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.
121 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 121
Game of Thrones
2011
Doctor Who
2005
Casualty
1986
The Tudors
2007
Playhouse
1974
Screen Two
1985
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Ripper Street
2012
Unforgotten
2015
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Lovejoy
1986
The Fall
2013
Krypton
2018
Cold Feet
1998
The Outlaws
2021
Derry Girls
2018
Hornblower
1998
Murphy's Law
2001
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
A Small Light
2023
Suspicion
2022
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
City of Ember
2008
Rebellion
2016
Leap Year
2010
Queer as Folk
1999
Small Town, Big Story
2025
Bloodlands
2021
Babylon
2014
Quirke
2014
Mrs Wilson
2018
Hamlet
1996
Maisie Raine
1998
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
The Boys in the Boat
2023
Fairy Tales
2008
Storyland
2009
High Country
2024
Single-Handed
2007
Hearts and Minds
1995
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
Michael Collins
1996
The Boxer
1997
Zoo
2018
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
Closing the Ring
2007
The Last Rifleman
2023
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Safe And Sound
1996
Borstal Boy
2001
Blind Justice
1994
Hidden Agenda
1990
No Tears
2002
Triage
2009
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
Lost Lives
2019
In Defence
2000
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017
The Journey
2017
Wokenwell
1997
Omagh
2005
A Patch of Fog
2015
The Rockingham Shoot
1987
Sacrifice
2016
The Lilac Bus
1990
This Is the Sea
1997
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
Angel
1982
The Playboys
1992
A Breed of Heroes
1994
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Shoot to Kill
1990
The Front Line
2006
Circles of Deceit
1993
The End of the World Man
1986
Fools of Fortune
1990
The Truth Commissioner
2016
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
Mapmaker
2001
Three Wise Women
2010
Lamb
1986
The Boy from Mercury
1996
Durango
1999
Touch and Go
1998
The Lost Children of Tuam
—
Small Faces
1996
Clay
2008
Children of the North
1991
The Grasscutter
1990
Shergar
1986
Scapegoat
2009
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011
Beyond Reason
1995
You, Me & Marley
1992
Anne Devlin
1984
The Ulysses Project
2022
A Woman Calling
1984
Life After Life
1995
The King's Wake
2000
Wodehouse In Exile
2013
Acceptable Levels
1983
Reefer and the Model
1988
Mutant: Year Zero
—
Secrets of The Christmas Market
2024
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
Father Father
2019
Naming the Names
1987
Make it New John
2010
Finnegan's Foursome
2026
The Death of a Projectionist
2015
Silicone Valerie
1998
To Be Frank Carson
2017
Potatohead Blues
1982
Of Best Intentions
2008
So You're Going to Die
—
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
2012
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015
Titanic: Born in Belfast
2012
