Acting

Aidan Turner

Born 1983-06-19 · Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland

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.

Credits

Newest first

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Vicomte de Valmont
2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast
as Self
2026
Rivals
as Declan O'Hara
2024
Fifteen-Love
as Glenn Lapthorn
2023
The Diplomat
as Callum Ellis
2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
The Suspect
as Joe O'Loughlin
2022
Toast of Tinseltown
as Barney
2022
Leonardo
as Leonardo da Vinci
2021
Love Is Blind
as Russell
2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
as Calvin Barr
2019
Loving Vincent
as Boatman
2017
The Secret Scripture
as Jack McNulty
2017
Poldark Revealed
as Self / Ross Poldark
2016
And Then There Were None
as Philip Lombard
2015
Poldark
as Ross Poldark
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Kili
2014
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
as Brad
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Kili
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Luke Garroway
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Kili
2012
Hattie
as John Schofield
2011
Desperate Romantics
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
2009
Being Human
as John Mitchell
2009
Alarm
as Mal
2008
The Tudors
as Bedoli
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
Grendel
as Unferth
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The Way of the Wind
as Andrew
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