Ian McElhinney is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than thirty years, notable appearances include Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet and The Tudors. In recent times his best known roles are as Barristan Selm...
Matthew McElhinney, David McElhinney, Darren McElhinney
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Sacrifice, City of Ember, Leap Year, Triage, The Playboys, A Shine of Rainbows, A Patch of Fog, Hidden Agenda, The Boxer, Small Faces, Reefer and the Model, A Woman's Guide to Adultery, The Front Line, The Grasscutter, The Boy from Mercury, You, Me & Marley, Blind Justice, Angel, Mapmaker, Lamb, Cla...
TV Shows
Rebellion, Single-Handed, Game of Thrones, Wokenwell
Star Sign
Leo
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Trademark
1
Raspy toned voice.
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Fact
1
Was nominated for Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for "Stones in His Pockets."
2
Married to Belfast playwright and actress Marie Jones.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zoo
2017
post-production
Mr. Shawcross
Landgericht
2017
TV Movie post-production
Williiam
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
completed
Eamon
Krypton
TV Movie pre-production
Val-El
Redwater
2017
TV Series
Rogue One
2016
General Dodonna
The Journey
2016/III
Rory McBride
Barbarians Rising
2016
TV Series
Tagus
Sacrifice
2016/II
D.I. McKie
The Truth Commissioner
2016
James Fenton
Ripper Street
2013-2016
TV Series
Theodore Swift
Rebellion
2016
TV Mini-Series
Edward Butler
A Patch of Fog
2015
Freddie Clarke
The Death of a Projectionist
2015
Short
Gerry
Game of Thrones
2011-2015
TV Series
Barristan Selmy
Babylon
2014
TV Mini-Series
Maher
The Fall
2013-2014
TV Series
Morgan Monroe
Quirke
2014
TV Mini-Series
Bill Latimer
Play Next Door
2014
TV Series
Connie
Moonfleet
2013
TV Mini-Series
Rev Glennie
Parson Glennie
Wodehouse in Exile
2013
TV Movie
Major Cussen
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
TV Series
Sir Henry Carlton
Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
2011
TV Movie
Abbot Smith
Bittersweet
2011
Video short
Father
Three Wise Women
2010
TV Movie
David
An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
TV Movie
Sean
New Tricks
2010
TV Series
Fintan MacEntee
Cup Cake
2010
Rusty Rafferty
Leap Year
2010
Priest
Scapegoat
2009
TV Movie
H. A. McVeigh QC
A Shine of Rainbows
2009
Father Doyle
Triage
2009
Ivan
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
2009
Skip
Little Dorrit
2008
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Clennam
Raw
2008
TV Series
Phillip
City of Ember
2008
Builder
Last Man Hanging
2008
TV Movie
Narrator
Of Best Intentions
2008
Short
Thomas Midgely
Clay
2008
TV Movie
Father O'Mahoney
Fairy Tales
2008
TV Mini-Series
Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham
Single-Handed
2007-2008
TV Series
Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll
Gerry Driscoll
Closing the Ring
2007
Cathal Thomas
Casualty
2007
TV Series
Robert Finch
The Tudors
2007
TV Series
Pope Clement VII
Rough Diamond
2007
TV Series
Tim Regan
The Front Line
2006
Mikey
Taggart
1993-2005
TV Series
Archie Rae / Sean O'Donnell
Pure Mule
2005
TV Series
Harry Kilroy
Coronation Street
2005
TV Series
Father Thomas
Omagh
2004
TV Movie
Stanley McCombe
The Clinic
2003
TV Series
Joseph McGarry
Murphy's Law
2003
TV Series
Fulton
Doctors
2003
TV Series
Howard Brackley
Holby City
2003
TV Series
Brian Chapman
Cold Feet
2003
TV Series
Bill Williams
Horatio Hornblower 3
2003
TV Movie
Captain Hammond
No Tears
2002
TV Mini-Series
Padraig McFadden
Mapmaker
2001
Sergeant Devlin
Horatio Hornblower: Retribution
2001
TV Movie
Captain Hammond
The King's Wake
2000
Aherne (voice)
In Defence
2000
TV Series
DCS David Dillne
Borstal Boy
2000
Verreker
Queer as Folk
1999-2000
TV Series
Clive Jones
Maisie Raine
1998-1999
TV Series
C.S. Jack Freeman
A Love Divided
1999
Reverend Hamilton
Durango
1999
TV Movie
Vestor McCarthy
Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship
1998
TV Movie
Captain Hammond
Touch and Go
1998
TV Movie
Clive Bevan
Divorcing Jack
1998
Alfie Stewart
Silicone Valerie
1997
Short
Priest
The Boxer
1997
Reggie Bell
This Is the Sea
1997
Da Stokes
Wokenwell
1997
TV Series
Sgt Duncan Bonney
Hamlet
1996
Barnardo
Michael Collins
1996
Belfast Detective
Small Faces
1996
Uncle Andrew
The Boy from Mercury
1996
Brother Dowdall
Beyond Reason
1995
TV Movie
Smythe QC
The Pan Loaf
1995
Short
Screen Two
1986-1995
TV Series
Working out governor / Inspector McBride / Damien
Hearts and Minds
1995
TV Series
Alex
Blind Justice
1994
TV Movie
Father Malone
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
TV Series
Martin
Between the Lines
1993
TV Series
Chief Supt. Trevor Dunne
Circle of Deceit
1993
TV Movie
Father Fergal
Lovejoy
1993
TV Series
Ceiran Stow
Spender
1993
TV Series
Flynn
Screenplay
1992
TV Series
Reggie Devine
The Bill
1992
TV Series
Mickey Felcher
The Playboys
1992
Joe Cassidy
Children of the North
1991
TV Series
O'Hare
4 Play
1990-1991
TV Series
McQuire / Eddie
The Grasscutter
1990
TV Movie
Brian Devlin
The Lilac Bus
1990
TV Movie
Billy
Fools of Fortune
1990
Stranger
Shoot to Kill
1990
TV Movie
Assistant Chief Constable Trevor Forbes
Hidden Agenda
1990
Jack Cunningham
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
1990
TV Movie
Sinn Fein leader
Streetwise
1989
TV Series
Denny Moss
Wipe Out
1988
TV Mini-Series
Max Raines
Reefer and the Model
1988
Reefer
The Rockingham Shoot
1987
TV Movie
John Reilly
First Sight
1987
TV Series
Joe
Brond
1987
TV Series
Kennedy
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Lodger
Dead Entry
1987
TV Series
Martin Galbraith
Lapsed Catholics
1987
TV Movie
Derek O'Gorman
The End of the World Man
1986
Architecht
Lamb
1985
Maguire
Acceptable Levels
1985
Andy
Anne Devlin
1984
Maj Sirr
After You've Gone
1984
TV Movie
Angel
1982
Groom
BBC2 Playhouse
1982
TV Series
Mousey
Cowboys
1981
TV Movie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
On Eagles Wing
2005
TV Movie
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Barristan Selmy (uncredited)
Ireland's Great War
2015
TV Series documentary
Narrator
The Man Who Shot the Great War
2014
TV Movie documentary
George Hackney
Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
2012
TV Movie documentary voice
Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set
2012
Video documentary
Barristan Selmy
Making of Game of Thrones
2011
Video documentary
Barristan Selmy
Game of Thrones: Costumes
2011
Video documentary
Barristan Selmy
Make It New John
2010
Documentary
John
Patrick Kielty and a Night in November
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
We Fought on D-Day
2004
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
Kelly
2003
TV Series
Himself
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Direction of a Play
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Game of Thrones (2011)
2014
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Game of Thrones (2011)
2012
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series