Patrick Bergin Patrick Bergin Patrick Connolly Bergin (born 4 February 1951) is an Irish actor perhaps best known for his leading role opposite Julia Roberts in "Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991) and for playing the villainous Aidan Maguire in the BBC soap "EastEnders" (2017–2018). Bergin was born in Dublin, and had a working class upbringing in its Drimnagh district. Bergin learned social responsibility from his father, Paddy Bergin, a Labour Party politician, who had once studied to be a priest with the Holy Ghost Fathers in Blackrock, Ireland. Patrick is one of four sons and one daughter (Pearse, Emmet, Patrick, Alan and
The Sleeping Dictionary The Sleeping Dictionary The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 American romantic drama film written and directed by Guy Jenkin and starring Hugh Dancy, Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, and Bob Hoskins. The film is about a young Englishman who is sent to Sarawak in the 1930s to become part of the British colonial government. There he encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and finds himself faced with tough decisions of the heart involving a beautiful young local woman who becomes the object of his affections. "The Sleeping Dictionary" was filmed on location in Sarawak, Malaysia. A young and naive Englishman,