
Aidan Turner
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.
Known For

2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · tv

2024
Rivals
2024 · tv

2007
The Tudors
2007 · tv

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · movie

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · movie

2015
Poldark
2015 · tv

2023
The Diplomat
2023 · tv

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · movie

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · tv

2009
Being Human
2009 · tv

2015
And Then There Were None
2015 · tv

2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · movie

2014
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
2014 · tv

2021
Leonardo
2021 · tv

2023
Fifteen-Love
2023 · tv

2022
Toast of Tinseltown
2022 · tv

2017
Loving Vincent
2017 · movie

2022
The Suspect
2022 · tv

2009
Desperate Romantics
2009 · tv

2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · movie

2017
The Secret Scripture
2017 · movie

2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026 · tv

2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 · movie

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The Way of the Wind
— · movie

2011
Hattie
2011 · movie

2019
Love Is Blind
2019 · movie

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Grendel
— · movie

2016
Poldark Revealed
2016 · movie

2008
Alarm
2008 · movie