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Name
Ian McElhinney

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1948-08-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth
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

Movies

Tv Shows

2005 Omagh as Stanley McCombe
2010 Leap Year as Priest
2008 City of Ember as Builder
1998 Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain Hammond
1994 Blind Justice as Father Malone
2003 Hornblower: Loyalty as Captain Hammond
1998 Silicone Valerie
2010 An Old Fashioned Christmas as Sean
1993 Circles of Deceit as Father Fergal
1999 Durango as Vestor McCarthy
2001 Borstal Boy as Verreker
1996 The Boy from Mercury as Brother Dowdall
1996 Hamlet as Barnardo
2023 The Last Rifleman as Tom Malcolmson
1982 Angel as Groom
2007 Closing the Ring as Cathal Thomas
1990 The Grasscutter as Brian Deeds
1996 Michael Collins as Belfast Detective
1987 The Rockingham Shoot as John Reilly
2023 The Boys in the Boat as Elderly Joe Rantz
1986 Lamb as Maguire
2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015 A Patch of Fog as Freddie Clarke
1995 Beyond Reason as Smythe QC
2017 To Be Frank Carson as Self
1990 Who Bombed Birmingham? as Sinn Fein leader
2015 Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Barristan Selmy
1998 Touch and Go as Clive Bevan
1996 Small Faces
2013 Wodehouse In Exile as Major Cussen
2016 Sacrifice as D.I. McKie
1990 Hidden Agenda as Jack Cunnigham
1987 A Prayer for the Dying as Lodger
2016 The Truth Commissioner as James Fenton
2010 Make it New John as John
Soon Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)
1990 The Lilac Bus as Billy
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as General Dodonna
2022 The Ulysses Project as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
2017 Bad Day for the Cut as Eamon
2011 Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust as Abbot Smith
1992 You, Me & Marley as Reggie Devine
1995 Life After Life as Working out governor
2001 Hornblower: Retribution as Captain Hammond
2017 The Journey as Rory O'Suaird
1988 Reefer and the Model as Reefer
1986 The End of the World Man as Architect
2008 Clay as Father O'Mahoney
2000 The King's Wake as Athairne
2018 Zoo as Mr. Shawcross
2009 Triage as Ivan
2018 Dave Allen at Peace as Priest
1990 Shoot to Kill as ACC Trevor Forbes
1997 The Boxer as Reggie Bell
2009 Scapegoat as H. A. McVeigh QC
1984 Anne Devlin as Maj. Sirr
1984 A Woman Calling as Mr Burke
1983 Acceptable Levels as Andy
1994 A Breed of Heroes as Father O'Browne
1992 The Playboys as Joe Cassidy
2012 Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk as Narrator
1986 Shergar as Damien
1990 Fools of Fortune as Stranger
2001 Mapmaker as Sergeant Devlin
2019 Father Father
2015 The Death of a Projectionist as Gerry
2010 Three Wise Women as David
1991 Children of the North as O'Hare
1997 This Is the Sea as Da Stokes
2012 Titanic: Born in Belfast as Narrator
1987 Naming the Names as Mr McBride
1982 Potatohead Blues as Mousey
2006 The Front Line as Mikey
2024 Secrets of The Christmas Market as Narrator
2015 Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
2008 Of Best Intentions
2015 Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue as Narrator
2026 The Lost Children of Tuam
2019 Lost Lives as Self (voice)
2026 Finnegan's Foursome as Jack Finnegan
Soon So You're Going to Die as Mickey

2012 Titanic: Blood and Steel ( 12 episodes ) as Sir Henry Carlton
2021 Bloodlands ( 3 episodes ) as Adam Corry
2007 The Tudors ( 1 episode ) as Pope Clement VII
1997 Wokenwell ( 6 episodes )
1998 Hornblower ( 2 episodes ) as Captain Hammond
1998 Maisie Raine ( 12 episodes ) as C.S. Jack Freeman
2007 Single-Handed ( 4 episodes ) as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Ceiran Stow
2005 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Ko Sharmus
2000 In Defence ( 1 episode ) as DCS David Dillne
2016 Rebellion ( 5 episodes ) as Edward Butler
1998 Cold Feet ( 2 episodes ) as Bill Williams
2013 The Fall ( 3 episodes ) as Morgan Monroe
2018 Krypton ( 20 episodes ) as Val-El
2017 Kat & Alfie: Redwater ( 6 episodes ) as Lance
1995 Hearts and Minds ( 4 episodes ) as Alex
1993 A Woman's Guide to Adultery ( 3 episodes ) as Martin
2011 Game of Thrones ( 25 episodes ) as Barristan Selmy
2012 Ripper Street ( 3 episodes ) as Theodore Swift
1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Robert Finch
2022 Suspicion ( 1 episode ) as Grandad
2018 Derry Girls ( 19 episodes ) as Granda Joe
2002 No Tears ( 4 episodes ) as Padraig McFadden
2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ( 1 episode ) as Self - Participant
2018 Mrs Wilson ( 3 episodes ) as Father Timothy
1996 Safe And Sound ( 1 episode ) as Higgins
2024 High Country ( 16 episodes ) as Sam Dryson
2021 The Outlaws ( 12 episodes ) as John Snr
2015 Unforgotten ( 6 episodes ) as Lord Tony Hume
2014 Quirke ( 1 episode ) as Bill Latimer
2023 A Small Light ( 8 episodes ) as Johannes Kleiman
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Lenox
2025 Small Town, Big Story ( 4 episodes ) as Reverend Patterson
1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mousey
2009 Storyland ( 1 episode ) as Gerard
2008 Fairy Tales ( 1 episode ) as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Working Out Governor
2001 Murphy's Law ( 1 episode ) as Fulton
1999 Queer as Folk ( 2 episodes ) as Clive Jones
2014 Babylon ( 1 episode ) as Maher
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Inspector McBride
2027 Committed ( 1 episode )
1988 Wipe Out ( 5 episodes ) as Max Raines
1987 Dead Entry ( 3 episodes ) as Martin Galbraith
1987 Brond ( 3 episodes ) as Kennedy

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