Actor profile

Aidan Turner

19th June 1983 Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland Acting

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.

13 Movies 14 TV Shows 1 In Production 28 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Love Is Blind poster

Love Is Blind 25th March 2019 as Russell

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot poster

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot 8th February 2019 as Calvin Barr

Loving Vincent poster

Loving Vincent 22nd June 2017 as Boatman

The Secret Scripture poster

The Secret Scripture 23rd March 2017 as Jack McNulty

Poldark Revealed poster

Poldark Revealed 18th September 2016 as Self / Ross Poldark

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 10th December 2014 as Kili

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 11th December 2013 as Kili

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones poster

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 21st August 2013 as Luke Garroway

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 12th December 2012 as Kili

Hattie poster

Hattie 19th January 2011 as John Schofield

Alarm poster

Alarm 11th July 2008 as Mal

Grendel poster

Grendel as Unferth

The Way of the Wind poster

The Way of the Wind as Andrew

Rivals poster

Rivals 18th October 2024 as Declan O'Hara

Fifteen-Love poster

Fifteen-Love 21st July 2023 as Glenn Lapthorn

The Diplomat poster

The Diplomat 20th April 2023 as Callum Ellis

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg 4th September 2022

The Suspect poster

The Suspect 29th August 2022 as Joe O'Loughlin

Toast of Tinseltown poster

Toast of Tinseltown 4th January 2022 as Barney

Leonardo poster

Leonardo 23rd March 2021 as Leonardo da Vinci

And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None 26th December 2015 as Philip Lombard

Poldark poster

Poldark 8th March 2015 as Ross Poldark

Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong poster

Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong 9th September 2014 as Brad

Desperate Romantics poster

Desperate Romantics 21st July 2009 as Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Being Human poster

Being Human 25th January 2009 as John Mitchell

The Tudors poster

The Tudors 1st April 2007 as Bedoli

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self - Guest

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses poster

Coming soon

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 25th June 2026 as Vicomte de Valmont