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Aidan Turner

エイダン・ターナー　/　えいだん・たーなー

Stage actor from Ireland

June 19, 1983 (age 42)　・　Clondalkin, Ireland

stage actor
film actor
television actor

My Take

Aidan Turner is, to my eye, the rare actor whose charisma feels earthbound rather than manufactured. From a Dublin suburb to playing Kili in The Hobbit and then carrying Poldark on his shoulders, he has shown an unusual range of scale, literally and figuratively. What interests me is his restraint: he underplays where lesser actors would smolder on cue, and that economy makes his intensity land harder. He has no shelf of trophies to point to, and frankly I find that refreshing, because his reputation rests entirely on the work itself. I suspect his best and most surprising roles are still ahead of him.

Overview

Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He began his career in the RTÉ medical drama The Clinic (2008–2009) and the BBC series Desperate Romantics (2009). He later gained attention for co-starring as one of the main leads in the popular BBC Three series Being Human (2009–2011), and for playing the dwarf Kíli in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), before starring as Ross Poldark in Poldark (201…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Aidan Turner
Name (Japanese): エイダン・ターナー
Reading: えいだん・たーなー
Born: June 19, 1983 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Boar
Origin: Clondalkin, Ireland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: St Mac Dara's Community College

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC

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