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
- 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 · The Ulysses Project as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
- 2022 · Suspicion as Grandad
- 2021 · The Outlaws as John Snr
- 2021 · Bloodlands as Adam Corry
- 2018 · Mrs Wilson as Father Timothy
- 2018 · Zoo as Mr. Shawcross
- 2018 · Krypton as Val-El
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Granda Joe
- 2017 · Bad Day for the Cut as Eamon
- 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 · 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 · Scapegoat as H. A. McVeigh QC
- 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
- 2005 · Omagh as Stanley McCombe
- 2001 · Hornblower: Retribution as Captain Hammond
- 1999 · Durango as Vestor McCarthy
- 1999 · Queer as Folk as Clive Jones
- 1998 · Cold Feet as
- 1998 · Hornblower as Captain Hammond
- 1998 · Maisie Raine as C.S. Jack Freeman
- 1997 · The Boxer as Reggie Bell
- 1996 · Hamlet as Barnardo
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Belfast Detective
- 1996 · Safe And Sound as Higgins
- 1995 · Beyond Reason as Smythe QC
- 1994 · A Breed of Heroes as Father O'Browne
- 1994 · Blind Justice as Father Malone
- 1993 · A Woman's Guide to Adultery as Martin
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Brian Deeds
- 1986 · Casualty as Robert Finch
- 1986 · The End of the World Man as Architect
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ceiran Stow
- 1985 · Screen Two as Working Out Governor
- 1984 · Anne Devlin as Maj. Sirr
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mousey
- Future · 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)
- 2019 · Father Father as
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Priest
- 2017 · To Be Frank Carson as Self
- 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 · Triage as Ivan
- 2008 · Of Best Intentions as
- 2008 · Clay as Father O'Mahoney
- 2006 · The Front Line as Mikey
- 2003 · Hornblower: Loyalty as Captain Hammond
- 2002 · No Tears as Padraig McFadden
- 2001 · Mapmaker as Sergeant Devlin
- 2001 · Borstal Boy as Verreker
- 2000 · In Defence as DCS David Dillne
- 2000 · The King's Wake as Athairne
- 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
- 1997 · Wokenwell as
- 1996 · The Boy from Mercury as Brother Dowdall
- 1996 · Small Faces as
- 1995 · Life After Life as Working out governor
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Alex
- 1993 · Circles of Deceit as Father Fergal
- 1992 · You, Me & Marley as Reggie Devine
- 1992 · The Playboys as Joe Cassidy
- 1991 · Children of the North as O'Hare
- 1990 · Hidden Agenda as Jack Cunnigham
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Sinn Fein leader
- 1988 · Reefer and the Model as Reefer
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Lodger
- 1982 · Potatohead Blues as Mousey
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)
- 1990 · Fools of Fortune as Stranger
- 1990 · Shoot to Kill as ACC Trevor Forbes
- 1990 · The Lilac Bus as Billy
- 1987 · The Rockingham Shoot as John Reilly
- 1987 · Naming the Names as Mr McBride
- 1986 · Lamb as Maguire
- 1986 · Shergar as Damien
- 1984 · A Woman Calling as Mr Burke
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Andy
- 1982 · Angel as Groom




