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