Ian McElhinney
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Ian McElhinney

Born 19 August 1948 · Belfast, Northern Ireland
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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

Game of Thrones
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Doctor Who
Leap Year
City of Ember
The Fall
The Tudors
Michael Collins
Hamlet
Krypton
Derry Girls
The Boys in the Boat
The Lost Children of Tuam
Finnegan's Foursome
Secrets of The Christmas Market
The Last Rifleman
The Boys in the Boat
The Ulysses Project
Missing a Note
Zoo
Dave Allen at Peace
Bad Day for the Cut
The Journey
Sacrifice
The Truth Commissioner
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
A Patch of Fog
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
The Death of a Projectionist
Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue
Wodehouse In Exile
Titanic: Born in Belfast
Brendan Smyth:  Betrayal of Trust
Leap Year
An Old Fashioned Christmas
Three Wise Women
Triage
City of Ember
Clay
Closing the Ring
The Front Line
Omagh
On Eagle's Wing
Hornblower: Loyalty
Borstal Boy
Hornblower: Retribution
Mapmaker
Durango
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Touch and Go
The Boxer
This Is the Sea
The Boy from Mercury
Hamlet
Michael Collins
Small Faces
Beyond Reason
Life After Life
Blind Justice
A Breed of Heroes
You, Me & Marley
The Playboys
Children of the North
The Grasscutter
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Hidden Agenda
Shoot to Kill
Fools of Fortune
Reefer and the Model
The Rockingham Shoot
A Prayer for the Dying
Naming the Names
Lamb
The End of the World Man
Shergar
Anne Devlin
Acceptable Levels
Angel
Potatohead Blues
Ian McElhinney · Midrow