Aidan Turner

Actor

Born June 19, 1983 in 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.

Acting

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