Portrait of Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Acting

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.

Born: June 19, 1983

Place of Birth: Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland

Filmography

2024
Rivals

as Declan O'Hara

2023
Fifteen-Love

as Glenn Lapthorn

2023
The Diplomat

as Callum Ellis

2022
The Suspect

as Joe O'Loughlin

2022
2021
Leonardo

as Leonardo da Vinci

2019
Love Is Blind

as Russell

2017
Loving Vincent

as Boatman

2017
The Secret Scripture

as Jack McNulty

2016
Poldark Revealed

as Self / Ross Poldark

2015
And Then There Were None

as Philip Lombard

2015
Poldark

as Ross Poldark

2011
Hattie

as John Schofield

2009
Desperate Romantics

as Dante Gabriel Rossetti

2009
Being Human

as John Mitchell

2008
Alarm

as Mal

2007
The Tudors

as Bedoli

2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

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Grendel

as Unferth

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