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Ian McElhinney
Born: 1948-08-19 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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.
Rated Filmography (58)
Sorted by Score10.0
Life After Life
1995
9.0
Mapmaker
2001
9.0
Finnegan's Foursome
2026
8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
8.5
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
8.0
The Boy from Mercury
1996
8.0
Beyond Reason
1995
7.7
Children of the North
1991
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
7.5
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
7.4
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
7.4
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
7.3
Hamlet
1996
7.3
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
7.3
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
7.2
The Boys in the Boat
2023
7.2
Wodehouse In Exile
2013
7.0
Touch and Go
1998
7.0
Anne Devlin
1984
7.0
Acceptable Levels
1983
7.0
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015
6.9
Hidden Agenda
1990
6.9
Leap Year
2010
6.9
Michael Collins
1996
6.7
The Boxer
1997
6.7
The Last Rifleman
2023
6.7
Zoo
2018
6.6
Omagh
2005
6.5
A Patch of Fog
2015
6.5
Small Faces
1996
6.5
Fools of Fortune
1990
6.4
The Front Line
2006
6.4
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
6.4
City of Ember
2008
6.3
The Journey
2017
6.2
The Playboys
1992
6.2
Borstal Boy
2001
6.2
You, Me & Marley
1992
6.2
Closing the Ring
2007
6.2
Durango
1999
6.0
The Grasscutter
1990
6.0
Triage
2009
6.0
This Is the Sea
1997
6.0
Lost Lives
2019
5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
5.8
Angel
1982
5.7
Lamb
1986
5.5
The End of the World Man
1986
5.4
Reefer and the Model
1988
5.4
Sacrifice
2016
5.3
Blind Justice
1994
5.2
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
5.2
Clay
2008
4.8
Three Wise Women
2010
4.5
The Truth Commissioner
2016
4.4
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
4.0
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011
3.7
A Breed of Heroes
1994