Ian McElhinney
- Acting
- August 19, 1948 · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Biography
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
Filmography
- Committed
- The Lost Children of Tuam
- Finnegan's Foursome · Jack Finnegan
- Small Town, Big Story · Reverend Patterson
- Secrets of The Christmas Market · Narrator
- High Country · Sam Dryson
- The Boys in the Boat · Elderly Joe Rantz
- The Last Rifleman · Tom Malcolmson
- A Small Light · Johannes Kleiman
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look · General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Ulysses Project · Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
- Suspicion · Grandad
- The Outlaws · John Snr
- Bloodlands · Adam Corry
- Lost Lives · Self
- Missing a Note · John O'Connell
- Father Father
- Mrs Wilson · Father Timothy
- Zoo · Mr. Shawcross
- Dave Allen at Peace · Priest
- Krypton · Val-El
- Derry Girls · Granda Joe
- To Be Frank Carson · Self
- Bad Day for the Cut · Eamon
- Kat & Alfie: Redwater · Lance
- The Journey · Rory O'Suaird
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · General Dodonna
- Sacrifice · D.I. McKie
- The Truth Commissioner · James Fenton
- Rebellion · Edward Butler
- The Frankenstein Chronicles · Dr. Lenox
- Unforgotten · Lord Tony Hume
- A Patch of Fog · Freddie Clarke
- Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue · Narrator
- The Death of a Projectionist · Gerry
- Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life · Self
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · Barristan Selmy
- Babylon · Maher
- Quirke · Bill Latimer
- The Fall · Morgan Monroe
- Wodehouse In Exile · Major Cussen
- Ripper Street · Theodore Swift
- Titanic: Blood and Steel · Sir Henry Carlton
- Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk · Narrator
- Titanic: Born in Belfast · Narrator
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip · Self
- Game of Thrones · Barristan Selmy
- Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust · Abbot Smith
- Three Wise Women · David
- An Old Fashioned Christmas · Sean
- Leap Year · Priest
- Make it New John · John
- Triage · Ivan
- Scapegoat · H. A. McVeigh QC
- Storyland · Gerard
- City of Ember · Builder
- Of Best Intentions
- Clay · Father O'Mahoney
- Fairy Tales · Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
- Closing the Ring · Cathal Thomas
- The Tudors · Pope Clement VII
- Single-Handed · Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
- The Front Line · Mikey
- Doctor Who · Ko Sharmus
- Omagh · Stanley McCombe
- On Eagle's Wing · Director
- Hornblower: Loyalty · Captain Hammond
- No Tears · Padraig McFadden
- Mapmaker · Sergeant Devlin
- Murphy's Law · Fulton
- Hornblower: Retribution · Captain Hammond
- Borstal Boy · Verreker
- In Defence · DCS David Dillne
- The King's Wake · Athairne
- Durango · Vestor McCarthy
- Queer as Folk · Clive Jones
- Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant · Captain Hammond
- Cold Feet · Bill Williams
- Hornblower · Captain Hammond
- Touch and Go · Clive Bevan