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.
Omagh
As Stanley McCombe
Leap Year
As Priest
City of Ember
As Builder
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
As Captain Hammond
Blind Justice
As Father Malone
Hornblower: Loyalty
As Captain Hammond
Silicone Valerie
An Old Fashioned Christmas
As Sean
Circle of Deceit
As Father Fergal
Durango
As Vestor McCarthy
Borstal Boy
As Verreker
The Boy from Mercury
As Brother Dowdall
Hamlet
As Barnardo
The Last Rifleman
As Tom Malcolmson
Angel
As Groom
Closing the Ring
As Cathal Thomas
The Grasscutter
As Brian Deeds
Michael Collins
As Belfast Detective
The Rockingham Shoot
As John Reilly
The Boys in the Boat
As Elderly Joe Rantz
Lamb
As Maguire
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
As General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Patch of Fog
As Freddie Clarke
Beyond Reason
As Smythe QC
To Be Frank Carson
As Self
Who Bombed Birmingham?
As Sinn Fein leader
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
As Barristan Selmy
Touch and Go
As Clive Bevan
Small Faces
Wodehouse In Exile
As Major Cussen
Sacrifice
As D.I. McKie
Hidden Agenda
As Jack Cunnigham
A Prayer for the Dying
As Lodger
The Truth Commissioner
As James Fenton
Make it New John
As John
Mutant: Year Zero
As (voice)
Mutant: Year Zero
The Lilac Bus
As Billy
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
As General Dodonna
The Ulysses Project
As Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
Bad Day for the Cut
As Eamon
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
As Abbot Smith
You, Me & Marley
As Reggie Devine
Life After Life
As Working out governor
Hornblower: Retribution
As Captain Hammond
The Journey
As Rory O'Suaird
Reefer and the Model
As Reefer
The End of the World Man
As Architect
Clay
As Father O'Mahoney
The King's Wake
As Athairne
Zoo
As Mr. Shawcross
Triage
As Ivan
Dave Allen at Peace
As Priest
Shoot to Kill
As ACC Trevor Forbes
The Boxer
As Reggie Bell
Scapegoat
As H. A. McVeigh QC
Anne Devlin
As Maj. Sirr
A Woman Calling
As Mr Burke
Acceptable Levels
As Andy
A Breed of Heroes
As Father O'Browne
The Playboys
As Joe Cassidy
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
As Narrator
Shergar
As Damien
Fools of Fortune
As Stranger
Mapmaker
As Sergeant Devlin
Father Father
The Death of a Projectionist
As Gerry
Three Wise Women
As David
Children of the North
As O'Hare
This Is the Sea
As Da Stokes
Titanic: Born in Belfast
As Narrator
Naming the Names
As Mr McBride
Titanic: Blood and Steel
As Sir Henry Carlton
Bloodlands
As Adam Corry
The Tudors
As Pope Clement VII
Wokenwell
Hornblower
As Captain Hammond
Maisie Raine
As C.S. Jack Freeman
Single-Handed
As Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
Queer as Folk
As Clive Jones
Lovejoy
As Ceiran Stow
Doctor Who
As Ko Sharmus
In Defence
As DCS David Dillne
Rebellion
As Edward Butler
Fairy Tales
Cold Feet
The Fall
As Morgan Monroe
Krypton
As Val-El
Kat & Alfie: Redwater
As Lance
Hearts and Minds
As Alex
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
As Martin
Game of Thrones
As Barristan Selmy
Ripper Street
As Theodore Swift
Casualty
As Robert Finch
Suspicion
As Grandad
Derry Girls
As Granda Joe
No Tears
As Padraig McFadden
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
As Self - Participant
Mrs Wilson
As Father Timothy
Safe And Sound
As Higgins
High Country
As Sam Dryson
The Outlaws
As John Snr
Unforgotten
As Lord Tony Hume
Quirke
As Bill Latimer
A Small Light
As Johannes Kleiman