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Aidan Turner

Acting · Born June 19, 1983 · 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.

Movies with Aidan Turner

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

TV shows with Aidan Turner

• Rivals (2024) — Declan O'Hara
• Poldark (2015) — Ross Poldark
• Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (2014) — Brad
• Being Human (2009) — John Mitchell
• Leonardo (2021) — Leonardo da Vinci
• Fifteen-Love (2023) — Glenn Lapthorn
• Desperate Romantics (2009) — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• The Suspect (2022) — Joe O'Loughlin