Ian McElhinney
Department: Acting
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
Omagh
2005
Leap Year
2010
City of Ember
2008
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
Blind Justice
1994
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Silicone Valerie
1998
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
Circles of Deceit
1993
Durango
1999
Borstal Boy
2001
The Boy from Mercury
1996
Hamlet
1996
The Last Rifleman
2023
Angel
1982
Closing the Ring
2007
The Grasscutter
1990
Michael Collins
1996
The Rockingham Shoot
1987
The Boys in the Boat
2023
Lamb
1986
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
A Patch of Fog
2015
Beyond Reason
1995
To Be Frank Carson
2017
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Touch and Go
1998
Small Faces
1996
Wodehouse In Exile
2013
Sacrifice
2016
Hidden Agenda
1990
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
The Truth Commissioner
2016
Make it New John
2010
Mutant: Year Zero
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The Lilac Bus
1990
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
The Ulysses Project
2022
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011
You, Me & Marley
1992
Life After Life
1995
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
The Journey
2017
Reefer and the Model
1988
The End of the World Man
1986
Clay
2008
The King's Wake
2000
Zoo
2018
Triage
2009
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
Shoot to Kill
1990
The Boxer
1997
Scapegoat
2009
Anne Devlin
1984
A Woman Calling
1984
Acceptable Levels
1983
A Breed of Heroes
1994
The Playboys
1992
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
2012
Shergar
1986
Fools of Fortune
1990
Mapmaker
2001
Father Father
2019
The Death of a Projectionist
2015
Three Wise Women
2010
Children of the North
1991
This Is the Sea
1997
Titanic: Born in Belfast
2012
Naming the Names
1987
Potatohead Blues
1982
The Front Line
2006
Secrets of The Christmas Market
2024
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
Of Best Intentions
2008
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015
The Lost Children of Tuam
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Bloodlands
2021
The Tudors
2007
Wokenwell
1997
Hornblower
1998
Maisie Raine
1998
Single-Handed
2007
Lovejoy
1986
Doctor Who
2005
In Defence
2000
Rebellion
2016
Cold Feet
1998
The Fall
2013
Krypton
2018
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017
Hearts and Minds
1995
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
Game of Thrones
2011
Ripper Street
2012
Casualty
1986
Suspicion
2022
Derry Girls
2018
No Tears
2002
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Mrs Wilson
2018
Safe And Sound
1996
High Country
2024
The Outlaws
2021
Unforgotten
2015
Quirke
2014
A Small Light
2023
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
Small Town, Big Story
2025
Playhouse
1974
Storyland
2009
Fairy Tales
2008
Screen Two
1985
Murphy's Law
2001
Queer as Folk
1999