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aidan quinn interview - 2002 galway film fleadh

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Interview courtesy of Radio Telefis na hÉireann.

about aidan quinn

One of the most renowned Irish Actors in the world today, Aidan Quinn’s versatility has ensured his success across stage and screen.

Born in Chicago, Quinn made his stage debut there in The Man in 605 and played the title role in a modern day Hamlet, which won the Joseph Jefferson award for Best Production. Quinn starred as Stanley Kowalski in a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and has also appeared off-Broadway in Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love and in the original production of Shepard’s Lie of the Mind, which was awarded the 1985 Drama Desk Award.

In the same year Quinn starred in Reckless and since then has appeared in some 20 feature films including Desperately Seeking Susan, Stakeout, The Playboys, Benny and Joon. Avalon and At Play in the Fields of our Lord, which was screened during this year’s Fleadh. Having  worked with such distinguished actors as Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Steven Rea, Anthony Hopkins, Cathy Bates, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kinsley, Meryl Streep, Sissy Spacek, James Caan and Colm Meaney, Quinn continues to deliver rounded portrayals of his characters, performances that catch the eye and stay in the mind.

The small screen has also played host to Quinn’s talents in such Drama’s as Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and An Early Frost where he plays an AIDS victim for  which he received an Emmy Nomination.

Aswell as major studio pictures, Quinn has also lent his name to more intimate films, a prime example being the Irish Feature This is my Father, which was written and directed by brother Paul, with  Declan Quinn as cinematographer.

The Galway Film Fleadh was delighted to pay tribute to the outstandingly talented Aidan Quinn.