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Ian McElhinney
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1948Born, Belfast
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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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Game of ThronesBarristan Selmy
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryGeneral Dodonna
Doctor WhoKo Sharmus
Leap YearPriest
City of EmberBuilder2026Finnegan's FoursomeJack FinneganMovie
2025Small Town, Big StoryReverend Patterson · 4 episodesShow
2024Secrets of The Christmas MarketNarratorMovie
2024High CountrySam Dryson · 16 episodesShow
2023The Boys in the BoatElderly Joe RantzMovie
2023The Last RiflemanTom MalcolmsonMovie
2023A Small LightJohannes Kleiman · 8 episodesShow
2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookGeneral Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
2022The Ulysses ProjectMr. Deasy / Barrister JJ MolloyMovie
2022SuspicionGrandad · 1 episodeShow
2021The OutlawsJohn Snr · 12 episodesShow
2021BloodlandsAdam Corry · 3 episodesShow
2019Missing a NoteJohn O'ConnellMovie
2019Father FatherMovie
2018Mrs WilsonFather Timothy · 3 episodesShow
2018ZooMr. ShawcrossMovie
2018Dave Allen at PeacePriestMovie
2018KryptonVal-El · 20 episodesShow
2018Derry GirlsGranda Joe · 19 episodesShow
2017Bad Day for the CutEamonMovie
2017Kat & Alfie: RedwaterLance · 6 episodesShow
2017The JourneyRory O'SuairdMovie
2016SacrificeD.I. McKieMovie
2016The Truth CommissionerJames FentonMovie
2016RebellionEdward Butler · 5 episodesShow
2015The Frankenstein ChroniclesDr. Lenox · 2 episodesShow
2015UnforgottenLord Tony Hume · 6 episodesShow
2015A Patch of FogFreddie ClarkeMovie
2015Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus AvenueNarratorMovie
2015The Death of a ProjectionistGerryMovie
2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceBarristan SelmyMovie
2014BabylonMaher · 1 episodeShow
2014QuirkeBill Latimer · 1 episodeShow
2013The FallMorgan Monroe · 3 episodesShow
2013Wodehouse In ExileMajor CussenMovie
2012Ripper StreetTheodore Swift · 3 episodesShow
2012Titanic: Blood and SteelSir Henry Carlton · 12 episodesShow
2012Bomb Squad Men: The Long WalkNarratorMovie
2012Titanic: Born in BelfastNarratorMovie
2011Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of TrustAbbot SmithMovie
2010Three Wise WomenDavidMovie
2010An Old Fashioned ChristmasSeanMovie
2010Leap YearPriestMovie
2010Make it New JohnJohnMovie
2009TriageIvanMovie
2009ScapegoatH. A. McVeigh QCMovie
2009StorylandGerard · 1 episodeShow
2008City of EmberBuilderMovie
2008Of Best IntentionsMovie
2008ClayFather O'MahoneyMovie
2008Fairy TalesVice Chancellor Ralph Graham · 1 episodeShow
2007Closing the RingCathal ThomasMovie
2007The TudorsPope Clement VII · 1 episodeShow
2007Single-HandedEx-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll · 4 episodesShow
2006The Front LineMikeyMovie
2005OmaghStanley McCombeMovie
2003Hornblower: LoyaltyCaptain HammondMovie
2002No TearsPadraig McFadden · 4 episodesShow
2001MapmakerSergeant DevlinMovie
2001Murphy's LawFulton · 1 episodeShow
2001Hornblower: RetributionCaptain HammondMovie
2001Borstal BoyVerrekerMovie
2000In DefenceDCS David Dillne · 1 episodeShow
2000The King's WakeAthairneMovie
1999DurangoVestor McCarthyMovie
1999Queer as FolkClive Jones · 2 episodesShow
1998Hornblower: The Examination for LieutenantCaptain HammondMovie
1998Cold FeetBill Williams · 2 episodesShow
1998HornblowerCaptain Hammond · 2 episodesShow
1998Touch and GoClive BevanMovie
1998Maisie RaineC.S. Jack Freeman · 12 episodesShow
1998Silicone ValerieMovie
1997The BoxerReggie BellMovie
1997This Is the SeaDa StokesMovie
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