Aidan Turner

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.

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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 43)

Origin

Clondalkin, Ireland

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

University

St Mac Dara's Community College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan%20Turner
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q403905

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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