
Aidan Turner
Biography
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan in The Clinic, and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series Being Human. He played Kíli in The Hobbit film series.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Kili
2012

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Kili
2013

Alarm
as Mal
2008

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Luke Garroway
2013

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Kili
2014

Hattie
as John Schofield
2011

Loving Vincent
as Boatman
2017

Love Is Blind
as Russell
2019

Grendel
as Unferth
TBA

The Secret Scripture
as Jack McNulty
2017

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
as Calvin Barr
2019

Poldark Revealed
as Self / Ross Poldark
2016

The Way of the Wind
as Andrew
TBA

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Vicomte de Valmont
2026
TV Appearances

The Tudors
as Bedoli
2007

Rivals
as Declan O'Hara
2024

Being Human
as John Mitchell
2009

Desperate Romantics
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
2009

Poldark
as Ross Poldark
2015

Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
as Brad
2014

And Then There Were None
as Philip Lombard
2015

Toast of Tinseltown
as Barney
2022

The Suspect
as Joe O'Loughlin
2022

The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007

Leonardo
as Leonardo da Vinci
2021

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022