Career
Gillen played Stuart Alan Jones in the ground-breaking Channel 4 television series, Queer as Folk, and its sequel, for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination, for Best Actor. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his highly acclaimed Broadway role in Harold Pinters The Caretaker and has also been nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for his portrayal of Teach, in the Dublin Gate Theatre's 2007 production of David Mamet's American Buffalo. In 2004, having been spotted by producers in The Caretaker, Gillen joined the main cast of HBO's acclaimed television series The Wire, portraying Tommy Carcetti, for which he received an Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television. Gillen appeared alongside the professional wrestler John Cena in the 2009 film 12 Rounds. In July of that year, he appeared in a one-off BBC2 drama Freefall along with Dominic Cooper and Sarah Harding. He has co-starred with David Morrissey, as Phil Hendricks, in the British drama Thorne.
In 2011, Gillen joined the main cast of HBO's award-winning series Game of Thrones, portraying Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish, for which he received his second Irish Film & Television Award nomination. He starred with Jason Statham and David Morrissey, as cop killer Barry Weiss, in the British crime-thriller Blitz, and in the British horror Wake Wood, alongsideTimothy Spall. Gillen played Crime boss John Boy, in the acclaimed Irish crime-drama Love/Hate, for which he received his third Irish Film & Television Award nomination, and second win. He played the CIA agent in the opening of The Dark Knight Rises, and starred with Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson, in the British spy-drama Shadow Dancer. He was announced as the new host of the music show Other Voices. He is set to star in the comedy-drama Calvary, with Brendan Gleeson and Chris O'Dowd, which is currently being filmed, and in the BBC five part-thriller Mayday. Gillen shared a Screen Actors Guild Award with the cast of Game of Thrones for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He also played for a short-film directed by Nick Abrahams called Ekki Múkk, created for the 'Valtari' Mystery Film Experiment.
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