Aidan MurphyΒ (born 1967 or 1968), better known asΒ Aidan GillenΒ (/ΛΙ‘ΙͺlΙn/), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones inΒ Queer as FolkΒ (1999β2000);Β Tommy CarcettiΒ inΒ The Wire (2004β2008); John Boy inΒ Β Love/HateΒ (2010β2011);Β Petyr "Littlefinger" BaelishΒ inΒ Game of Thrones (2011β2017), Aberama Gold inΒ Peaky Blinders (2017β2019); as Milo Sunter onΒ Mayor of KingstownΒ (2021βpresent); and as Frank Kinsella, in the crime dramaΒ KinΒ (2021β2023). His film roles include CIA operative Bill Wilson inΒ The Dark Knight RisesΒ (2012), Janson inΒ Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsΒ (2015), andΒ John ReidΒ inΒ Bohemian RhapsodyΒ (2018), and several films directed byΒ Jamie Thraves. He has received threeΒ Irish Film & Television AwardsΒ and has been nominated for aΒ British Academy Television Award, aΒ British Independent Film Award, and aΒ Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aidan Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.