Ian McElhinney
August 19, 1948 (77 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
- 2023 · The Boys in the Boat as Elderly Joe Rantz
- 2023 · The Last Rifleman as Tom Malcolmson
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018 · Zoo as Mr. Shawcross
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Priest
- 2017 · To Be Frank Carson as Self
- 2017 · Bad Day for the Cut as Eamon
- 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
- 2015 · A Patch of Fog as Freddie Clarke
- 2015 · Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Barristan Selmy
- 2013 · Wodehouse In Exile as Major Cussen
- 2012 · Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk as Narrator
- 2011 · Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust as Abbot Smith
- 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
- 2007 · Closing the Ring as Cathal Thomas
- 2005 · Omagh as Stanley McCombe
- 2003 · Hornblower: Loyalty as Captain Hammond
- 2001 · Hornblower: Retribution as Captain Hammond
- 2001 · Borstal Boy as Verreker
- 2000 · The King's Wake as Athairne
- 1999 · Durango as Vestor McCarthy
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Touch and Go as Clive Bevan
- 1998 · Silicone Valerie as
- 1997 · The Boxer as Reggie Bell
- 1996 · Hamlet as Barnardo
- 1996 · The Boy from Mercury as Brother Dowdall
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Belfast Detective
- 1996 · Small Faces as
- 1995 · Life After Life as Working out governor
- 1995 · Beyond Reason as Smythe QC
- 1994 · A Breed of Heroes as Father O'Browne
- 1994 · Blind Justice as Father Malone
- 1993 · Circles of Deceit as Father Fergal
- 1992 · You, Me & Marley as Reggie Devine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Joe Cassidy
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Brian Deeds
- 1990 · Hidden Agenda as Jack Cunnigham
- 1990 · Shoot to Kill as ACC Trevor Forbes
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Sinn Fein leader
- 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
- 1986 · Lamb as Maguire
- 1986 · The End of the World Man as Architect
- 1984 · Anne Devlin as Maj. Sirr
- 1984 · A Woman Calling as Mr Burke
- 1982 · Angel as Groom
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Andy
- Future · The Ulysses Project as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
- 2026 · Finnegan's Foursome as
- 2025 · Small Town, Big Story as Reverend Patterson
- 2024 · Secrets of The Christmas Market as Narrator
- 2024 · High Country as Sam Dryson
- 2023 · A Small Light as Johannes Kleiman
- 2022 · Suspicion as Grandad
- 2021 · The Outlaws as John Snr
- 2021 · Bloodlands as Adam Corry
- 2019 · Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- 2019 · Father Father as
- 2018 · Mrs Wilson as Father Timothy
- 2018 · Krypton as Val-El
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Granda Joe
- 2017 · Kat & Alfie: Redwater as Lance
- 2016 · Rebellion as Edward Butler
- 2015 · The Frankenstein Chronicles as Dr. Lenox
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Lord Tony Hume
- 2015 · Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue as Narrator
- 2015 · The Death of a Projectionist as Gerry
- 2015 · Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- 2014 · Babylon as Maher
- 2014 · Quirke as Bill Latimer
- 2013 · The Fall as Morgan Monroe
- 2012 · Ripper Street as Theodore Swift
- 2012 · Titanic: Blood and Steel as Sir Henry Carlton
- 2012 · Titanic: Born in Belfast as Narrator
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Barristan Selmy
- 2010 · Three Wise Women as David
- 2009 · Storyland as Gerard
- 2008 · Of Best Intentions as
- 2008 · Fairy Tales as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
- 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
- 2002 · No Tears as Padraig McFadden
- 2001 · Mapmaker as Sergeant Devlin
- 2001 · Murphy's Law as Fulton
- 2000 · In Defence as DCS David Dillne
- 1999 · Queer as Folk as Clive Jones
- 1998 · Cold Feet as Bill Williams
- 1998 · Hornblower as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Maisie Raine as C.S. Jack Freeman
- 1997 · This Is the Sea as Da Stokes
- 1997 · Wokenwell as
- 1996 · Safe And Sound as Higgins
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Alex
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Martin
- 1991 · Children of the North as O'Hare
- 1990 · Fools of Fortune as Stranger
- 1987 · Naming the Names as Mr McBride
- 1986 · Casualty as Robert Finch
- 1986 · Shergar as Damien
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ceiran Stow
- 1985 · Screen Two as Working Out Governor
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mousey
- Future · The Lost Children of Tuam as
- 1982 · Potatohead Blues as Mousey
- Future · So You're Going to Die as Mickey