Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1983. After graduating from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2004, Aidan appeared in a number of stage productions, many with Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey. Such productions included The Plough & The Stars, Romeo & Juliet and A Cry from Heaven. In 2008, Turner made the transition to movies and television with a lead role in the film Alarm and a co-starring role in the popular Irish TV drama The Clinic. In 2009, Turner moved to the UK to take on a starring role in BBC's acclaimed Being Human. Aidan played the spellbinding "Mitchell" for 3 seasons during which time he also starred in BBC's Desperate Romantics and BBC's top rated TV movie Hattie. In 2011, famed director Peter Jackson cast Turner in the role of Kili in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. The highly successful movie trilogy filmed for approximately two years in New Zealand during which time Aidan also starred in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments. In 2014 Turner was cast as Poldark in the BBC remake. Aidan was the only actor considered for this charismatic hero. Poldark premiered to excellent rating in the UK in March 2015 and also in the USA in June 2015. The BBC series also aired across Europe and Australia and returned for a second series, aired during 2016. In 2015 Aidan took on a small role in The Secret Scripture so he could work with one of his favorite directors, Jim Sheridan. He also voiced a role in the first painted animation movie, Loving Vincent, co-starred in the dark comedy, Look Away and starred in the BBC mini series, And Then There Were None. A third series of the hugely popular Poldark aired in the spring and summer of 2017.
Aidan Whytock

Aidan Whytock

Aidan Moore Whytock was born to Ron and Bonnie Whytock in Johannesburg, South Africa. The son of a commercial pilot, Aidan grew up in Singapore. As a teenager he was sent to boarding school in England, where he discovered his love for theatre. Unsure of what to do with his life Aidan pursued Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. He has a degree in this, Environmental Science and a post-graduate in Enterprise Management. He was Vice-Chair of the illustrious UCT RAG organization that raised funds for charity by managing the biggest student parties and fund-raisers in the city. Here he was headhunted by one of the world's biggest breweries. After working as a beer salesman, a management consultant, an event manager and an entrepreneur Aidan still wasn't settled and returned to his stage roots. After winning South Africa's Fleur Du Cap People's Choice Award for his second professional stage outing, Aidan turned to film. After a series of lead roles in indie short films Aidan landed a small role in Safehouse (2012). He returned to indie short films until he was cast opposite Claire Danes in Homeland Season 4 (2014). A few short months later he was cast as one of the series regulars Jacob Garrett in Michael Bay's pirate drama Black Sails (2014-16). Aidan turned to directing and producing, starting with short films. His third short film The Choice (2015) went on to win the prestigious Mercedes-Benz Award at the Mercedes-Benz Bokeh International Fashion Film Festival (2015). His debut feature film as a director and lead actor, The Actor (2014) was made on the astonishing USD3,500 and secured a theatrical release. 2016 has been a busy year for Aidan who has won awards for Best Director and Best Producer, was cast in the feature films Dagba (2017), 24 Hours to Live (2017) and the new grind-house series Blood Drive (2017) as well as No Man Left Behind (2016).

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