Aidan Turner
Acting
Biography
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 29
Movies (14)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses2026Vicomte de Valmont
Love Is Blind2019Russell
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot2019Calvin Barr
Loving Vincent2017Boatman
The Secret Scripture2017Jack McNulty
Poldark Revealed2016Self / Ross Poldark
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014Kili
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013Kili
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013Luke Garroway
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012Kili
Hattie2011John Schofield
Alarm2008Mal
GrendelUnferth
The Way of the WindAndrew
Shows (15)
Rivals: The Official Podcast2026Self
Rivals2024Declan O'Hara
Fifteen-Love2023Glenn Lapthorn
The Diplomat2023Callum Ellis
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
The Suspect2022Joe O'Loughlin
Toast of Tinseltown2022Barney
Leonardo2021Leonardo da Vinci
And Then There Were None2015Philip Lombard
Poldark2015Ross Poldark
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong2014Brad
Desperate Romantics2009Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Being Human2009John Mitchell
The Tudors2007Bedoli
The Graham Norton Show2007Self - Guest