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Aidan Turner

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Aidan Turner

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 19, 1983 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland

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.

Known For

Acting
2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons DangereusesVicomte de Valmont
2024RivalsDeclan O'Hara
2023Fifteen-LoveGlenn Lapthorn
2023The DiplomatCallum Ellis
2022Toast of TinseltownBarney
2022The SuspectJoe O'Loughlin
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2021LeonardoLeonardo da Vinci
2019Love Is BlindRussell
2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootCalvin Barr
2017Loving VincentBoatman
2017The Secret ScriptureJack McNulty
2016Poldark RevealedSelf / Ross Poldark
2015PoldarkRoss Poldark
2015And Then There Were NonePhilip Lombard
2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesKili
2014Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is WrongBrad
2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugKili
2013The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesLuke Garroway
2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyKili
2011HattieJohn Schofield
2009Being HumanJohn Mitchell
2009Desperate RomanticsDante Gabriel Rossetti
2008AlarmMal
2007The TudorsBedoli
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest
-GrendelUnferth
-The Way of the WindAndrew