
Biography
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.
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High Country
2024
A Small Light
2023
Suspicion
2022
The Outlaws
2021
Bloodlands
2021
Lost Lives
2019
Mrs Wilson
2018
Zoo
2018
Krypton
2018
Derry Girls
2018
The Journey
2017
Sacrifice
2016
Rebellion
2016
Unforgotten
2015
A Patch of Fog
2015
Babylon
2014
Quirke
2014
The Fall
2013
Ripper Street
2012
Game of Thrones
2011
Three Wise Women
2010
Leap Year
2010
Triage
2009
Storyland
2009
City of Ember
2008
Clay
2008
Fairy Tales
2008
Closing the Ring
2007
The Tudors
2007
Single-Handed
2007
The Front Line
2006
Doctor Who
2005
Omagh
2005
No Tears
2002
Mapmaker
2001
Murphy's Law
2001
Borstal Boy
2001
Durango
1999
Queer as Folk
1999
Cold Feet
1998
Hornblower
1998
Touch and Go
1998
Maisie Raine
1998
The Boxer
1997
This Is the Sea
1997
Wokenwell
1997
Hamlet
1996
Michael Collins
1996
Small Faces
1996
Life After Life
1995
Hearts and Minds
1995
Beyond Reason
1995
Blind Justice
1994
You, Me & Marley
1992
The Playboys
1992
The Grasscutter
1990
Hidden Agenda
1990
Fools of Fortune
1990
Shoot to Kill
1990
Naming the Names
1987
Lamb
1986
Casualty
1986
Shergar
1986
Lovejoy
1986
Screen Two
1985
Anne Devlin
1984
Potatohead Blues
1982
Angel
1982
Playhouse
1974
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