Aidan takes walk on the Wilde side at film awards
Aidan Gillen AIDAN Gillen is to Receive an Oscar Wilde Award, it has been revealed.
The Game Of Thrones and The Wire star will be honoured by the Us-ireland Alliance.
The prestigious awards will be held in Santa Monica, California on February 21.
The Alliance said the 50-year-old is known to international audiences for “an array of standout performances”.
He is currently working on the new season of Peaky Blinders and is about to star in History series Project Blue Book.
On the big screen, Gillen recently appeared in The Lovers and Maze Runner: Death Cure and he can currently be seen in Bohemian Rhapsody.
An accomplished theatre actor, Gillen has appeared on stage in Dublin, the West End and Broadway, earning a Tony Award nomination in 2004 for his role in The Caretaker.
Founder of the Us-ireland Alliance Trina Vargo said: “Aidan’s body of work is rich with a range of diverse and memorable roles that span television, theatre and film.
“While his career has taken him to London, Los Angeles and beyond, he has remained loyal to working in Ireland as well.”