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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.
Known for
- National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Vicomte de Valmont2026
- Rivals: The Official Podcast — Self2026
- Rivals — Declan O'Hara2024
- Fifteen-Love — Glenn Lapthorn2023
- The Diplomat — Callum Ellis2023
- Toast of Tinseltown — Barney2022
- The Suspect — Joe O'Loughlin2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
- Leonardo — Leonardo da Vinci2021
- Love Is Blind — Russell2019
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1983-06-19 ) 19 June 1983 (age 42) , Clondalkin , Dublin, Ireland
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Spouse
- Caitlin FitzGerald ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 )
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- Given name
- Aidan
- Family name
- Turner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Clondalkin
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Aidan Turner.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He began his career in the RTÉ medical drama The Clinic (2008–2009) and the BBC series Desperate Romantics (2009). He later gained attention for co-starring as one of the main leads in the popular BBC Three series Being Human (2009–2011), and for playing the dwarf Kíli in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), before starring as Ross Poldark in Poldark (2015–2019).
Early life and education
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