GAME OF THRONES CAST ==AIDAN GILLEN (LORD BAELISH)==

AIDAN GILLEN (LORD BAELISH)

Date of Birth	24 April 1968, Dublin, Ireland
Birth Name	Aidan Murphy
Height	5' 9" (1,75 m)

BIOGRAPHY

Aidan Gillen was born on April 24, 1968 in Dublin, Ireland as Aidan Murphy. He is an actor, known for Taht Oyunlari (2011), The Wire (2002) and Kara Sövalye Yükseliyor(2012). He has been married to Olivia O'Flanagan since July 7, 2001. They have two children.

Brown haired Irish actor who got his big break in the controversial, highly acclaimed TV series Queer as Folk (1999).

Moved back to Ireland in 2009 with his wife and two kids, daughter Berry and son Joe. Now lives in Kerry, Ireland. [2011].

Mother is a nurse and his late father was an architect.

Brother of actress Fionnuala Murphy. His brother, John Paul Murphy, is a playwright, and his other sister, Patricia Murphy, is a teacher.

He uses the surname of Gillen because someone else was already registered as Aidan Murphy in the Actors' Guild. Gillen is his mother's surname.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker."

Educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin.

Echoing his earlier work 14 years previous in John Michael McDonagh's short film "Second Death", Aiden Gillen repeats his exaggerated and threatening karate-moves in a similar bar scene toward Brendan Gleeson in Calvary - also by John Michael McDonagh.

The surname change, taking his mother's maiden name, came about because there was already an Aidan Murphy on Equity's books.