Ian McElhinney
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.
Filmography
No Tears
2002 · 10.0
Wokenwell
1997 · 10.0
Life After Life
1995 · 10.0
A Woman Calling
1984 · 10.0
The Lost Children of Tuam
2026 · 9.3
Mapmaker
2001 · 9.0
Brond
1987 · 9.0
The King's Wake
2000 · 9.0
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015 · 8.6
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990 · 8.5
The Lilac Bus
1990 · 8.5
Game of Thrones
2011 · 8.5
Derry Girls
2018 · 8.1
A Small Light
2023 · 8.0
The Boy from Mercury
1996 · 8.0
Silicone Valerie
1998 · 8.0
The Tudors
2007 · 7.8
Cold Feet
1998 · 7.8
Queer as Folk
1999 · 7.8
Hearts and Minds
1995 · 7.8
Hornblower
1998 · 7.7
Children of the North
1991 · 7.7
The Fall
2013 · 7.7
Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6
Murphy's Law
2001 · 7.6
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 · 7.6
Unforgotten
2015 · 7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · 7.5
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998 · 7.5
Ripper Street
2012 · 7.4
Lovejoy
1986 · 7.4
The Outlaws
2021 · 7.4
Hornblower: Retribution
2001 · 7.4
Hamlet
1996 · 7.3
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 · 7.3
The Boys in the Boat
2023 · 7.3
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012 · 7.2
Wodehouse In Exile
2013 · 7.2
Krypton
2018 · 7.1
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015 · 7.0
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
Storyland
2009 · 7.0
Rebellion
2016 · 7.0
Mrs Wilson
2018 · 7.0
Safe And Sound
1996 · 7.0
Hidden Agenda
1990 · 7.0
Acceptable Levels
1983 · 7.0
Anne Devlin
1984 · 7.0
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015 · 7.0
Leap Year
2010 · 6.9
Michael Collins
1996 · 6.9
Single-Handed
2007 · 6.8
Suspicion
2022 · 6.8
The Boxer
1997 · 6.7
Bloodlands
2021 · 6.7
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · 6.7
Zoo
2018 · 6.7
Babylon
2014 · 6.6
The Last Rifleman
2023 · 6.6
Omagh
2005 · 6.6
Finnegan's Foursome
2026 · 6.5
A Patch of Fog
2015 · 6.5
Small Faces
1996 · 6.5
Fools of Fortune
1990 · 6.5
Bad Day for the Cut
2017 · 6.4
The Front Line
2006 · 6.4
City of Ember
2008 · 6.4
The Journey
2017 · 6.3
Casualty
1986 · 6.2
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017 · 6.2
Closing the Ring
2007 · 6.2
Borstal Boy
2001 · 6.2
The Playboys
1992 · 6.2
You, Me & Marley
1992 · 6.2
High Country
2024 · 6.0
Triage
2009 · 6.0
This Is the Sea
1997 · 6.0
The Grasscutter
1990 · 6.0
Quirke
2014 · 5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · 5.9
Angel
1982 · 5.8
Lamb
1986 · 5.7
In Defence
2000 · 5.5
The End of the World Man
1986 · 5.5
Sacrifice
2016 · 5.4
Reefer and the Model
1988 · 5.4
Blind Justice
1994 · 5.3
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010 · 5.2
Clay
2008 · 5.2
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993 · 5.0
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
2012 · 5.0
Three Wise Women
2010 · 4.8
Dave Allen at Peace
2018 · 4.6
The Truth Commissioner
2016 · 4.5
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011 · 4.0
A Breed of Heroes
1994 · 3.7
Fairy Tales
2008 · 0.0
Maisie Raine
1998 · 0.0
Wipe Out
1988 · 0.0
Committed
2027 · 0.0
Dead Entry
1987 · 0.0
Potatohead Blues
1982 · 0.0
Missing a Note
2019 · 0.0
Father Father
2019 · 0.0
So You're Going to Die
— · 0.0
Naming the Names
1987 · 0.0
Titanic: Born in Belfast
2012 · 0.0
The Rockingham Shoot
1987 · 0.0
Shoot to Kill
1990 · 0.0
The Death of a Projectionist
2015 · 0.0
Of Best Intentions
2008 · 0.0
The Ulysses Project
2022 · 0.0
Make it New John
2010 · 0.0
Secrets of The Christmas Market
2024 · 0.0
Mutant: Year Zero
— · 0.0
Scapegoat
2009 · 0.0