Ian McElhinney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-08-19 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Ian McElhinney

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.

Acting

2005

Omagh

as Stanley McCombe

2010

Leap Year

as Priest

2008

City of Ember

as Builder

1994

Blind Justice

as Father Malone

2003

Hornblower: Loyalty

as Captain Hammond

1993

Circle of Deceit

as Father Fergal

1999

Durango

as Vestor McCarthy

2001

Borstal Boy

as Verreker

1996

The Boy from Mercury

as Brother Dowdall

1996

Hamlet

as Barnardo

2023

The Last Rifleman

as Tom Malcolmson

1982

Angel

as Groom

2007

Closing the Ring

as Cathal Thomas

1990

The Grasscutter

as Brian Deeds

1996

Michael Collins

as Belfast Detective

1987

The Rockingham Shoot

as John Reilly

2023

The Boys in the Boat

as Elderly Joe Rantz

1986

Lamb

as Maguire

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

A Patch of Fog

as Freddie Clarke

1995

Beyond Reason

as Smythe QC

1990

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Sinn Fein leader

1998

Touch and Go

as Clive Bevan

2013

Wodehouse In Exile

as Major Cussen

2016

Sacrifice

as D.I. McKie

1990

Hidden Agenda

as Jack Cunnigham

2016

The Truth Commissioner

as James Fenton

2010

1990

2016

2022

The Ulysses Project

as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy

1992

You, Me & Marley

as Reggie Devine

1995

Life After Life

as Working out governor

2001

Hornblower: Retribution

as Captain Hammond

2017

The Journey

as Rory O'Suaird

1986

2008

Clay

as Father O'Mahoney

2000

The King's Wake

as Athairne

2018

Zoo

as Mr. Shawcross

2009

Triage

as Ivan

2018

1990

Shoot to Kill

as ACC Trevor Forbes

1997

The Boxer

as Reggie Bell

2009

Scapegoat

as H. A. McVeigh QC

1984

Anne Devlin

as Maj. Sirr

1984

A Woman Calling

as Mr Burke

1994

A Breed of Heroes

as Father O'Browne

1992

The Playboys

as Joe Cassidy

1986

Shergar

as Damien

1990

Fools of Fortune

as Stranger

2001

Mapmaker

as Sergeant Devlin

2010

1997

This Is the Sea

as Da Stokes

1987

Naming the Names

as Mr McBride

1982

2006

Production

2005

On Eagle's Wing

as Director

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