Ian McElhinney
Acting
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.
Born: August 19, 1948
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Known For
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television. The second episode (S4 EP10), features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.
Game of Thrones
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
Derry Girls
Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Hearts and Minds
A young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with racism, homophobia and his students' poor backgrounds.
A Small Light
Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Queer as Folk
Stuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began, Vince has carried a torch for Stuart but his love remains firmly unrequited. They're both 29, hitting Canal Street every night, stalwarts of the scene but just starting to wonder where else their lives may be going. Then along comes Nathan Maloney. Young, wild and coming out with a vengeance, he crowbars his way into their world and once he arrives, nothing is ever the same again.
The Tudors
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Hornblower
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
The Fall
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Cold Feet
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
Filmography
as Reverend Patterson
as Narrator
as Sam Dryson
as Elderly Joe Rantz
as Tom Malcolmson
as Johannes Kleiman
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
as Grandad
as John Snr
as Adam Corry
as Father Timothy
as Mr. Shawcross
as Priest
as Val-El
as Granda Joe
as Self
as Eamon
as Lance
as Rory O'Suaird
as General Dodonna
as D.I. McKie
as James Fenton
as Edward Butler
as Dr. Lenox
as Lord Tony Hume
as Freddie Clarke
as Narrator
as Gerry
as Barristan Selmy
as Bill Latimer
as Morgan Monroe
as Major Cussen
as Theodore Swift
as Sir Henry Carlton
as Narrator
as Self - Participant
as Barristan Selmy
as Abbot Smith
as David
as Sean
as Priest
as Ivan
as Gerard
as Builder
as Father O'Mahoney
as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
as Cathal Thomas
as Pope Clement VII
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
as Mikey
as Ko Sharmus
as Stanley McCombe
as Captain Hammond
as Padraig McFadden
as Sergeant Devlin
as Captain Hammond
as Verreker
as Vestor McCarthy
as Clive Jones
as Captain Hammond
as Captain Hammond
as Clive Bevan
as C.S. Jack Freeman
as Reggie Bell
as Da Stokes
as Barnardo
as Brother Dowdall
as Belfast Detective
as Working out governor
as Alex
as Smythe QC
as Father O'Browne
as Father Malone
as Martin
as Reggie Devine
as Joe Cassidy
as O'Hare
as Brian Deeds
as Jack Cunnigham
as Stranger
as ACC Trevor Forbes
as Sinn Fein leader
as Reefer
as Lodger
as John Reilly
as Mr McBride
as Maguire
as Robert Finch
as Architect
as Damien
as Ceiran Stow
as Working Out Governor
as Maj. Sirr
as Andy
as Mousey
as Groom
as Mousey
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