Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-08-19 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Also known As
Ίαν ΜακΕλχίνεϊ
이안 매켈리니
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.
2005
as Stanley McCombe
2010
as Priest
2008
as Builder
1998
as Captain Hammond
1994
as Father Malone
2003
as Captain Hammond
1998
2010
as Sean
1993
as Father Fergal
1999
as Vestor McCarthy
2001
as Verreker
1996
as Brother Dowdall
1996
as Barnardo
2023
as Tom Malcolmson
1982
as Groom
2007
as Cathal Thomas
1990
as Brian Deeds
1996
as Belfast Detective
1987
as John Reilly
2023
as Elderly Joe Rantz
1986
as Maguire
2022
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
as Freddie Clarke
1995
as Smythe QC
2017
as Self
1990
as Sinn Fein leader
2015
as Barristan Selmy
1998
as Clive Bevan
1996
2013
as Major Cussen
2016
as D.I. McKie
1990
as Jack Cunnigham
1987
as Lodger
2016
as James Fenton
2010
as John
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as (voice)
1990
as Billy
2016
as General Dodonna
2022
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
2017
as Eamon
2011
as Abbot Smith
1992
as Reggie Devine
1995
as Working out governor
2001
as Captain Hammond
2017
as Rory O'Suaird
1988
as Reefer
1986
as Architect
2008
as Father O'Mahoney
2000
as Athairne
2018
as Mr. Shawcross
2009
as Ivan
2018
as Priest
1990
as ACC Trevor Forbes
1997
as Reggie Bell
2009
as H. A. McVeigh QC
1984
as Maj. Sirr
1984
as Mr Burke
1983
as Andy
1994
as Father O'Browne
1992
as Joe Cassidy
2012
as Narrator
1986
as Damien
1990
as Stranger
2001
as Sergeant Devlin
2019
2015
as Gerry
2010
as David
1991
as O'Hare
1997
as Da Stokes
2012
as Narrator
1987
as Mr McBride
1982
as Mousey
2006
as Mikey
2024
as Narrator
2015
2005
as Director
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