ACTOR · FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
Ian McElhinney
Born 1948 · 78 years old120 credits since 19743 coming up
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ABOUT IAN
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born19 August 1948
BirthplaceBelfast, Northern Ireland
Known forActing
On Cineora58 of 120 titles
Known for
The titles people know Ian from.
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What Ian is working on next.
- CommittedOut Jan 2027
Mutant: Year Zeroas (voice)Date to be announced
So You're Going to Dieas MickeyDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 58
- Average IMDb
- 7.1
- Highest rated
- Game of ThronesIMDb 9.2
- Working since
- 1974
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
13 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
as Jack Finnegan
Seriesas Reverend Patterson · 4 episodes
as Narrator
Seriesas Sam Dryson · 16 episodes
Movieas Elderly Joe Rantz
Movieas Tom Malcolmson
Seriesas Johannes Kleiman · 8 episodes
The 2010s
34 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
as John O'Connell
Father Father
Not on CineoraSeriesas Father Timothy · 3 episodes
Movieas Mr. Shawcross
Movieas Priest
Seriesas Val-El · 20 episodes
Seriesas Granda Joe · 19 episodes
Movieas Eamon
The 2000s
21 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
Movieas Ivan
Scapegoat
Not on Cineoraas H. A. McVeigh QC
as Gerard · 1 episode
Movieas Builder
Of Best Intentions
Not on Cineora
as Father O'Mahoney
as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham · 1 episode
Movieas Cathal Thomas
The 1990s
32 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Vestor McCarthy
Seriesas Clive Jones · 2 episodes
Movieas Captain Hammond
Seriesas Bill Williams · 2 episodes
Seriesas Captain Hammond · 2 episodes
as Clive Bevan
as C.S. Jack Freeman · 12 episodes
Silicone Valerie
Not on CineoraThe 1980s
18 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
as Reefer
as Max Raines · 5 episodes
Movieas Lodger
as John Reilly
as Kennedy · 3 episodes
Dead Entry
Not on Cineoraas Martin Galbraith · 3 episodes
as Mr McBride
Movieas Maguire
The 1970s
1 title
as Mousey · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Ian’s titles.
Stuart GrahamThe Fall, Michael Collins and 3 more
Ioan GruffuddHornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant, Hornblower: Retribution and 2 more
Sean GilderHornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant, Hornblower: Retribution and 2 more
Robert LindsayHornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant, Hornblower: Retribution and 2 more
Gerard McSorleyMichael Collins, The Boxer and 2 more
Liam NeesonMichael Collins, A Prayer for the Dying and 1 more
Michelle FairleyGame of Thrones, Hidden Agenda and 1 more
