2007)

Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a younger woman, Claire Holmes, after going to investigate a break-in at her travel agency shop. Having told his wife that he is leaving her, he learns that Claire ...

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Trouble with Sex (2005)

A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very different worlds, though each is beset by niggling discontentment. Michelle (Renée Weldon - IFTA Best Actress) is a fast-rising young Dublin lawyer with a sm ...

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Photo Finish (2004)

A photographer is devastated when his lover leaves him to pursue an affair with a wealthy man. ...

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Burning The Bed (2003)

A man and woman spend a last night on the beach together after deciding to split up ...

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Shanghai Knights (2003)

When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. ...

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The Final Curtain (2002)

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing gameshow host played by O'Toole, who hires novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to pen his biography, in th ...

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My Kingdom (2001)

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junki ...

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Lorna Doone (2001)

The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the king's ...

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The Low Down (2001)

Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimistic and fresh approach to life and its problems begins to have a dramatic effect on him. ...

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The Darkling (2000)

When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon discovers the source of Rubin's power: a caged creature called a "Darkling," which possesses the power to cre ...

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Buddy Boy (2000)

An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor. ...

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The Second Death (2000)

On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned. ...

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Mojo (1997)

The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder. ...

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Gold In The Streets (1997)

An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling to survive and adapt to life in the Bronx. ...

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Amazing Grace (1997)

A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's anxious and he looks like he's running away from something. Then, by chance, he meets Grace, a prostitute who happens to come from Belfast too. A connection is made a ...

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Some Mother's Son (1996)

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strike ...

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Circle of Friends (1995)

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond? ...

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Safe (1993)

Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London. ...

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An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)

Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually lead to the Falklands War. As the Argentine forces land on the main island and make their way towards Gove ...

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Killing Time (1991)

When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a one-way ticket to heartbreak? ...

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A View of Harry Clark (1989)

Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him? ...

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The Courier (1988)

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ring. A reformed drug user himself, he sets out to crack the lethal ...

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open. ...

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The Drip (1985)

McAdam's debut, a comical short, about Jack (Jack Lynch, who co-wrote the film) and the catastrophic effects of a night's drinking. This marked McAdam's first film collaboration with actors Donal O'Kelly and Pom Boyd. ...

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