Acting credits
103
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ian McElhinney
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 69Series: 35Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 43138
IMDb ID: nm0568400
Known for: Acting
Born: August 19, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2025
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.94
Wikidata: Q5982285
Also known as
Ίαν ΜακΕλχίνεϊ • 이안 매켈리니
Other jobs
Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ian McElhinney.
Secrets of The Christmas Market
as Narrator
2024 Movie
7.2
The Boys in the Boat
as Elderly Joe Rantz
2023 Movie
6.6
The Last Rifleman
as Tom Malcolmson
2023 Movie
7.3
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Movie
The Ulysses Project
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
2022 Movie
6.7
Zoo
as Mr. Shawcross
2018 Movie
4.4
Dave Allen at Peace
as Priest
2018 Movie
To Be Frank Carson
as Self
2017 Movie
6.5
Bad Day for the Cut
as Eamon
2017 Movie
6.3
The Journey
as Rory O'Suaird
2017 Movie
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as General Dodonna
2016 Movie
5.4
Sacrifice
as D.I. McKie
2016 Movie
4.5
The Truth Commissioner
as James Fenton
2016 Movie
6.5
A Patch of Fog
as Freddie Clarke
2015 Movie
7.0
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
as Narrator
2015 Movie
The Death of a Projectionist
as Gerry
2015 Movie
7.4
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
as Self
2015 Movie
8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Barristan Selmy
2015 Movie
7.2
Wodehouse In Exile
as Major Cussen
2013 Movie
Titanic: Born in Belfast
as Narrator
2012 Movie
4.0
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
as Abbot Smith
2011 Movie
4.8
Three Wise Women
as David
2010 Movie
5.2
An Old Fashioned Christmas
as Sean
2010 Movie
6.9
Leap Year
as Priest
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ian McElhinney.
6.7
Small Town, Big Story
as Reverend Patterson • 4 eps
2025 Series
5.8
High Country
as Sam Dryson • 8 eps
2024 Series
8.0
A Small Light
as Johannes Kleiman • 8 eps
2023 Series
6.8
Suspicion
as Grandad • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.4
The Outlaws
as John Snr • 12 eps
2021 Series
6.7
Bloodlands
as Adam Corry • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Mrs Wilson
as Father Timothy • 3 eps
2018 Series
7.1
Krypton
as Val-El • 20 eps
2018 Series
8.1
Derry Girls
as Granda Joe • 19 eps
2018 Series
6.0
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
as Lance • 6 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Rebellion
as Edward Butler • 5 eps
2016 Series
6.9
The Frankenstein Chronicles
as Dr. Lenox • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Unforgotten
as Lord Tony Hume • 6 eps
2015 Series
5.9
Quirke
as Bill Latimer • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
The Fall
as Morgan Monroe • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.4
Ripper Street
as Theodore Swift • 3 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Sir Henry Carlton • 12 eps
2012 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Barristan Selmy • 25 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Storyland
as Gerard • 1 eps
2009 Series
Fairy Tales
as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.8
The Tudors
as Pope Clement VII • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.8
Single-Handed
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll • 4 eps
2007 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Ko Sharmus • 2 eps
2005 Series