Name: Aidan Quinn
Date of Birth: 8 March 1959
Was Paramount's choice to play Jesus Christ in their production of The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) before a storm of controversy forced them to cancel their plans for the movie. Soon after, Universal picked up the movie with Willem Dafoe playing Christ.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38.
Brother of Declan Quinn, Marian Quinn and Paul Quinn.
Daughters, with Elizabeth Bracco, Ava Eileen Quinn (b. 1989) and Mia (b. 1998).
... After portraying Paul McCartney in a television movie, the two met by chance while staying at the same hotel and became real life friends.
Brother-in-law of actress Lorraine Bracco.
Uncle of Margaux Guerard and Stella Keitel.
Father of Ava Eileen Quinn, who played the baby "David" in her father's movie Avalon (1990).
Graduated from Rockford West High School in Rockford, Illinois.
Greatly known for his work in theatre throughout Chicago, most notably in Robert Falls' production of "Hamlet". He now works in New York theater.
Brother of Robert Quinn, Paul Quinn, Declan Quinn and Marian Quinn.
Son of Teresa and Michael Quinn.
Was close friends with Natasha Richardson, his co-star in The Handmaid's Tale. She named him as co-executor of estate in her will (2005).
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