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British actor (born 1977)

Aiden John Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor and model, probably best known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children and Brad Montgomery in the Prime Time Television series If Loving You Is Wrong. He has also guest starred in many television series, including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Single Ladies, NCIS Los Angeles, and Satisfaction. In 2022, Turner starred opposite John Malkovich, Melissa Roxburgh and Martin Lawrence in a psychological thriller called Mindcage. He also invented TY, a loss prevention device using Bluetooth, that won Best Innovation in 2011 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Aiden Turner is from Stevenage, Hertfordshire,[1] and attended local Catholic schools (St Joseph's, St Hugh's, and St Edmund's College, Ware).

Turner is known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children, which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Younger Actor in All My Children. He also appeared in Geri Halliwell's Bag It Up music video. Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004, during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and portrayed Devane until Turner left AMC on 21 December 2009.

On 1 March 2010, it was announced that Turner would be a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season. He was partnered with Edyta Sliwinska who competed in her tenth season. The season premiered on 22 March 2010.[2] Aiden was eliminated at the end of week 4 of Season 10.

After All My Children, Turner guest-starred on Single Ladies, NCIS: Los Angeles and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. In 2014, he was cast in the Oprah Winfrey Network series If Loving You Is Wrong.[3][4]

Along with acting Turner has found a successful career in voiceover, modeling and commercial work. He appeared in a CoverGirl commercial with Molly Sims. Aiden was also a model for Burberry, French Connection, Polo Ralph Lauren, among others, and has appeared in commercials for Diet Coke, Head & Shoulders, Mercedes-Benz, Dodge Dart, Clorox, and Chevrolet. He was the voice of Jaguar for many years. Recently, he starred in a horror movie, Hunting Souls, which was released on Apple TV and Amazon Prime, as well as the movie Mindcage, starring John Malkovich, Martin Lawrence, and Melissa Roxburgh.

In 2015 Turner and girlfriend Jessica Miller announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their son was born in October 2015.[5][_non-primary source needed_][6]

1. ^ Madden, Naiomi. "Welwyn Garden City-born Soap star Aiden, contestant in Dancing with the Stars". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
2. ^ Associated Press, New 'Dancing With the Stars' cast revealed Archived 5 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Yahoo! News, 1 March 2010
3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (1 January 1970). "OWN Sets Cast For New Tyler Perry Drama Series 'If Loving You Is Wrong'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
4. ^ "OWN Announces Cast for New Drama Series 'If Loving You is Wrong' From Tyler Perry|Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
5. ^ "Aiden Turner on Twitter: "The new addition to the family 🍼 #Baby Tristan Turner He puts a big #smile on my face "". Twitter. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
6. ^ "Two Daytime Alums Welcome New Additions". Soap Opera Digest. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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