Ian McElhinney
August 19, 1948 (76 years old) in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ian McElhinney (born 19 August 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty years; notable appearances include Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet, and The Tudors. In recent times his best known roles are as Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones, Morgan Monroe in The Fall, and Granda Joe in Derry Girls.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Secrets of The Christmas Market as Narrator
- 2024 · High Country as Sam Dryson
- 2023 · The Boys in the Boat as Elderly Joe Rantz
- 2023 · The Last Rifleman as Tom Malcolmson
- 2023 · A Small Light as Johannes Kleiman
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · The Ulysses Project as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
- 2022 · Suspicion as Grandad
- 2021 · The Outlaws as John Snr
- 2021 · Bloodlands as Adam Corry
- 2019 · Father Father as
- 2018 · Mrs Wilson as Father Timothy
- 2018 · Zoo as Mr. Shawcross
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Priest
- 2018 · Krypton as Val-El
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Granda Joe
- 2017 · To Be Frank Carson as Self
- 2017 · Bad Day for the Cut as Eamon
- 2017 · Kat & Alfie: Redwater as Lance
- 2017 · The Journey as Rory O'Suaird
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as General Dodonna
- 2016 · Sacrifice as D.I. McKie
- 2016 · The Truth Commissioner as James Fenton
- 2016 · Rebellion as Edward Butler
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Lord Tony Hume
- 2015 · A Patch of Fog as Freddie Clarke
- 2015 · The Death of a Projectionist as Gerry
- 2015 · Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Barristan Selmy
- 2014 · Quirke as Bill Latimer
- 2013 · The Fall as Morgan Monroe
- 2013 · Wodehouse In Exile as Major Cussen
- 2012 · Ripper Street as Theodore Swift
- 2012 · Titanic: Blood and Steel as Sir Henry Carlton
- 2012 · Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk as Narrator
- 2012 · Titanic: Born in Belfast as Narrator
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Barristan Selmy
- 2011 · Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust as Abbot Smith
- 2010 · Three Wise Women as David
- 2010 · An Old Fashioned Christmas as Sean
- 2010 · Leap Year as Priest
- 2010 · Make it New John as John
- 2009 · Triage as Ivan
- 2009 · Scapegoat as H. A. McVeigh QC
- 2008 · City of Ember as Builder
- 2008 · Clay as Father O'Mahoney
- 2008 · Fairy Tales as
- 2007 · Closing the Ring as Cathal Thomas
- 2007 · The Tudors as Pope Clement VII
- 2007 · Single-Handed as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
- 2006 · The Front Line as Mikey
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Ko Sharmus
- 2005 · Omagh as Stanley McCombe
- 2003 · Hornblower: Loyalty as Captain Hammond
- 2002 · No Tears as Padraig McFadden
- 2001 · Mapmaker as Sergeant Devlin
- 2001 · Hornblower: Retribution as Captain Hammond
- 2001 · Borstal Boy as Verreker
- 2000 · In Defence as DCS David Dillne
- 2000 · The King's Wake as Athairne
- 1999 · Durango as Vestor McCarthy
- 1999 · Queer as Folk as Clive Jones
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Cold Feet as
- 1998 · Hornblower as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Touch and Go as Clive Bevan
- 1998 · Maisie Raine as C.S. Jack Freeman
- 1998 · Silicone Valerie as
- 1997 · The Boxer as Reggie Bell
- 1997 · This Is the Sea as Da Stokes
- 1997 · Wokenwell as
- 1996 · Hamlet as Barnardo
- 1996 · The Boy from Mercury as Brother Dowdall
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Belfast Detective
- 1996 · Safe And Sound as Higgins
- 1996 · Small Faces as
- 1995 · Life After Life as Working out governor
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Alex
- 1995 · Beyond Reason as Smythe QC
- 1994 · A Breed of Heroes as Father O'Browne
- 1994 · Blind Justice as Father Malone
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Martin
- 1993 · Circle of Deceit as Father Fergal
- 1992 · You, Me & Marley as Reggie Devine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Joe Cassidy
- 1991 · Children of the North as O'Hare
- 1990 · Hidden Agenda as Jack Cunnigham
- 1990 · Fools of Fortune as Stranger
- 1990 · Shoot to Kill as ACC Trevor Forbes
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Sinn Fein leader
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Brian Deeds
- 1990 · The Lilac Bus as Billy
- 1988 · Reefer and the Model as Reefer
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Lodger
- 1987 · The Rockingham Shoot as John Reilly
- 1987 · Naming the Names as Mr McBride
- 1986 · Lamb as Maguire
- 1986 · Casualty as Robert Finch
- 1986 · Shergar as Damien
- 1986 · The End of the World Man as Architect
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ceiran Stow
- 1984 · Anne Devlin as Maj. Sirr
- 1984 · A Woman Calling as Mr Burke
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Andy
- 1982 · Potatohead Blues as Mousey
- 1982 · Angel as Groom
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)