Background
Gillet was born in the city of Aden, Yemen, from which he got his name.
Gillet was born in the city of Aden, Yemen, from which he got his name.
He attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey.
Aden trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He played many roles on the stage, including Mr Banks in a new production of Mary Poppins and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. In films, he appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Borrowers.
He is active in the Theatre Royal at Bath with the Peter Hall Company in numerous productions of Shakespearean plays and other classics, including Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like lieutenant, and at The Old Vic in The Tempest.
He also appeared in Noël Coward"s Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives, and in George Bernard Shaw"s Manitoba and Superman. On television, he appeared as Robin Hood in Ivanhoe and as Peter Townsend, Princess Margaret"s forbidden love, in The Queen"s Sister.
He also appeared in Harry Enfield"s Television Programme. They have two children.