Aidan Turner | |
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Born | Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland | 19 June 1983
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983)[1][2] is an Irish actor. He began his career in the RTÉ medical drama The Clinic (2008–2009)[3] and the BBC series Desperate Romantics (2009).[4] He later gained attention for co-starring as one of the main leads in the popular BBC Three series Being Human (2009–2011),[5][6] and for playing the dwarf Kíli in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014),[7][8] before starring as the eponymous character in the BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark (2015–2019).