Ian McElhinney
ActingIan 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.
Movies
The Lost Children of Tuam
2026
Jack Finnegan
Finnegan's Foursome
2026
Narrator
Secrets of The Christmas Market
2024
Elderly Joe Rantz
The Boys in the Boat
2023
Tom Malcolmson
The Last Rifleman
2023
General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
The Ulysses Project
2022
Self (voice)
Lost Lives
2019
Mr. Shawcross
Zoo
2018
Priest
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
Self
To Be Frank Carson
2017
Eamon
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
Rory O'Suaird
The Journey
2017
General Dodonna
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
D.I. McKie
Sacrifice
2016
James Fenton
The Truth Commissioner
2016
Freddie Clarke
A Patch of Fog
2015
Narrator
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
2015
Gerry
The Death of a Projectionist
2015
Self
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
TV Shows
Reverend Patterson
Small Town, Big Story
2025
Sam Dryson
High Country
2024
Johannes Kleiman
A Small Light
2023
Grandad
Suspicion
2022
John Snr
The Outlaws
2021
Adam Corry
Bloodlands
2021
Father Timothy
Mrs Wilson
2018
Val-El
Krypton
2018
Granda Joe
Derry Girls
2018
Lance
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017
Edward Butler
Rebellion
2016
Dr. Lenox
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
Lord Tony Hume
Unforgotten
2015
Maher
Babylon
2014
Bill Latimer
Quirke
2014
Morgan Monroe
The Fall
2013
Theodore Swift
Ripper Street
2012
Sir Henry Carlton
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Barristan Selmy
Game of Thrones
2011
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