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Aidan Turner

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.

Filmography
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses poster
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 • Vicomte de Valmont
Love Is Blind poster
Love Is Blind
2019 • Russell
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot poster
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 • Calvin Barr
Loving Vincent poster
Loving Vincent
2017 • Boatman
The Secret Scripture poster
The Secret Scripture
2017 • Jack McNulty
Poldark Revealed poster
Poldark Revealed
2016 • Self / Ross Poldark
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 • Kili
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 • Kili
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones poster
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 • Luke Garroway
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 • Kili
Hattie poster
Hattie
2011 • John Schofield
Alarm poster
Alarm
2008 • Mal
Grendel poster
Grendel
— • Unferth
The Way of the Wind poster
The Way of the Wind
— • Andrew