Ian McElhinney
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland — Aug 19 1948
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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.
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Ian McElhinney's Credits
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Game of Thrones
Barristan Selmy
Doctor Who
Ko Sharmus
Casualty
Robert Finch
The Tudors
Pope Clement VII
Screen Two
Working Out Governor
Ripper Street
Theodore Swift
Playhouse
Mousey
Lovejoy
Ceiran Stow
Rebellion
Edward Butler
Unforgotten
Lord Tony Hume
Krypton
Val-El
Derry Girls
Granda Joe
The Outlaws
John Snr
Storyland
Gerard
Cold Feet
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Sir Henry Carlton
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
General Dodonna
Hornblower
Captain Hammond
Suspicion
Grandad
The Fall
Morgan Monroe
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Dr. Lenox
Fairy Tales
Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
A Small Light
Johannes Kleiman
Mrs Wilson
Father Timothy
Murphy's Law
Fulton
Bloodlands
Adam Corry
Queer as Folk
Clive Jones
City of Ember
Builder
Small Town, Big Story
Reverend Patterson
Single-Handed
Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
Maisie Raine
C.S. Jack Freeman
Hamlet
Barnardo
Closing the Ring
Cathal Thomas
A Prayer for the Dying
Lodger
Quirke
Bill Latimer
The Boys in the Boat
Elderly Joe Rantz
Leap Year
Priest
High Country
Sam Dryson
Zoo
Mr. Shawcross
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Barristan Selmy
The Boxer
Reggie Bell
Michael Collins
Belfast Detective
No Tears
Padraig McFadden
Triage
Ivan
Hearts and Minds
Alex
The Last Rifleman
Tom Malcolmson
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
Martin
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
Lance
The Journey
Rory O'Suaird
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sacrifice
D.I. McKie
Safe And Sound
Higgins
Hidden Agenda
Jack Cunnigham
Wokenwell
Small Faces
In Defence
DCS David Dillne
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Self
Blind Justice
Father Malone
Lamb
Maguire
Omagh
Stanley McCombe
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Captain Hammond
Shoot to Kill
ACC Trevor Forbes
This Is the Sea
Da Stokes
The Playboys
Joe Cassidy
The Front Line
Mikey
A Patch of Fog
Freddie Clarke
Bad Day for the Cut
Eamon
Touch and Go
Clive Bevan
Borstal Boy
Verreker
You, Me & Marley
Reggie Devine
A Breed of Heroes
Father O'Browne
Beyond Reason
Smythe QC
Three Wise Women
David
Fools of Fortune
Stranger
Clay
Father O'Mahoney
The Lilac Bus
Billy
Circles of Deceit
Father Fergal
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Sinn Fein leader
The End of the World Man
Architect
Angel
Groom
Children of the North
O'Hare
The Truth Commissioner
James Fenton
Hornblower: Retribution
Captain Hammond
Anne Devlin
Maj. Sirr
The Grasscutter
Brian Deeds
Scapegoat
H. A. McVeigh QC
Dave Allen at Peace
Priest
Hornblower: Loyalty
Captain Hammond
Mapmaker
Sergeant Devlin
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
Abbot Smith
Shergar
Damien
The Lost Children of Tuam
The Ulysses Project
Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
The Boy from Mercury
Brother Dowdall
Naming the Names
Mr McBride
Durango
Vestor McCarthy
Reefer and the Model
Reefer
The Rockingham Shoot
John Reilly
The King's Wake
Athairne
Life After Life
Working out governor
Acceptable Levels
Andy
Mutant: Year Zero
(voice)
Wodehouse In Exile
Major Cussen
A Woman Calling
Mr Burke
Potatohead Blues
Mousey
An Old Fashioned Christmas
Sean
Make it New John
John
Father Father
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
Narrator
On Eagle's Wing
Directing
Of Best Intentions
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
Narrator
Silicone Valerie
The Death of a Projectionist
Gerry
To Be Frank Carson
Self
Titanic: Born in Belfast
Narrator
Secrets of The Christmas Market
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