Acting

Ian McElhinney

Born 1948-08-19 · 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.

Credits

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Committed
2027
The Lost Children of Tuam
2026
Finnegan's Foursome
as Jack Finnegan
2026
Small Town, Big Story
as Reverend Patterson
2025
Secrets of The Christmas Market
as Narrator
2024
High Country
as Sam Dryson
2024
The Boys in the Boat
as Elderly Joe Rantz
2023
The Last Rifleman
as Tom Malcolmson
2023
A Small Light
as Johannes Kleiman
2023
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
The Ulysses Project
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
2022
Suspicion
as Grandad
2022
The Outlaws
as John Snr
2021
Bloodlands
as Adam Corry
2021
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
Father Father
2019
Mrs Wilson
as Father Timothy
2018
Zoo
as Mr. Shawcross
2018
Dave Allen at Peace
as Priest
2018
Krypton
as Val-El
2018
Derry Girls
as Granda Joe
2018
To Be Frank Carson
as Self
2017
Bad Day for the Cut
as Eamon
2017
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
as Lance
2017
The Journey
as Rory O'Suaird
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as General Dodonna
2016
Sacrifice
as D.I. McKie
2016
The Truth Commissioner
as James Fenton
2016
Rebellion
as Edward Butler
2016
The Frankenstein Chronicles
as Dr. Lenox
2015
Unforgotten
as Lord Tony Hume
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
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Barristan Selmy
2015
Babylon
as Maher
2014
Quirke
as Bill Latimer
2014
The Fall
as Morgan Monroe
2013
Wodehouse In Exile
as Major Cussen
2013
Ripper Street
as Theodore Swift
2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Sir Henry Carlton
2012
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
as Narrator
2012
Titanic: Born in Belfast
as Narrator
2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
Game of Thrones
as Barristan Selmy
2011
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
as Abbot Smith
2011
Three Wise Women
as David
2010
An Old Fashioned Christmas
as Sean
2010
Leap Year
as Priest
2010
Make it New John
as John
2010
Triage
as Ivan
2009
Scapegoat
as H. A. McVeigh QC
2009
Storyland
as Gerard
2009
City of Ember
as Builder
2008
Of Best Intentions
2008
Clay
as Father O'Mahoney
2008
Fairy Tales
as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
2008
Closing the Ring
as Cathal Thomas
2007
The Tudors
as Pope Clement VII
2007
Single-Handed
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
2007
The Front Line
as Mikey
2006
Doctor Who
as Ko Sharmus
2005
Omagh
as Stanley McCombe
2005
On Eagle's Wing
Director
2005
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Captain Hammond
2003
No Tears
as Padraig McFadden
2002
Mapmaker
as Sergeant Devlin
2001
Murphy's Law
as Fulton
2001
Hornblower: Retribution
as Captain Hammond
2001
Borstal Boy
as Verreker
2001
In Defence
as DCS David Dillne
2000
The King's Wake
as Athairne
2000
Durango
as Vestor McCarthy
1999
Queer as Folk
as Clive Jones
1999
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Captain Hammond
1998
Cold Feet
as Bill Williams
1998
Hornblower
as Captain Hammond
1998
Touch and Go
as Clive Bevan
1998
Maisie Raine
as C.S. Jack Freeman
1998