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Aidan Quinn as Matt Furey on FOX's "Canterbury's Law" |
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Aidan Quinn, nominated this year for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," started his career on the Chicago stage and has since appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway and in London's West End. In his hometown of Chicago, Aidan Quinn played the title role in a modern-day "Hamlet," directed by Robert Falls. Aidan Quinn starred on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and off-Broadway in Sam Shepherd's "Fool for Love"; "Salome," directed by Estelle Parsons; and "The Exonerated," which he also performed at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, in Dublin and in London's West End.
Aidan Quinn has starred in more than 25 feature films, including "Desperately Seeking Susan"; "Benny & Joon"; "Legends of the Fall"; "This Is My Father," written and directed by his brother Paul and filmed by his brother Declan; "Evelyn" alongside "Canterbury's Law" co-star Julianna Margulies; "The Assignment"; "At Play in the Fields of the Lord"; "Looking for Richard"; "Dark Matter" with Meryl Streep, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival; and the upcoming "32A," directed by his sister Marian. Aidan Quinn garnered an Irish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in "Song for a Raggy Boy," and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male for "Cavedweller."
On the small screen, Aidan Quinn starred in the groundbreaking AIDS drama "An Early Frost," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor. Other television credits for Aidan Quinn include "Perfect Witness" with Stockard Channing, "Plainsong," "Convicted" for director Bille August and "A Private Matter" opposite Sissy Spacek. Quinn recently starred as the title character in the series "The Book of Daniel."
Aidan Quinn and his family live in upstate New York.
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