Ian McElhinney

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: Acting

Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1948-08-19

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Angel	Groom	56
2	1986	Lamb	Maguire	59
3	1987	The Rockingham Shoot	John Reilly	0
4	1987	A Prayer for the Dying	Lodger	58
5	1990	The Grasscutter	Brian Deeds	50
6	1990	The Lilac Bus	Billy	70
7	1990	Who Bombed Birmingham?	Sinn Fein leader	70
8	1990	Hidden Agenda	Jack Cunnigham	69
9	1993	Circle of Deceit	Father Fergal	75
10	1994	Blind Justice	Father Malone	51
11	1995	Beyond Reason	Smythe QC	0
12	1996	Small Faces		63
13	1996	Michael Collins	Belfast Detective	69
14	1996	The Boy from Mercury	Brother Dowdall	60
15	1996	Hamlet	Barnardo	73
16	1998	Silicone Valerie		0
17	1998	Touch and Go	Clive Bevan	70
18	1998	Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant	Captain Hammond	73
19	1999	Durango	Vestor McCarthy	63
20	2001	Borstal Boy	Verreker	62
21	2003	Hornblower: Loyalty	Captain Hammond	70
22	2005	Omagh	Stanley McCombe	66
23	2007	Closing the Ring	Cathal Thomas	61
24	2008	City of Ember	Builder	63
25	2010	Make it New John	John	0
26	2010	Leap Year	Priest	69
27	2010	An Old Fashioned Christmas	Sean	52
28	2013	Wodehouse In Exile	Major Cussen	72
29	2015	Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience	Barristan Selmy	86
30	2015	A Patch of Fog	Freddie Clarke	65
31	2016	The Truth Commissioner	James Fenton	43
32	2016	Sacrifice	D.I. McKie	53
33	2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	General Dodonna	75
34	2017	To Be Frank Carson	Self	0
35	2022	Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look	General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)	69
36	2023	The Last Rifleman	Tom Malcolmson	65
37	2023	The Boys in the Boat	Elderly Joe Rantz	73
38		Mutant: Year Zero	(voice)	0
39	1982	Potatohead Blues	Mousey	0
40	1983	Acceptable Levels	Andy	0
41	1984	A Woman Calling	Mr Burke	0
42	1984	Anne Devlin	Maj. Sirr	50
43	1986	The End of the World Man	Architect	30
44	1986	Shergar	Damien	0
45	1987	Naming the Names	Mr McBride	0
46	1988	Reefer and the Model	Reefer	52
47	1990	Shoot to Kill	ACC Trevor Forbes	0
48	1990	Fools of Fortune	Stranger	53
49	1991	Children of the North	O'Hare	70
50	1992	The Playboys	Joe Cassidy	60
51	1992	You, Me & Marley	Reggie Devine	60
52	1994	A Breed of Heroes	Father O'Browne	10
53	1995	Life After Life	Working out governor	0
54	1997	This Is the Sea	Da Stokes	57
55	1997	The Boxer	Reggie Bell	67
56	2000	The King's Wake	Athairne	0
57	2001	Hornblower: Retribution	Captain Hammond	73
58	2001	Mapmaker	Sergeant Devlin	0
59	2006	The Front Line	Mikey	63
60	2008	Clay	Father O'Mahoney	52
61	2009	Scapegoat	H. A. McVeigh QC	0
62	2009	Triage	Ivan	60
63	2010	Three Wise Women	David	49
64	2011	Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust	Abbot Smith	40
65	2012	Titanic: Born in Belfast	Narrator	0
66	2012	Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk	Narrator	0
67	2015	Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life	Self	75
68	2015	The Death of a Projectionist	Gerry	0
69	2017	The Journey	Rory O'Suaird	63
70	2017	Bad Day for the Cut	Eamon	65
71	2018	Dave Allen at Peace	Priest	44
72	2018	Zoo	Mr. Shawcross	67
73	2019	Father Father		0
74	2022	The Ulysses Project	Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy	0
75	2024	Secrets of The Christmas Market	Narrator	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Lovejoy	Ceiran Stow	73
2	1986	Casualty	Robert Finch	60
3	1993	A Woman's Guide to Adultery	Martin	0
4	1995	Hearts and Minds	Alex	80
5	1996	Safe And Sound	Higgins	0
6	1997	Wokenwell		0
7	1998	Maisie Raine	C.S. Jack Freeman	0
8	1998	Hornblower	Captain Hammond	75
9	1998	Cold Feet		79
10	1999	Queer as Folk	Clive Jones	80
11	2000	In Defence	DCS David Dillne	0
12	2002	No Tears	Padraig McFadden	0
13	2005	Doctor Who	Ko Sharmus	75
14	2007	Single-Handed	Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll	67
15	2007	The Tudors	Pope Clement VII	78
16	2008	Fairy Tales		0
17	2011	Game of Thrones	Barristan Selmy	85
18	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
19	2012	Titanic: Blood and Steel	Sir Henry Carlton	70
20	2012	Ripper Street	Theodore Swift	74
21	2013	The Fall	Morgan Monroe	77
22	2014	Quirke	Bill Latimer	58
23	2015	Unforgotten	Lord Tony Hume	77
24	2015	The Frankenstein Chronicles	Dr. Lenox	70
25	2016	Rebellion	Edward Butler	70
26	2017	Kat & Alfie: Redwater	Lance	60
27	2018	Derry Girls	Granda Joe	81
28	2018	Krypton	Val-El	71
29	2018	Mrs Wilson	Father Timothy	70
30	2021	Bloodlands	Adam Corry	68
31	2021	The Outlaws	John Snr	74
32	2022	Suspicion	Grandad	68
33	2023	A Small Light	Johannes Kleiman	79
34	2024	High Country	Sam Dryson	60