Dark-haired and handsome, with usefully indistinct looks that allowed him to play fresh-faced innocents and much more sinister types, versatile Irish actor Aidan Gillen began acting as a youth in his native Dublin, but moved at age 19 hoping to find more opportunities in London. The young performer soon landed bit parts in the 1987 features "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" and "The Courier" (billed under his birth name of Aidan Murphy) before making his starring stage debut the following year playing Tony in "Handful of Stars" at London's Bush Theatre. He racked up significant theatrical