Person
Ian McElhinney
Born 19 August 1948 77 years old Belfast, Northern Ireland Who else is 77? → TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
25age in their first credit on record (1974)
53years on screen and counting
6credits in 1998, their busiest year
113dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Mutant: Year Zero
as (voice)
So You're Going to Die
as Mickey
Age: 77 The Lost Children of Tuam
2026
Age: 77 Finnegan's Foursome
2026
Age: 75 The Boys in the Boat
2023as Elderly Joe Rantz
Age: 75 The Last Rifleman
2023as Tom Malcolmson
Age: 74 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 73 The Ulysses Project
2022as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy
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Age: 70 Father Father
2019
Age: 69 Zoo
2018as Mr. Shawcross
Age: 69 Dave Allen at Peace
2018as Priest
Age: 69 Bad Day for the Cut
2017as Eamon
Age: 68 The Journey
2017as Rory O'Suaird
Age: 68 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016as General Dodonna
Age: 67 Sacrifice
2016as D.I. McKie
Age: 67 The Truth Commissioner
2016as James Fenton
Age: 67 A Patch of Fog
2015as Freddie Clarke
Age: 66 The Death of a Projectionist
2015as Gerry
Age: 66 Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015as Barristan Selmy
Age: 64 Wodehouse In Exile
2013as Major Cussen
Age: 62 Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011as Abbot Smith
Age: 62 Three Wise Women
2010as David
Age: 62 An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010as Sean
Age: 61 Leap Year
2010as Priest
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Age: 61 Make it New John
2010as John
Age: 61 Triage
2009as Ivan
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Age: 61 Scapegoat
2009as H. A. McVeigh QC
Age: 60 City of Ember
2008as Builder
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Age: 59 Of Best Intentions
2008
Age: 59 Clay
2008as Father O'Mahoney
Age: 59 Closing the Ring
2007as Cathal Thomas
Age: 57 The Front Line
2006as Mikey
Age: 56 Omagh
2005as Stanley McCombe
Age: 54 Hornblower: Loyalty
2003as Captain Hammond
Age: 53 Mapmaker
2001as Sergeant Devlin
Age: 52 Hornblower: Retribution
2001as Captain Hammond
Age: 52 Borstal Boy
2001as Verreker
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Age: 51 The King's Wake
2000as Athairne
Age: 50 Durango
1999as Vestor McCarthy
Age: 50 Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998as Captain Hammond
Age: 50 Touch and Go
1998as Clive Bevan
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Age: 49 Silicone Valerie
1998
Age: 49 The Boxer
1997as Reggie Bell
Age: 49 This Is the Sea
1997as Da Stokes
Age: 48 Hamlet
1996as Barnardo
Age: 48 The Boy from Mercury
1996as Brother Dowdall
Age: 48 Michael Collins
1996as Belfast Detective
Age: 47 Small Faces
1996
Age: 46 Life After Life
1995as Working out governor
Age: 46 Beyond Reason
1995as Smythe QC
Age: 46 A Breed of Heroes
1994as Father O'Browne
Age: 45 Blind Justice
1994as Father Malone
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Age: 45 Circles of Deceit
1993as Father Fergal
Age: 44 You, Me & Marley
1992as Reggie Devine
Age: 43 The Playboys
1992as Joe Cassidy
Age: 43 Children of the North
1991as O'Hare
Age: 42 The Grasscutter
1990as Brian Deeds
Age: 42 Hidden Agenda
1990as Jack Cunnigham
Age: 41 Fools of Fortune
1990as Stranger
Age: 41 Shoot to Kill
1990as ACC Trevor Forbes
Age: 41 Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990as Sinn Fein leader
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Age: 41 The Lilac Bus
1990as Billy
Age: 39 Reefer and the Model
1988as Reefer
Age: 39 A Prayer for the Dying
1987as Lodger
Age: 39 The Rockingham Shoot
1987as John Reilly
Age: 38 Naming the Names
1987as Mr McBride
Age: 38 Lamb
1986as Maguire
Age: 38 The End of the World Man
1986as Architect
Age: 37 Shergar
1986as Damien
Age: 36 Anne Devlin
1984as Maj. Sirr
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Age: 35 A Woman Calling
1984as Mr Burke
Age: 34 Acceptable Levels
1983as Andy
Age: 33 Potatohead Blues
1982as Mousey
Age: 33 Angel
1982as Groom
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TV credits
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Age: 78 Committed
2027
Age: 76 Small Town, Big Story
2025as Reverend Patterson
Age: 75 High Country
2024as Sam Dryson
Age: 74 A Small Light
2023as Johannes Kleiman
Age: 73 Suspicion
2022as Grandad
Age: 73 The Outlaws
2021as John Snr
Age: 72 Bloodlands
2021as Adam Corry
Age: 70 Mrs Wilson
2018as Father Timothy
Age: 69 Krypton
2018as Val-El
Age: 69 Derry Girls
2018as Granda Joe
Age: 68 Kat & Alfie: Redwater
2017as Lance
Age: 67 Rebellion
2016as Edward Butler
Age: 67 The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015as Dr. Lenox
Age: 67 Unforgotten
2015as Lord Tony Hume
Age: 66 Babylon
2014as Maher
Age: 65 Quirke
2014as Bill Latimer
Age: 64 The Fall
2013as Morgan Monroe
Age: 64 Ripper Street
2012as Theodore Swift
Age: 63 Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012as Sir Henry Carlton
Age: 62 Game of Thrones
2011as Barristan Selmy
Age: 60 Storyland
2009as Gerard
Age: 59 Fairy Tales
2008as Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
Age: 58 The Tudors
2007as Pope Clement VII
Age: 58 Single-Handed
2007as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
Age: 56 Doctor Who
2005as Ko Sharmus
Age: 53 No Tears
2002as Padraig McFadden
Age: 53 Murphy's Law
2001as Fulton
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Age: 51 In Defence
2000as DCS David Dillne
Age: 50 Queer as Folk
1999as Clive Jones
Age: 50 Cold Feet
1998as Bill Williams
Age: 50 Hornblower
1998as Captain Hammond
Age: 49 Maisie Raine
1998as C.S. Jack Freeman
Age: 48 Wokenwell
1997No poster
Age: 47 Safe And Sound
1996as Higgins
Age: 46 Hearts and Minds
1995as Alex
Age: 45 A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993as Martin
Age: 38 Casualty
1986as Robert Finch
Age: 37 Lovejoy
1986as Ceiran Stow
Age: 36 Screen Two
1985as Working Out Governor
Age: 36 Screen Two
1985as Inspector McBride
Age: 25 Playhouse
1974as Mousey