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Aidan Turner

Acting Born Jun 19, 1983 Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland 24 credits

Biography

Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.

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Known for

The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

Rivals

as Declan O'Hara

The Diplomat

as Callum Ellis

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022
Film

Loving Vincent

as Boatman

Full filmography

  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self - Guest
  • The Tudors (2007) as Bedoli
  • Poldark (2015) as Ross Poldark
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Kili
  • Rivals (2024) as Declan O'Hara
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Kili
  • The Diplomat (2023) as Callum Ellis
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) as Kili
  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
  • Being Human (2009) as John Mitchell
  • Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (2014) as Brad
  • And Then There Were None (2015) as Philip Lombard
  • Leonardo (2021) as Leonardo da Vinci
  • The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) as Luke Garroway
  • Fifteen-Love (2023) as Glenn Lapthorn
  • The Suspect (2022) as Joe O'Loughlin
  • Toast of Tinseltown (2022) as Barney
  • Loving Vincent (2017) as Boatman
  • Desperate Romantics (2009) as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2019) as Calvin Barr
  • The Secret Scripture (2017) as Jack McNulty
  • Rivals: The Official Podcast (2026) as Self
  • The Way of the Wind as Andrew
  • Hattie (2011) as John Schofield