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Ian McElhinney

Born: 1948-08-19

From: Belfast, Northern Ireland

About: 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.

Film credits:

Omagh

Stanley McCombe

Leap Year

Priest

City of Ember

Builder

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Captain Hammond

Blind Justice

Father Malone

Hornblower: Loyalty

Captain Hammond

Silicone Valerie

An Old Fashioned Christmas

Sean

Circles of Deceit

Father Fergal

Durango

Vestor McCarthy

Borstal Boy

Verreker

The Boy from Mercury

Brother Dowdall

Hamlet

Barnardo

The Last Rifleman

Tom Malcolmson

Angel

Groom

Closing the Ring

Cathal Thomas

The Grasscutter

Brian Deeds

Michael Collins

Belfast Detective

The Rockingham Shoot

John Reilly

The Boys in the Boat

Elderly Joe Rantz

Lamb

Maguire

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Patch of Fog

Freddie Clarke

Beyond Reason

Smythe QC

To Be Frank Carson

Self

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Sinn Fein leader

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Barristan Selmy

Touch and Go

Clive Bevan

Small Faces

Wodehouse In Exile

Major Cussen

Sacrifice

D.I. McKie

Hidden Agenda

Jack Cunnigham

A Prayer for the Dying

Lodger

The Truth Commissioner

James Fenton

Make it New John

John

Mutant: Year Zero

(voice)

The Lilac Bus

Billy

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

General Dodonna

The Ulysses Project

Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy

Bad Day for the Cut

Eamon

Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

Abbot Smith

You, Me & Marley

Reggie Devine

Life After Life

Working out governor

Hornblower: Retribution

Captain Hammond

The Journey

Rory O'Suaird

Reefer and the Model

Reefer

The End of the World Man

Architect

Clay

Father O'Mahoney

The King's Wake

Athairne

Zoo

Mr. Shawcross

Triage

Ivan

Dave Allen at Peace

Priest

Shoot to Kill

ACC Trevor Forbes

The Boxer

Reggie Bell

Scapegoat

H. A. McVeigh QC

Anne Devlin

Maj. Sirr

A Woman Calling

Mr Burke

Acceptable Levels

Andy

A Breed of Heroes

Father O'Browne

The Playboys

Joe Cassidy

Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk

Narrator

Shergar

Damien

Fools of Fortune

Stranger

Mapmaker

Sergeant Devlin

Father Father

The Death of a Projectionist

Gerry

Three Wise Women

David

Children of the North

O'Hare

This Is the Sea

Da Stokes

Titanic: Born in Belfast

Narrator

Naming the Names

Mr McBride

Potatohead Blues

Mousey

The Front Line

Mikey

Secrets of The Christmas Market

Narrator

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life

Self

Of Best Intentions

Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue

Narrator

The Lost Children of Tuam