Aidan Turner
Biography
Aidan Turner is an Irish actor born on June 19, 1983. He has appeared in various roles including Ross Poldark in a BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He also played Kíli in The Hobbit film series. Turner has a known credit count of 29 and has been active in the acting profession. His birthplace is Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland.
Career overview
Aidan Turner is an Irish actor born on June 19, 1983, in Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland. He has appeared in various television and film roles throughout his career. Turner has played notable characters in several series, including Ross Poldark in a BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human.
Turner has also portrayed other characters in notable roles, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics and Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic. Additionally, he played Kíli in The Hobbit film series. His acting credits span multiple genres and mediums, showcasing his versatility as an actor.
Turner's career has involved a significant number of acting credits, with 29 known credits listed. He has worked in both television and film, demonstrating his ability to adapt to various roles and projects.
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- National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2026) as Vicomte de Valmont
- Rivals: The Official Podcast (2026) as Self
- Rivals (2024) as Declan O'Hara
- The Diplomat (2023) as Callum Ellis
- Fifteen-Love (2023) as Glenn Lapthorn
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
- The Suspect (2022) as Joe O'Loughlin
- Toast of Tinseltown (2022) as Barney
- Leonardo (2021) as Leonardo da Vinci
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2019) as Calvin Barr
- Love Is Blind (2019) as Russell
- Loving Vincent (2017) as Boatman
- The Secret Scripture (2017) as Jack McNulty
- Poldark Revealed (2016) as Self / Ross Poldark
- Poldark (2015) as Ross Poldark
- And Then There Were None (2015) as Philip Lombard
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Kili
- Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (2014) as Brad
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) as Kili
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) as Luke Garroway
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Kili
- Hattie (2011) as John Schofield
- Being Human (2009) as John Mitchell
- Desperate Romantics (2009) as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Alarm (2008) as Mal
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self - Guest
- The Tudors (2007) as Bedoli
- Grendel as Unferth
- The Way of the Wind as Andrew