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.

Filmography

• 2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Vicomte de Valmont
• Rivals — Declan O'Hara
• Fifteen-Love — Glenn Lapthorn
• The Diplomat — Callum Ellis
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
• The Suspect — Joe O'Loughlin
• Toast of Tinseltown — Barney
• Leonardo — Leonardo da Vinci
• 2019Love Is Blind — Russell
• 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot — Calvin Barr
• 2017Loving Vincent — Boatman
• 2017The Secret Scripture — Jack McNulty
• And Then There Were None — Philip Lombard
• Poldark — Ross Poldark
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Kili
• Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong — Brad
• 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Kili
• 2013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — Luke Garroway
• 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Kili
• 2011Hattie — John Schofield
• Being Human — John Mitchell
• Desperate Romantics — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• 2008Alarm — Mal
• The Tudors — Bedoli
• Grendel — Unferth
• The Way of the Wind — Andrew

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Rivals: The Official Podcast — Self
• 2016Poldark Revealed — Self / Ross Poldark
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest