Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner Biography

Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He also plays Kíli in the three-part fantasy film The Hobbit. In addition, he portrayed Luke Garroway in the film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Early life

Aidan Turner was born in Clondalkin, Dublin. His relationship with the movie industry could be said to have begun when he started working in the UCI cinema complex, in the Square Tallaght, as a 16-year-old. He graduated from The Gaiety School of Acting in 2004.

Career

Aidan Turner's acting career began in 2007 with a small guest appearance on The Tudors. He continued his television career on Desperate Romantics, playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti. From 2008 to 2009, he appeared in a recurring role as Ruairí McGowan on The Clinic. followed by the character of John Mitchell on the supernatural drama series Being Human (2009"2011).

His film career began with two short films The Sound of People (2007) and Matterhorn (2007). He later played Mal in the thriller feature film Alarm (2008).

Turner portrays Kíli in the fantasy film trilogy The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

He portrayed Luke Garroway in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, released in 2013. After portraying vampire Mitchell in Being Human and dwarf Kili in The Hobbit, he portrays a Shadowhunter-turned-werewolf, thus enhancing his career in supernatural characters.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Sound of People	Father	Short film
2007	Matterhorn	Theodoro	Short film
2008	Alarm	Mal
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Kíli	Pending- SFX Award For Sexiest Male
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Luke Garroway
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Kíli
2014	The Hobbit: There and Back Again	Kíli

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Tudors	Bedoli	Episode: "In Cold Blood"
2009	Desperate Romantics	Dante Gabriel Rossetti	6 episodes
2008–2009	The Clinic	Ruairí McGowan	18 episodes
2009–2011	Being Human	John Mitchell	22 episodes
2010	Resonance	TT	Pilot
2011	Hattie	John Schofield	TV movie

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