Ian McElhinney
Birthday
1948/08/19 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Also know as
Ίαν ΜακΕλχίνεϊ, 이안 매켈리니
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.
Acting
(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
as ---
(2010) An Old Fashioned Christmas
as Sean
(1993) Circle 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
as ---
(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
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
as ---
(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
(2012) Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Sir Henry Carlton
(2021) Bloodlands
as Adam Corry
(2007) The Tudors
as Pope Clement VII
(1997) Wokenwell
as ---
(1998) Hornblower
as Captain Hammond
(1998) Maisie Raine
as C.S. Jack Freeman
(2007) Single-Handed
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
(1999) Queer as Folk
as Clive Jones
(1986) Lovejoy
as Ceiran Stow
(2005) Doctor Who
as Ko Sharmus
(2000) In Defence
as DCS David Dillne
(2016) Rebellion
as Edward Butler
(2008) Fairy Tales
as ---
(1998) Cold Feet
as ---
(2013) The Fall
as Morgan Monroe
(2018) Krypton
as Val-El
(2017) Kat & Alfie: Redwater
as Lance
(1995) Hearts and Minds
as Alex
(1993) A Woman's Guide to Adultery
as Martin
(2011) Game of Thrones
as Barristan Selmy
(2012) Ripper Street
as Theodore Swift
(1986) Casualty
as Robert Finch
(2022) Suspicion
as Grandad
(2018) Derry Girls
as Granda Joe
(2002) No Tears
as Padraig McFadden
(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
(2018) Mrs Wilson
as Father Timothy
(1996) Safe And Sound
as Higgins
(2024) High Country
as Sam Dryson
(2021) The Outlaws
as John Snr
(2015) Unforgotten
as Lord Tony Hume
(2014) Quirke
as Bill Latimer
(2023) A Small Light
as Johannes Kleiman
(2015) The Frankenstein Chronicles
as Dr. Lenox
(2025) Small Town, Big Story
as Reverend Patterson