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Ian McElhinney

Acting Born Aug 19, 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland 24 credits

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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Known for

Game of Thrones

as Barristan Selmy

Doctor Who

as Ko Sharmus

Casualty

as Robert Finch

Derry Girls

as Granda Joe

Full filmography

  • Game of Thrones (2011) as Barristan Selmy
  • Doctor Who (2005) as Ko Sharmus
  • Casualty (1986) as Robert Finch
  • The Tudors (2007) as Pope Clement VII
  • Screen Two (1985) as Working Out Governor
  • Screen Two (1985) as Inspector McBride
  • Playhouse (1974) as Mousey
  • Unforgotten (2015) as Lord Tony Hume
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Theodore Swift
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • Derry Girls (2018) as Granda Joe
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as General Dodonna
  • Krypton (2018) as Val-El
  • Lovejoy (1986) as Ceiran Stow
  • Hornblower (1998) as Captain Hammond
  • The Fall (2013) as Morgan Monroe
  • Cold Feet (1998) as Bill Williams
  • The Outlaws (2021) as John Snr
  • Murphy's Law (2001) as Fulton
  • Suspicion (2022) as Grandad
  • A Small Light (2023) as Johannes Kleiman
  • Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012) as Sir Henry Carlton
  • Leap Year (2010) as Priest
  • The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015) as Dr. Lenox