Ian McElhinney

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-08-19 (age 77)

From: 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.

Filmography (122)

TV
Committed
2027
MOVIE
The Lost Children of Tuam
2026
MOVIE★ 9.0
Finnegan's Foursome
2026
TV★ 6.7
Small Town, Big Story
2025
as Reverend Patterson
MOVIE
Secrets of The Christmas Market
2024
as Narrator
TV★ 5.9
High Country
2024
as Sam Dryson
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Boys in the Boat
2023
as Elderly Joe Rantz
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Tom Malcolmson
TV★ 7.9
A Small Light
2023
as Johannes Kleiman
MOVIE★ 7.4
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Ulysses Project
2022
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
TV★ 6.7
Suspicion
2022
as Grandad
TV★ 7.4
The Outlaws
2021
as John Snr
TV★ 6.7
Bloodlands
2021
as Adam Corry
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MOVIE
Father Father
2019
TV★ 7.0
Mrs Wilson
2018
as Father Timothy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Zoo
2018
as Mr. Shawcross
MOVIE★ 4.4
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
as Priest
TV★ 7.1
Krypton
2018
as Val-El
TV★ 8.1
Derry Girls
2018
as Granda Joe
MOVIE
To Be Frank Carson
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
as Eamon
TV★ 6.0
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017
as Lance
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Journey
2017
as Rory O'Suaird
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as General Dodonna
MOVIE★ 5.4
Sacrifice
2016
as D.I. McKie
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Truth Commissioner
2016
as James Fenton
TV★ 7.0
Rebellion
2016
as Edward Butler
TV★ 7.0
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
as Dr. Lenox
TV★ 7.5
Unforgotten
2015
as Lord Tony Hume
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Patch of Fog
2015
as Freddie Clarke
MOVIE★ 7.0
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Death of a Projectionist
2015
as Gerry
MOVIE★ 7.4
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Barristan Selmy
TV★ 6.6
Babylon
2014
as Maher
TV★ 5.9
Quirke
2014
as Bill Latimer
TV★ 7.7
The Fall
2013
as Morgan Monroe
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wodehouse In Exile
2013
as Major Cussen
TV★ 7.4
Ripper Street
2012
as Theodore Swift
TV★ 7.2
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Sir Henry Carlton
MOVIE★ 5.0
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE
Titanic: Born in Belfast
2012
as Narrator
TV★ 6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
TV★ 8.5
Game of Thrones
2011
as Barristan Selmy
MOVIE★ 4.0
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011
as Abbot Smith
MOVIE★ 4.8
Three Wise Women
2010
as David
MOVIE★ 5.2
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
as Sean
MOVIE★ 6.9
Leap Year
2010
as Priest
MOVIE
Make it New John
2010
as John
MOVIE★ 6.0
Triage
2009
as Ivan
MOVIE
Scapegoat
2009
as H. A. McVeigh QC
TV★ 7.0
Storyland
2009
as Gerard
MOVIE★ 6.4
City of Ember
2008
as Builder
MOVIE
Of Best Intentions
2008
MOVIE★ 5.2
Clay
2008
as Father O'Mahoney
TV
Fairy Tales
2008
as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
MOVIE★ 6.2
Closing the Ring
2007
as Cathal Thomas
TV★ 7.8
The Tudors
2007
as Pope Clement VII
TV★ 6.8
Single-Handed
2007
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Front Line
2006
as Mikey
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Ko Sharmus
MOVIE★ 6.6
Omagh
2005
as Stanley McCombe
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Captain Hammond
TV★ 10.0
No Tears
2002
as Padraig McFadden
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mapmaker
2001
as Sergeant Devlin
TV★ 7.6
Murphy's Law
2001
as Fulton
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
as Captain Hammond
MOVIE★ 6.2
Borstal Boy
2001
as Verreker
TV★ 5.5
In Defence
2000
as DCS David Dillne
MOVIE★ 9.0
The King's Wake
2000
as Athairne
MOVIE★ 6.2
Durango
1999
as Vestor McCarthy
TV★ 7.8
Queer as Folk
1999
as Clive Jones
MOVIE★ 7.4
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
as Captain Hammond
TV★ 7.7
Cold Feet
1998
as Bill Williams
TV★ 7.8
Hornblower
1998
as Captain Hammond
MOVIE★ 7.0
Touch and Go
1998
as Clive Bevan
TV
Maisie Raine
1998
as C.S. Jack Freeman
MOVIE★ 8.0
Silicone Valerie
1998
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Boxer
1997
as Reggie Bell
MOVIE★ 6.0
This Is the Sea
1997
as Da Stokes
TV★ 10.0
Wokenwell
1997
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hamlet
1996
as Barnardo
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Brother Dowdall
MOVIE★ 6.9
Michael Collins
1996
as Belfast Detective
TV★ 7.0
Safe And Sound
1996
as Higgins
MOVIE★ 6.5
Small Faces
1996
MOVIE★ 10.0
Life After Life
1995
as Working out governor
TV★ 7.8
Hearts and Minds
1995
as Alex
MOVIE★ 8.0
Beyond Reason
1995
as Smythe QC
MOVIE★ 3.7
A Breed of Heroes
1994
as Father O'Browne
MOVIE★ 5.2
Blind Justice
1994
as Father Malone
TV★ 5.0
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
as Martin
MOVIE★ 7.8
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Father Fergal
MOVIE★ 6.2
You, Me & Marley
1992
as Reggie Devine
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Playboys
1992
as Joe Cassidy
MOVIE★ 7.7
Children of the North
1991
as O'Hare
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Grasscutter
1990
as Brian Deeds
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Jack Cunnigham
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fools of Fortune
1990
as Stranger
MOVIE
Shoot to Kill
1990
as ACC Trevor Forbes
MOVIE★ 8.5
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Sinn Fein leader
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Lilac Bus
1990
as Billy
MOVIE★ 5.4
Reefer and the Model
1988
as Reefer
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Lodger
MOVIE
The Rockingham Shoot
1987
as John Reilly
MOVIE
Naming the Names
1987
as Mr McBride
MOVIE★ 5.7
Lamb
1986
as Maguire
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Robert Finch
MOVIE★ 5.5
The End of the World Man
1986
as Architect
MOVIE
Shergar
1986
as Damien
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Ceiran Stow
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Working Out Governor
MOVIE★ 7.0
Anne Devlin
1984
as Maj. Sirr
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Woman Calling
1984
as Mr Burke
MOVIE★ 7.0
Acceptable Levels
1983
as Andy
MOVIE
Potatohead Blues
1982
as Mousey
MOVIE★ 5.8
Angel
1982
as Groom
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Mousey
MOVIE
So You're Going to Die
—
as Mickey
MOVIE
Mutant: Year Zero
—
as (voice)