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
- 2027 · Committed as
- 2026 · Finnegan's Foursome as Jack Finnegan
- 2025 · Small Town, Big Story as Reverend Patterson
- 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 · 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 · Krypton as Val-El
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Granda Joe
- 2017 · To Be Frank Carson as Self
- 2017 · Kat & Alfie: Redwater as Lance
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as General Dodonna
- 2016 · Rebellion as Edward Butler
- 2015 · The Frankenstein Chronicles as Dr. Lenox
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Lord Tony Hume
- 2015 · Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Barristan Selmy
- 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
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Barristan Selmy
- 2010 · Leap Year as Priest
- 2009 · Triage as Ivan
- 2009 · Storyland as Gerard
- 2008 · City of Ember as Builder
- 2008 · Fairy Tales as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
- 2007 · Closing the Ring as Cathal Thomas
- 2007 · The Tudors as Pope Clement VII
- 2007 · Single-Handed as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Ko Sharmus
- 2002 · No Tears as Padraig McFadden
- 2001 · Murphy's Law as Fulton
- 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 · The Boxer as Reggie Bell
- 1997 · Wokenwell as
- 1996 · Hamlet as Barnardo
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Belfast Detective
- 1996 · Safe And Sound as Higgins
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Alex
- 1994 · Blind Justice as Father Malone
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Martin
- 1993 · Circles of Deceit as Father Fergal
- 1990 · Hidden Agenda as Jack Cunnigham
- 1988 · Wipe Out as Max Raines
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Lodger
- 1986 · Casualty as Robert Finch
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ceiran Stow
- 1985 · Screen Two as Working Out Governor
- 1985 · Screen Two as Inspector McBride
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mousey
- Future · So You're Going to Die as Mickey
- 2026 · The Lost Children of Tuam as
- 2024 · Secrets of The Christmas Market as Narrator
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · The Ulysses Project as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
- 2019 · Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Priest
- 2017 · Bad Day for the Cut as Eamon
- 2017 · The Journey as Rory O'Suaird
- 2016 · Sacrifice as D.I. McKie
- 2016 · The Truth Commissioner as James Fenton
- 2015 · A Patch of Fog as Freddie Clarke
- 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
- 2013 · Wodehouse In Exile as Major Cussen
- 2012 · Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk as Narrator
- 2012 · Titanic: Born in Belfast as Narrator
- 2011 · Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust as Abbot Smith
- 2010 · Three Wise Women as David
- 2010 · An Old Fashioned Christmas as Sean
- 2010 · Make it New John as John
- 2009 · Scapegoat as H. A. McVeigh QC
- 2008 · Of Best Intentions as
- 2008 · Clay as Father O'Mahoney
- 2006 · The Front Line as Mikey
- 2005 · Omagh as Stanley McCombe
- 2003 · Hornblower: Loyalty as Captain Hammond
- 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
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Touch and Go as Clive Bevan
- 1998 · Silicone Valerie as
- 1997 · This Is the Sea as Da Stokes
- 1996 · The Boy from Mercury as Brother Dowdall
- 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
- 1992 · You, Me & Marley as Reggie Devine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Joe Cassidy
- 1991 · Children of the North as O'Hare
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Brian Deeds
- 1990 · Fools of Fortune as Stranger
- 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 · The Rockingham Shoot as John Reilly
- 1987 · Naming the Names as Mr McBride
- 1986 · Lamb as Maguire
- 1986 · The End of the World Man as Architect
- 1986 · Shergar as Damien
- 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 (voice)